Director, FP&A Lead – Americas

Scout
Chicago, IL
Category Accounting
Job Description
Role Overview

As Director, FP&A Lead for North America, you will own the U.S. and Americas performance view, spanning budgeting, performance management, and day-to-day decision support, and partner with the Head of FP&A on global consolidated performance, budgeting, and rolling forecasts across all countries and service lines.

What You Will Do

Lead U.S. and Americas budgeting and forecasting, drive top-down guidance, planning assumptions, and target-setting, and maintain a disciplined rolling forecast cadence. Deliver board and investor materials and executive reporting for the CFO, ELT, and Board committees.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This is a high-visibility role with direct exposure to the CFO, Head of FP&A, Board, and investors. You will lead FP&A integrations of newly joined platform entities and continuously raise the bar on the reliability and speed of enterprise reporting.

Requirements

  • 7–10+ years of progressive Finance experience (FP&A, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Consulting, or similar), including team or workstream leadership.
  • Proven track record leading FP&A integrations, carve-outs, or multi-entity consolidations — ideally across international jurisdictions.
  • Experience preparing board- and investor-facing financial materials.
  • Strong financial modeling and analytical skills in multi-currency, multi-entity environments.
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; experience with enterprise planning and BI tools.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and lead through ambiguity.

Benefits

  • base salary range between $172,000 and $258,000
  • placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion
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