Director, FP&A

Driven Brands™, headquartered in Charlotte, NC, is the largest automotive services company in North America, providing a range of consumer and commercial automotive services, including paint, collision, glass, vehicle repair, oil change, maintenance, and car wash. Driven Brands is the parent company of some of North America’s leading automotive service businesses including Take 5 Oil Change®, Meineke Car Care Centers®, Maaco®, 1-800-Radiator & A/C®, Auto Glass Now®, and CARSTAR®. Driven Brands has approximately 4,800 locations across the United States and 13 other countries, and services tens of millions of vehicles annually. 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Position Summary: The Director of FP&A will be responsible for building a team that monitors and measures performance, forecasts, plans and provides business analysis with a heavy focus on driving profitability. The team is responsible for improving our current capability / modeling as well as working across a matrix organization to measure impact of key organizational initiatives. This Director will reporting into our VP, FP&A and support our Chief Commercial Officer.

Responsibilities

• Performs economic research and studies of rates of return, depreciation and investments
• Analyzes profit-and-loss income statements and creates/prepares reports and recommendations to management
• Generates forecasts and analyzes trends in sales, finance and other areas of business
• Researches economic progression and benchmarks to assist the organization's financial planning
• Creates financial models of "what if" scenarios for future business planning decisions in areas such as new product development, new marketing strategies, etc.
• Oversees the work of multiple subordinate managerial staff to include managers and senior managers.
• Participates with other senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives.
• Makes final decisions on administrative or operational matters and ensures operations' effective achievement of objectives.
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of the company.
• Participates in corporate development of methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for projects, programs, and people knowledge of the company.
• Ensures budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• Establishes function, sub-function strategy and long-term direction and resource planning and allocation; establishes 1–3-year plans and manages work and outcomes to achieve strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (Business, Accounting or Finance, preferred)
• MBA strongly preferred. CPA, CFA, or CMA also desired
• 5+ years of experience with a background that includes accounting and financial analysis and/or pricing / revenue management.
• Prior experience in investment banking, private equity, transaction advisory or top-tier management consulting preferred
• Experience leading teams and providing financial support to multiple sites across the United States
• Outstanding communication and relationship building, with team-oriented focus.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and strong analytical, decision making, project management, planning and organizational skills.
• Power user of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with business intelligence query and presentation tools such as Qlik, Tableau, Oracle (FCCS/PBCS) or similar preferred
• Experience with process development /improvement

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Base pay offered may vary depending on actual location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Supplemental pay types may include commissions or bonus incentives, depending on the role. Driven Brands offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.drivenbrandsbenefits.com

Get early access to 50% of your earned wages at any time through our myFlexPay program.