Job description

Senior Director, Corporate FP&A Arclin has an immediate opening for a Sr. Director, Corporate FP&A in our Corporate Headquarters. This will be a hybrid role (3 days in office) located in North Metro Atlanta (Alpharetta). About Arclin: You can find Arclin everywhere. Our technologies make homes and transportation safer, help crops flourish, keep water clean, protect first responders and members of the military, and preserve the purity of essential pharmaceuticals. These vital, everyday products can't fail, and we’re here to give the world an extra layer of performance and peace of mind. With ~4,000 team members across more than 30 global manufacturing facilities, we operate with the scale to make a global impact and the agility to solve complex challenges at the molecular level. Rooted in scientific discovery and innovation, Arclin’s materials redefine performance across industries - from Firepoint®’s patented intumescent technology that helps stall flames and save lives to the iconic Kevlar® and Nomex® brands trusted to protect those who serve, strengthen aerospace and industrial systems, and perform where reliability and safety are top of mind. As we expand our mission‑critical materials portfolio and shape the next era of performance technologies, we’re looking for people who want to grow, lead, and solve the challenges others can’t. Together, we’ll advance the innovations that keep the world moving. Because at Arclin, our people are truly Vital Beyond Measure. Position Summary The Senior Director, Corporate FP&A is a key leadership role within Arclin’s Global FP&A organization, reporting to the Vice President, Global FP&A. The role leads Enterprise and Corporate FP&A, including enterprise planning and forecasting, performance analysis, KPI reporting, executive reporting, and financial communications. The Senior Director serves as the central point for analyzing and communicating finalized financial results, forecasts, plans, KPIs, and performance insights across Arclin and its acquired businesses. The role creates a consistent and comprehensive view of Arclin’s enterprise performance and translates complex financial information into a clear, decision-oriented enterprise narrative. The role partners closely with Controllership and business finance leaders to ensure financial analysis, reporting, forecasts, and performance insights are based on accurate, timely, and validated financial information. The position serves as a key link between financial results and executive decision-making by translating complex data into actionable business insights and a consistent enterprise performance narrative. The role owns and coordinates key enterprise FP&A deliverables, including the Annual Budget, Enterprise Budget Deck, quarterly Board Deck, investor and sponsor updates, Monthly Enterprise Close Book, enterprise forecasts, and KPI reporting. The Senior Director ensures these deliverables provide meaningful insight into business drivers, risks, opportunities, financial position, and outlook, rather than simply restating reported results. Job Responsibilities Enterprise Planning, Forecasting & Analysis • Lead Arclin’s annual budget, forecasting, and long-range planning processes. • Coordinate and integrate business-unit and corporate plans into a comprehensive enterprise outlook. • Own Corporate and enterprise-level planning, forecasting, and financial analysis. • Analyze performance against Budget, Forecast, Prior Year, and previous outlooks, highlighting key drivers, risks, and opportunities. • Establish consistent assumptions, definitions, methodologies, and analytical frameworks across enterprise FP&A. Enterprise Reporting & Financial Communications • Own the Enterprise Budget Deck, Monthly Enterprise Close Book, and financial content for Board, executive, investor, lender, and sponsor reporting. • Provide an integrated view of enterprise and business-unit performance, including the P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, Adjusted EBITDA, working capital, liquidity, capital expenditures, and KPIs. • Develop clear commentary explaining performance drivers, changes in outlook, risks, opportunities, and expected results. • Maintain a consistent enterprise financial narrative across all management and external stakeholder communications. • Translate complex financial and operational information into concise, decision-oriented insights that support executive and Board decision-making. • Translate complex financial and operational information into concise, decision-oriented insights that support executive and Board decision-making. Financial Reporting Partnership & GAAP Alignment • Partner with Controllership to ensure FP&A reporting and analysis utilize complete and finalized financial results. • Maintain clear accountability between Controllership’s ownership of the financial close and accounting processes and FP&A’s ownership of planning, forecasting, analysis, management reporting, KPI reporting, and financial communications. • Ensure management reporting is validated, traceable, and reconciled to GAAP results and designated source systems. • Maintain consistent treatment of GAAP-to-management adjustments, including reconciliation from GAAP net income to Adjusted EBITDA. Strategic Business Partnership • Own Arclin’s enterprise KPI framework, scorecards, definitions, targets, and performance reporting. • Partner with Corporate and business leaders to develop strategic plans, evaluate performance, and translate financial results into actionable insights. • Partner with executive leadership on strategic-decision making, capital allocation, growth initiatives, acquisitions, and transformation programs • Provide scenario analysis and early visibility into emerging trends, risks, and opportunities to support executive decision-making. • Support the Vice President, Global FP&A and CFO with strategic analysis, executive presentations, and enterprise priorities. Mergers & Acqusition Integration Support • Support acquisition evaluations, synergy identification and tracking and performance reporting for acquired businesses • Responsible for building financial models, investment analysis, scenario planning and return on capital / investment evaluations Systems & Process Improvement • Standardize and automate FP&A processes and reporting by establishing OneStream as the primary enterprise reporting platform, reducing spreadsheet dependency, and supporting scalable growth and public-company readiness. Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related discipline; MBA Preferred • CPA Required • 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant Corporate FP&A leadership responsibility. • Strong experience in enterprise planning, forecasting, financial analysis, management reporting, and KPI and performance management. • Demonstrated experience developing monthly management reporting packages, enterprise close books, Board materials, executive management presentations, and investor, lender, and/or private equity sponsor communications. • Strong understanding of GAAP financial statements, management reporting, Adjusted EBITDA, and GAAP-to-management reconciliations. • Strong understanding of P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, EBITDA, working capital, liquidity, leverage, and key financial and operational performance drivers. • Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Controllership while maintaining clear accountability between Accounting and FP&A. • Experience transforming fragmented, spreadsheet-based reporting into standardized, system-enabled enterprise reporting strongly preferred. • Experience in a private-equity-backed, leveraged, public-company, or IPO-readiness environment strongly preferred. • Experience within a complex, multi-business and/or global organization preferred; manufacturing or industrial experience is a plus. • Strong financial modeling, analytical, PowerPoint, and executive communication skills. • Experience with OneStream or a comparable enterprise performance management platform strongly preferred. Familiarity with Workiva, SAP, and JD Edwards is a plus. • Other Certifications: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA)l OneStream Certified; SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Financials, SAP HANA FP&A; NACD Directorship Certification; Certified Merger & Acquisition Professional (CMAP); Board Governance/NACD Credential Leadership Profile The successful candidate will combine strong technical FP&A capabilities with an enterprise mindset and exceptional executive communication skills. This individual must be able to synthesize financial and operational information from multiple businesses and functions, challenge assumptions, identify what matters most, and translate complex results into a clear enterprise financial story. The individual must begin with an enterprise framework, establish standards and decision principles, and translate those principles into detailed processes, reporting structures, and management routines. The role requires someone who can simplify complexity without sacrificing financial rigor and distinguish between critical enterprise insights and unnecessary detail. The successful candidate will be expected to build a scalable enterprise FP&A capability rather than perpetuate manual, spreadsheet-dependent processes. This includes establishing consistent reporting standards, leveraging enterprise systems, improving the quality of financial commentary, and creating repeatable reporting that serves management, Board, sponsor, lender, and investor audiences. The role requires strong financial judgment, attention to detail, organizational discipline, executive presence, and the ability to influence across the organization while consistently producing CFO-, CEO-, Board-, and investor-quality work. Lead, develop and mentor the FP&A organization, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and analytical excellence. Establish organizational capabilities, roles and development plans to support enterprise growth, increased reporting requirements and more value-add business analysis. Attract, retain and develop top FP&A talent while building scalable processes and capabilities

Requirements

Must-haves

Senior Director, Corporate FP&A
Arclin has an immediate opening for a Sr. Director, Corporate FP&A in our Corporate Headquarters. This will be a hybrid role (3 days in office) located in North Metro Atlanta (Alpharetta).
Enterprise Planning, Forecasting & Analysis
Lead Arclin’s annual budget, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
Coordinate and integrate business-unit and corporate plans into a comprehensive enterprise outlook.
Own Corporate and enterprise-level planning, forecasting, and financial analysis.
Analyze performance against Budget, Forecast, Prior Year, and previous outlooks, highlighting key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
Establish consistent assumptions, definitions, methodologies, and analytical frameworks across enterprise FP&A.
Enterprise Reporting & Financial Communications
Own the Enterprise Budget Deck, Monthly Enterprise Close Book, and financial content for Board, executive, investor, lender, and sponsor reporting.
Provide an integrated view of enterprise and business-unit performance, including the P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, Adjusted EBITDA, working capital, liquidity, capital expenditures, and KPIs.
Develop clear commentary explaining performance drivers, changes in outlook, risks, opportunities, and expected results.
Maintain a consistent enterprise financial narrative across all management and external stakeholder communications.
Translate complex financial and operational information into concise, decision-oriented insights that support executive and Board decision-making.
Translate complex financial and operational information into concise, decision-oriented insights that support executive and Board decision-making.
Financial Reporting Partnership & GAAP Alignment
Partner with Controllership to ensure FP&A reporting and analysis utilize complete and finalized financial results.
Ensure management reporting is validated, traceable, and reconciled to GAAP results and designated source systems.
Maintain consistent treatment of GAAP-to-management adjustments, including reconciliation from GAAP net income to Adjusted EBITDA.

Nice-to-haves

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related discipline; MBA Preferred
Experience transforming fragmented, spreadsheet-based reporting into standardized, system-enabled enterprise reporting strongly preferred.
Experience in a private-equity-backed, leveraged, public-company, or IPO-readiness environment strongly preferred.
Experience within a complex, multi-business and/or global organization preferred; manufacturing or industrial experience is a plus.
Experience with OneStream or a comparable enterprise performance management platform strongly preferred. Familiarity with Workiva, SAP, and JD Edwards is a plus.

Application prep

Use the role’s language and application details while tailoring your materials.

Platform: ukg
Effort: medium