Director Strategic Finance
Director Strategic Finance
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Job Description
As the Director of Strategic Finance you will play a key role in guiding prioritizing and optimizing investments to enhance financial performance and create longterm value. You will manage and guide the Strategic Investment Planning (SIP) process also known as ZeroBased Budgeting (ZBB) working across business units to align resources with highimpact initiatives that drive sustainable growth and innovation.
In partnership with finance sales marketing product management business intelligence and technology teams you will bring strategic insights and financial expertise to ensure investment choices support both business goals and longterm success. Your ability to translate complex financial data into clear actionable strategies will empower senior stakeholders including the CEO and CFO to make informed thoughtful decisions.
We value individuals who can Think Fast leveraging insights and creative problemsolving to identify opportunities adapt to changing market dynamics and drive progress; Work It Together fostering collaboration strengthening relationships and aligning teams around shared goals; and Make the Hard Call making wellbalanced thoughtful choices that support innovation financial wellbeing and sustainable growth with confidence and care.
Position location: This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule based out of Deerfield IL. Effective mid2025 Fortune Brands will transition to a new worldclass campus in Deerfield bringing together associates from across our U.S. offices brands and functions. The campus will offer vibrant workspaces for collaboration along with amenities for dining onsite daycare fitness and recreation.
What you will be doing
- Manage the Strategic Investment Planning (SIP) process also known as ZeroBased Budgeting (ZBB) to evaluate and prioritize investments across business units ensuring alignment with strategic and financial goals.
- Identify opportunities to optimize resource allocation and improve efficiency using predefined playbooks.
- Partner with finance teams to develop financial models and reviews that assess tradeoffs cost savings and longterm value creation.
- Track and monitor investment performance ROI and cost savings over multiple years.
- Prepare business cases and executive presentations for senior stakeholders including the CEO and CFO to support decisionmaking.
- Collaborate with finance sales marketing product management and technology teams to ensure crossfunctional alignment on investment choices.
- Establish a structured SIP/ZBB operating framework including governance meetings and integration with financial planning cycles.
- Define and communicate KPIs and reporting mechanisms to track investment performance and ensure transparency.
- Support business units in prioritizing strategic investments based on financial insights and feasibility.
- Build and maintain dashboards to monitor SIP/ZBB outcomes and inform decisionmaking.
- Leverage data and financial modeling to evaluate investment impact on growth profitability and efficiency.
- Continuously enhance the SIP/ZBB process integrating best practices automation and advanced analytics.
- Translate complex financial data into clear actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree in Finance Economics Business Data Analytics or a related field.
- 7 years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A) strategic finance investment planning or business analytics.
- Strong understanding of P&L management financial modeling investment evaluation and cost optimization strategies.
- Experience using data in decisionmaking and identify trends.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- MBA or Masters degree in Finance Business or a related field.
- Experience with corporate strategy investment allocation and ZeroBased Budgeting/ cost optimization initiatives.
- Knowledge of business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau Power BI) and financial modeling software.
Additional Information :
Additional Information:
Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $150000 USD $264000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range or be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to education training experience professional achievement business need and location. In addition to base salary employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a rolebased sales incentive plan.
At Fortune Brands we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates unique needs. This includes robust health plans a marketleading 401(k) program with a company contribution product discounts flexible time off benefits (including halfday summer Fridays per policy) inclusive fertility / adoption benefits and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates feeling of belonging at work.
Fortune Brands is a brand innovation and channel leader focused on exciting supercharged categories in the home products security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen House of Rohl Aqualisa SpringWell ThermaTru Larson Fiberon Master Lock SentrySafe and Yale residential.
Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN
Equal Employment Opportunity:
FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race color religion sex gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability marital status protected veteran status sexual orientation genetic history or information or any other legally protected characteristic.
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. To support our efforts we invite you to voluntarily share your gender ethnicity and veteran status. This information is confidential and helps us ensure an inclusive hiring process and improve our diversity initiatives.
Reasonable Accommodations:
FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process please contact us at and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Resumes submitted to this email address will not be responded to.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
