Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

True Classic is looking for a strategic, analytical, and systems-minded Director, FP&A to lead our financial operations across FP&A, OpEx management, and business partnering.

Reporting directly to the Head of Finance, this role will be critical in architecting and leading financial initiatives that power True Classic’s growth — ensuring disciplined planning, scalable processes, and actionable insights.

This leader will combine financial acumen with systems design, building automation, process excellence, and technology integrations that create leverage and transparency across the organization. They will partner with the Head of Finance to lead the company’s budgeting, forecasting, and reporting cadence; implement zero-based budgeting (ZBB) and spend controls; and partner with departments to drive performance, accountability, and profitability.

This is a high-impact hybrid role based in Los Angeles, requiring regular on-site collaboration (2–3 days per week or as needed) at True Classic’s Culver City and Calabasas offices.

Areas of Accountability

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Lead development of the annual operating plan, quarterly forecasts, and rolling outlooks.
• Manage daily and weekly performance reporting to ensure real-time financial visibility.
• Own the day-to-day management of the company-wide FP&A model, integrating P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow with automated data sources.
• Conduct variance analysis, trend diagnostics, and actionable performance reporting.
• Design and maintain scalable forecasting frameworks and financial tools that evolve with business complexity.

Operating Expense (OpEx) Management

• Partner with Head of Finance to Implement and govern Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) across all functions.
• Establish automated spend controls and pre-approval processes that enforce fiscal discipline.
• Own contract management — from vendor onboarding through renewal governance.
• Build dashboards that connect departmental budgets to actual performance in real time.
• Partner with the Head of Finance to ensure functional leaders meet OpEx and ROI targets.

Business Partnering & Performance Management

• Act as a critical finance partner to department heads across the business.
• Drive performance accountability by aligning spend with measurable business outcomes.
• Support departments in developing business cases and ROI analyses for strategic initiatives.
• Translate financial outcomes into operational insights — helping leaders make smarter, faster, data-informed decisions.

Systems, Process, and Automation Leadership

• Serve as a systems architect for finance, ensuring technology, workflows, and reporting tools are tightly integrated.
• Design, document, and continuously improve financial processes that enhance efficiency and control.
• Champion automation and self-service analytics (e.g., Looker, NetSuite, Tropic, or equivalent platforms).
• Partner with the Head of Finance and Controller to align FP&A and Accounting processes end-to-end, ensuring data integrity and a single source of truth.
• Lead or support implementations of new financial systems, reporting tools, and workflow automation projects.

Cross-Functional & Accounting Partnership

• Collaborate closely with the Controller and offshore accounting team to align close processes, reconciliations, and FP&A reporting.
• Provide strategic support for accounting-related initiatives such as new system rollouts, controls enhancement, and reporting automation.
• Ensure accounting data flows seamlessly into forecasting and performance tools.

Team Leadership & Development

• Build and manage a hybrid global (US & International) FP&A team — fostering analytical rigor, collaboration, and ownership.
• Mentor team members in financial storytelling, scenario thinking, and data-driven leadership.
• Instill a continuous improvement mindset, using process and system design to eliminate friction and scale efficiently.

Qualifications