Director, FP&A (Hybrid Role - New York)

OLAPLEX, a category-defining leader in prestige hair care, continuously seeks talented individuals to join in our mission to transform foundational hair health and deliver great hair days today, tomorrow, and for years to come.

As the original bond builder, we are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates the bonds within our teams. OLAPLEX elevates individuals from all backgrounds with the belief that together we can unlock the full potential of science to extend the health, life, and beauty of hair for all.

About the Role: 

Reporting into the SVP of FP&A, the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is a hands-on leader responsible for driving key financial processes that support the company's operational and strategic goals. This role owns the payroll forecasting process and bonus accrual management across the organization, ensuring accuracy and alignment with financial targets. 

The Director serves as the primary liaison with the Accounting team to ensure seamless coordination on month-end close, reconciliations, and other cross-functional initiatives. In addition, the role provides oversight and insight into company-wide cash flow planning, helping to optimize liquidity and support investment decisions. While focused on these core areas, the Director of FP&A will also play a crucial, broader role in budgeting, forecasting, and financial decision support across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Is the key liaison between Accounting and FP&A, ensuring alignment between actuals and forecast assumptions across major expense categories
• Acting with a high degree of confidentiality, own workforce-related headcount, compensation, and benefit models on an ongoing basis
• Own and manage compensation planning payroll forecast and perform monthly bonus accruals — ensuring timing, accuracy, and transparency for both reporting and planning cycles partnering closely with HR 
• Lead, monitor and support monthly cash flow reporting and forecasting with rigor in coordination with Treasury, FP&A, and Accounting
• Leverages expertise to consistently provide assumptions leading up to Net Income for estimate and budget processes partnering closely with accounting.
• Assist in budget, forecast, and long-range plan processes including in corporate cost centers, ensuring planning inputs are accurate and grounded in actuals
• Support ad hoc financial projects and analyses with ability to take the lead as needed
• Contribute to BOD, Monthly Business Review, Ad Hoc presentations
• Uses subject matter expertise and proactive, strategic thinking and leadership to detect risks & opportunities early and makes appropriate recommendations
• Flex per the evolving business needs on all areas of FP&A, financial management  
• Roll-up the sleeves to work nimbly and collaboratively across all functions  
• Leverages broad knowledge and experience on overall P&L management and Pricing to take on multi-functional projects as need arise

About You:  

• 10–12 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or controllership; public accounting or audit background a plus
• Experience in public companies and consumer products is a plus 
• High proficiency in Excel; experience with NetSuite or other ERP/financial systems preferred
• Thrives in ambiguous environments, quickly identifying priorities and executing with little oversight
• Proactively interprets strategic intent and delivers solutions beyond stated requirements
• Curious and proactive — seeks to understand root drivers, challenge assumptions constructively, and continuously improve processes
• Team-oriented with excellent communication skills — able to collaborate cross-functionally and deliver with reliability and professionalism
• Detail-oriented and accountable, with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently
• Delivers highly accurate financial reports and analyses, ensuring data integrity and precision to support critical business decisions 
• Takes full ownership of financial deliverables, demonstrating accountability and reliability in meeting deadlines, resolving issues, and driving results with a strong sense of responsibility
• Demonstrates exceptional work ethic and resilience, consistently delivering high-quality outputs under tight deadlines and competing priorities in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment
• Brings a roll-up-your sleeves mentality to scrappy environments, building structure from ambiguity and delivering impact without relying on established systems

We'd love to have you apply, even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement. What's most important to us is finding authentic and ac