Director – Commercial Finance

Circana

Director of Commercial Finance partnering with Media leadership to support growth strategies and financial guidance. Managing financial planning and enhancing forecasting accuracy for the Media business.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,000 - $175,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with Media leadership to support growth strategies, pricing decisions, and resource allocation.
Provide financial guidance on go-to-market initiatives, client renewals, and new product launches across Media offerings.
Lead the financial planning process for the Media business, including annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and monthly outlooks.
Ensure alignment between business drivers and corporate financial targets.
Deliver actionable insights that inform strategy and improve financial outcomes.
Identify and implement process improvements to enhance forecasting accuracy and reporting efficiency.
Support finance transformation initiatives, including automation and data standardization.
Manage and mentor junior finance professionals to deliver a culture of successful performance and change management.
Foster a culture of accountability, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
Understand, analyze, and extract insights from business results, financial results, and KPIs gathered from stakeholders, ensuring key business drivers, results and risks are gathered into a cohesive story that drives decisions.
Develop strong partnerships cross-functionally to complete highly complex analytics and support a global operating model.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of progressive experience in Finance, with a focus on FP&A, commercial finance, or business partnership.
Experience supporting commercial or product organizations in a matrixed, high-growth environment.
Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required; MBA or CPA a plus.
Demonstrated ability to interact with all levels of management and employees, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and the ability to constructively handle conflict.
Demonstrated ability to successfully lead key business reporting and data/information gathering, delivering high quality, timely results and work products while also holding others accountable.
Demonstrated ability to translate financials into business narratives and influence executive stakeholders.
Critical thinker with a continuous improvement and learning mindset.
Ability to work independently to demonstrate initiative.
Strong knowledge of financial planning systems, data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI), and modern FP&A technologies.
Expert in Excel and PowerPoint, with strong communication and executive level presentation skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

paid time off
medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial planningFP&Acommercial financedata analysisbudgetingforecastingfinancial reportingKPI analysisprocess improvementfinancial modeling

Soft Skills

analytical skillscommunication skillsinterpersonal skillsinfluencing skillsleadershipconflict resolutioncritical thinkinginitiativeaccountabilitycontinuous improvement

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in FinanceBachelor’s degree in AccountingBachelor’s degree in EconomicsMBACPA