Director, Commercial FP&A

About Slate

At Slate weve got one job: building a vehicle youll fall in love with right here in the USA. We believe that car buyersnot car companiesshould call the shots. We like looking at a road not a screen. We dont like paying for stuff we dont like picking out the stuff we do need. We think dings are badges not blemishes. But we know not everyone likes what we like. So we built you a Slate: you make it yours.

Who we are looking for:

We are seeking an experienced and systemsoriented Director Commercial FP&A to lead the development of Slates financial planning and analysis capabilities for all components of the P&L above gross profit including revenue volume pricing and channel mix. This role will be instrumental in designing the planning and reporting infrastructure from the ground up partnering closely with crossfunctional teams to deliver clear visibility into business performance and margin drivers.

In the first two years this role will be heavily focused on building and automating planning and reporting capabilities across NetSuite Adaptive Planning and our suite of eCommerce and sales platforms. The ideal candidate combines deep FP&A expertise with a builders mindset and the ability to translate financial and business requirements into systemdriven solutions.

This role will also work closely with Manufacturing FP&A and Plant Controlling to ensure endtoend margin transparency connecting commercial trends to cost drivers and enabling a unified view of gross margin performance.

What you get to do:

• Build and own financial planning processes for revenue volume pricing and mix (PVM) for forecasts and budgets as well as collaborate closely on longrange planning for current and future products.
• Design and deliver automated reporting for volume pricing mix and PVM variance analyses to support timely datadriven decisionmaking.
• Lead product line profitability analysis and integrate gross margin pricing and warranty dynamics into actionable insights for commercial strategy.
• Develop and standardize businessfacing dashboards and financial reports leveraging NetSuite Adaptive Planning and eCommerce data sources.
• Serve as the finance lead for commercial systems integrations ensuring upstream data feeds and sales systems align with financial planning and reporting requirements.
• Partner closely with Slates Commercial Planning and Digital teams to understand business drivers and embed them in planning processes.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing FP&A and Plant Controlling to align on gross margin reporting and understand how cost levers interact with commercial performance.
• Deliver insights and executiveready analysis to support strategic decisionmaking at the leadership level.
• Build scalable processes to support ongoing P&L management and commercial analytics as Slate grows.
• Develop warranty forecasts that reflect actual business conditions support cash flow planning and enable productlevel profitability insights.
• Build dynamic inventory dashboards that tie inventory positions to sales forecasts product lifecycle stage and customer demand patterns.

What you bring to the team:

• 10 years of experience in FP&A with at least 3 years focused on revenue or commercial planning.
• Strong experience with PVM reporting revenue analysis and financial modeling.
• Proven ability to build FP&A processes and reporting from the ground up.
• Handson experience with finance systemsparticularly NetSuite (ERP) Adaptive Planning (EPM) and eCommerce data environments (Shopify Salesforce etc.).
• Solid understanding of how commercial inputs affect gross margins and financial performance.
• Exceptional analytical and communication skills; able to translate complex data into actionable insights.
• Comfortable working in a fastpaced highgrowth environment with evolving systems and processes.
• A collaborative businesspartner mindset and a proactive solutionsoriented approach.

Why Join Team Slate

At Slate were fueled by grit determination and attention to detail. The startup spirit of ingenuity and resourcefulness move our business forward. Team Slate fosters a culture of excellence innovation and mutual respect and is motivated by shared principles.

• Safety First
• Delight Customers
• One Team
• Relentless Improvement
• Fast Frugal and Scrappy
• Respectful Collaboration
• Positive Legacy

We want to work with people that reflect the communities in which we operate:

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