Director of Financial Planning

Job overview

The Director of Financial Planning role is primarily office-based in Walnut Creek, CA, with flexibility to work outside the office when needed. The expected starting salary is $195,000–$225,000 per year. Kinder’s makes food products sold nationwide and describes its work as bringing flavor to meals and lives. The director owns enterprise budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, establishing consistent standards and governance. By analyzing performance, communicating risks and outlook to executives, and partnering across functions, the role supports informed decisions and scalable company growth.

What you'll do

• Own annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and multi-year plans
• establish forecasting standards, assumptions, timelines, and review cadences
• maintain version control and documentation
• analyze forecast accuracy and lead improvement efforts
• present enterprise plans and facilitate executive reviews
• partner on variance analysis and reporting
• identify gaps and recommend corrective actions
• lead cross-functional planning
• own planning tools, models, and data flows
• coordinate contractor deliverables and develop team standards.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

director of financial planning

walnut creek ca

kinder's

budgeting

forecasting

long-range planning

fp&a

financial modeling

executive reporting

cross-functional leadership

anaplan

excel

$195k–$225k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Benefits may include paid time off, 401(k), bonus or incentive eligibility, equity grants, health benefits, and parental leave
• eligibility varies.

Why this role

The posting describes a founder-led, privately held food brand with more than 100 products sold nationwide.

About the employer

Kinder's is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing. Sector: 31.