About this Director of FP&A role at Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
We started Van Leeuwen Ice Cream in a yellow truck on the streets of NYC in 2008 with a mission to make good ice cream that makes you feel good.
Nowadays, people can spend so much time on what’s “healthy” they don’t stop to consider what’s healthy. As far as we’re concerned, happiness is healthiness. We strive to ensure every scoop, store and employee feels and creates one community to contribute to the overall brand.
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is hiring a full-time Director of Financial Planning and Analysis based out of our Brooklyn home office. This is a great opportunity for an experienced individual to work closely with the founding team of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream as the company embarks on its next stage of major growth. The ideal candidate is someone who is experienced with Financial Planning and Analysis, innovative, driven and can thrive in a fast-paced environment (and loves ice cream!).
Reporting directly to the CFO, the Director of FP&A will be a trusted partner responsible for leading planning, forecasting, and analytics while providing financial clarity to support day-to-day and strategic decisions. You’ll build and evolve our financial models, improve data accuracy and visibility, and develop tools that enable leaders across the organization to act with confidence. This role requires both strategic perspective and a roll-up-your-sleeves mindset, ideal for someone who loves digging into data and leading FP&A in a fast-moving operating environment.
This role will be based out of our Williamsburg, Brooklyn office and follow Van Leeuwen's Hybrid work model and be in office at least three days a week.
Job Responsibilities
Lead FP&A Function
- Own budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis across entire business
- Build and maintain robust models to forecast revenue, margin, and cash flow
- Develop scenario analyses and models to evaluate growth and investment decisions
- Lead cash forecasting to support investment and working capital management
Reporting & Insights
- Create monthly and quarterly management reporting packages that explain results, variance drivers, and forward-looking implications
- Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Supply Chain to link financial performance to business drivers
- Work closely with the Controller and Operations teams to analyze product and channel-level profitability, pricing strategies, and cost structures
- Assist the CFO with board reporting, capital allocation decisions, and other high-impact
projects
Data & Systems
- Partner with Accounting and IT to improve data flows between NetSuite, BI platforms, and planning tools; automate where possible
- Establish scalable, repeatable processes that bring accuracy to planning cycles
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or CPA preferred
- 8 to 12 years of progressive FP&A experience, with at least 3+ years leading FP&A in a CPG, food & beverage, or retail environment
- Strong technical modeling skills with mastery of Excel/Google Sheets, including pivot tables, nested formulas, and scenario modeling
- Proven ability to synthesize large data sets into actionable insights; experience building and maintaining dynamic dashboards a plus
- Experience partnering directly with a CFO or senior leadership team in a growth-stage or resource-constrained environment
- Solid understanding of P&L management, cash flow, and key business metrics in CPG or manufacturing contexts
- Highly collaborative, curious, and comfortable in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting
Compensation + Benefits
$185,000 - $215,000 annual compensation depending on experience, paid weekly
Eligible for annual 20% bonus potential
- Employee Scoop Card (Enjoy Ice Cream from any of our scoop shops nationwide)
- Medical, Dental + Vision Insurance with up to 70% Employer Contribution
- 401k with up to 4% Employer Match
- Cell Phone Reimbursement Plan
- Wellness Reimbursement Plan
- Flexible Time Off
- Paid Sick Time
- Yearly Performance Reviews
- Paid One-Month Sabbatical after 4 years of continuous employment
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is committed to pay transparency and equity among all employees and provides employees an environment where pay transparency and dialogue on compensation are allowed. Van Leeuwen Ice Cream complies with Equal Employment Opportunity laws as well as federal, state, and local laws on compensation, pay transparency, and pay equity.
The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held.
