Director, FP&A

LaunchPad Home Group Inc

Austin, TX

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Part-time
SKILLS
Accounting, Acquisition Integration, Actuals, Alliance/Partner Management, Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Brand Strategy, Budget Management, Budgeting, Business Growth, Business Intelligence Software, Cadence, Compensation and Benefits, Corporate Finance, Cross-Functional, Debt Management, Detail Oriented, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Financial Planning, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Financial Reporting, Financial Strategy, Financial Systems, Forecasting, Head of Finance, Leadership, Machine Tool, Marketing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Metrics, Operational Audit, Organizational Skills, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Pricing, Reporting Dashboards, Reporting Skills, Sales, Team Player, Variance Analysis
LOCATION
Austin, TX
POSTED
20 days ago

LaunchPad Home Group is a growing platform of home services brands built through strategic partnerships and organic growth. We partner with strong local operators and provide shared services that help teams scale in a disciplined, effective way. Finance plays a key role in supporting this growth by delivering proactive, actionable insights that drive better decision-making and long-term value creation.

The Director, FP&A serves as a corporate finance partner responsible for planning, forecasting, and performance management across LaunchPad’s portfolio. This role works cross-functionally to translate brand-level activity into clear, enterprise-wide insights, helping leadership understand performance and make informed decisions.

This position is designed as a growth opportunity, with the long-term goal of developing into a future CFO. The role offers regular exposure to the CFO, executive leadership team, and private equity partners, providing meaningful visibility and impact across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

  • Own the annual budget and rolling forecast process across all brands in partnership with Accounting and Ops
  • Consolidate brand-level inputs into a clear enterprise forecast that leadership can rely on
  • Maintain headcount, revenue, and margin models tied to operational drivers (inspectors, sales reps, capacity, conversion, pricing)
  • Support long-range planning and scenario modeling tied to growth initiatives and acquisitions

Monthly Reporting & Performance Management

  • Prepare monthly FP&A operational reviews for leadership and stakeholders
  • Analyze actuals vs. budget and forecast, with a focus on actionable drivers, not surface-level variance explanations
  • Track and report KPIs by brand, including revenue, margin, labor efficiency, and growth metrics
  • Partner closely with Accounting to ensure alignment between financial results and forecasts

Brand & Functional Business Partnering

  • Serve as the finance partner to brand leaders and functional heads (Ops, Sales, Marketing, HR)
  • Help leaders understand performance, trade-offs, and financial impact of decisions
  • Provide ad hoc analysis for leadership questions and time-sensitive decisions

M&A and Integration Support

  • Build and maintain acquisition pro formas and return models
  • Support post-acquisition integration through forecasting, synergy tracking, and performance monitoring
  • Help bring newly acquired brands into LaunchPad’s financial cadence and reporting standards

Debt Reporting/Management 

  • Manage debt principal, interest payments forecast 
  • Prepare covenant reporting and forecasting 

Brand & Functional Business Partnering

  • Serve as the finance partner to brand leaders and functional heads (Ops, Sales, Marketing, HR) 
  • Help leaders understand performance, trade-offs, and the financial impact of decisions 
  • Provide ad hoc analysis for leadership questions and time-sensitive decisions 

M&A and Integration Support 

  • Build and maintain acquisition pro formas and return models 
  • Perform asset purchase accounting on acquisitions 
  • Support post-acquisition integration through forecasting, synergy tracking, and performance monitoring
  • Help bring newly acquired brands into LaunchPad’s financial cadence and reporting standards 

Process, Tools & Scale 

  • Build and design FP&A processes as LaunchPad grows, with an emphasis on clarity, consistency, and  speed 
  • Improve forecasting accuracy and reporting efficiency as the number of brands increases and markets  expand 
  • Partner with Finance leadership on tooling, dashboards, and standardization efforts 
  • Establish repeatable rhythms between Accounting, FP&A, and brand leaders 

Skills & Experience

  • 7+ years in FP&A, corporate finance, or strategic finance
  • AI understanding and utilization required 
  • Experience in a PE-backed, multi-entity, or roll-up environment strongly preferred 
  • Acquisition modeling and integration work strongly preferred 
  • Combination of strategic thinking/presentation and detailed analysis 
  • Strong financial modeling and forecasting skills 
  • Advanced Excel required; experience with ERPs, BI tools, or financial planning systems preferred
  • Ability to synthesize complex data into clear insights for non-finance leaders 
  • Comfortable operating in a growing, evolving environment 
  • Confident communicator who can engage with senior leaders 
  • Detail-oriented, accountable, and organized 
  • Comfortable owning outcomes without rigid guardrails

Why Join LaunchPad

  • High-impact role with visibility across leadership and brands
  • Detailed experience with a Private Equity firm
  • Opportunity to help shape the finance strategy in a growing platform
  • Collaborative culture that values thoughtful growth and strong partnerships
  • Competitive compensation, benefits, and long-term growth opportunity

If you are a results-driven professional passionate about acquisitions and business growth, we want to hear from you! Apply today to join our team

About the Company

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LaunchPad Home Group Inc