With over 59 stores and the largest avocational cooking program in the US, Sur La Table offers an unsurpassed selection of exclusive and premium-quality goods for the kitchen and table – and the culinary expertise and inspiration to go along with it. Whether the job entails interacting with our customers, driving digital growth, or providing vital behind-the-scenes support, we’re all here for the same reason – to roll up our sleeves and create happiness through cooking and sharing good food.
The Director, FP&A and AI Finance plays a central role in Sur La Table’s success by delivering strategic financial insights and supporting sound investment decisions across the business. This role leads the budget and forecast processes, drives key financial analysis and reporting, and manages a high-performing FP&A team.
The Director of FP&A reports directly to the division Chief Financial Officer.
What you get to do:
- Drive annual budget process across all channels and departments.
- Lead the monthly forecast process, proactively identifying forecast opportunities and risks.
- Lead AI-driven process transformation across the FP&A function — prototyping and deploying automated workflows, agent-based solutions, and always-on reporting tools that reduce manual work and accelerate insight delivery.
- Develop strong partnerships with business leaders to understand key operational drivers and deliver clear, actionable financial insights.
- Partner with Business Development to provide financial modeling and analysis on new business opportunities.
- Support fleet management with financial analysis, including ROIC analysis on capital investments.
- Leverage technology to evaluate and extract data that informs decision-making.
- Build, lead, and develop an efficient, high-performing FP&A team.
What you bring:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Finance or a related field; MBA and/or CPA preferred.
- 10+ years of progressively responsible FP&A experience.
- Hands-on AI experience applied within finance workflows — not just using AI to polish emails, but concrete wins such as building automated reporting pipelines, deploying agent-based tools (e.g., n8n, Claude Code, ChatGPT), or creating custom solutions that replaced manual FP&A processes. You can walk us through exactly what you built and the business impact it had.
- Strong command of corporate finance and accounting principles, with the ability to translate complex concepts clearly for non-financial audiences. You move comfortably between the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flows and understand how they interact.
- An advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Direct FP&A experience in an omnichannel retail environment — supporting both physical store and ecommerce P&Ls. Candidates without meaningful retail finance experie