Director, Finance (Global Operations)

Key Responsibilities

Strong financial leadership

• High sense of ownership, influence, and ability to execute across the entire organization, to ensure actions are closed timely and objectives are achieved.
• Effectively communicates: being clear, concise, candid, and pro-active, at the detailed and executive level (Manufacturing sites, Global Operations Leadership, Executive Leadership Team).
• Supports and synthesizes the analysis of operational and strategic decisions, including site transfers, site expansions, greenfield investments, productivity projects, Capex (capacity and capability expansion projects, ROI) and sites’ footprint strategy.
• Goal setting, performance management, coaching, and development of direct, indirect, and dotted line team members.

Develops Global Operations finance analytics

• Drives standard reviews and consolidation for Continuous improvement, Mix, and intercompany transactions.
• Supports large and complex, high impact due diligence and select integration efforts for acquisitions.
• Performs complex, higher impact decision making and analytic support (eg: overall manufacturing footprint).
• Responsible for cost accounting team and setting direction including approach, templates, and governance.
• Performs proactive ad hoc analytics to drive optimal global operational decisions.

Responsible for Global Operation finance tools and processes

• Drives continuous improvement in global operations finance processes, leveraging modern analytics tools, reporting (e.g. dashboards, continuous improvement tracking) and systems (Oracle ERP, CRM, Power BI, advanced Excel, Robotic Process Automation).
• Drives standardization and automation of Global Operations finance processes (e.g., budget, rolling forecast, weekly pacing, site analytics, reporting, data elements).
• Drives financial visibility and reporting standardization of sites’ productivity projects (positive and negative variances, alignment with the financial ledger).
• Global operations master data stewardship. Partners with Data & Analytics and Global Operations team to develop adequate processes to ensure that manufacturing data (e.g. scrap, inventory costing, manufacturing variances) are defined accurately.
• Collaborates with Data & Analytics team to develop new and improve existing Global Operations finance Power BI dashboards.
• Continuous improvement mindset to drive reduction in non-value-added processes.

Qualification & Requirements

Education

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or Economics.
• MBA or advanced degree a plus, but not required.

Experience

• 7-10 years of related experience is required.
• Experience within a manufacturing company with multi-facility responsibility is a must.
• Experience within a lean manufacturing environment utilizing Lean Accounting a plus.

Specialized Knowledge

• Understanding of GAAP accounting.

Specialized Skills And Other

• Excellent data analysis skills, leveraging modern tools and concepts (Power BI/DAX, data models (dimensions/facts), advanced MS Excel – tables, power query/M, power pivot, advanced formulas), to facilitate development of commercial finance models. Working effectively with large sales datasets (retrieve, transform, report).
• Proficient knowledge and skill in ERP applications; Knowledge of Hyperion.
  • Analytical thinking, modeling and forecast experience.
  • Detailed analysis experience including comparisons to budget, forecast and prior year.
• Effective communication (clear and candid) and presentation skills.
  • Ability to recognize trends and patterns in the business. Make recommendations for solutions, able to turn analytics into insights.
• Able to work effectively across functional and reporting lines in accomplishing responsibilities.
• Up to 10% travel may be required.

Benefits

No information available.