Chief Financial Officer, VP Finance & IT

Veralto Global•Glen Allen, VA

8h•$275,000 - $325,000

About The Position

This executive position requires deep experience in financial principles and business strategy development, with the ability to navigate the requirements of a dynamic and complex organization. The incumbent will be involved in 'hands on' business and change management activities while providing leadership, direction, and focus to ChemTreat. The incumbent must be able to work as an effective business partner with the ChemTreat President and leadership team to drive synergies and efficiencies across the organization. The CFO is an active participant in senior management commercial strategy planning, financial planning and results, and is charged with providing concise, accurate, and timely analysis of key business trends and financial metrics reporting/analysis. This position has the overall responsibility for the monitoring and reporting of the financial position of ChemTreat and provides clear interpretation of the results to effectively drive meaningful improvements and ensure that all reports are accurate and timely. The candidate should have proven experience in a large international public company.

Requirements

Executive with deep experience in financial principles and business strategy development.
Ability to navigate the requirements of a dynamic and complex organization.
Proven experience in a large international public company.
Results oriented with a track record for delivering results, taking ownership, and being accountable.
Full P&L financial ownership experience with responsibility for all financial functions.
Strong business acumen and learning agility.
Consistent use of sound judgment and high integrity and ethics.
High degree of humility and self-awareness.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
Ability to understand the implications of actions on organizational demands.
Trusted by associates at all levels and operates with a high degree of transparency.
Approachable and willing to listen to thoughts and suggestions.
Ability to move strategy to action and lead in a global environment.
Listens and responds to customer needs with a high sense of urgency.
Champions continuous improvement, can work across boundaries and has a “Go to Gemba” mentality.
Relentlessly attracts, engages, and develops people and can inspire this in others.
Builds strong, effective, and diverse teams.
Creates followership through collaboration.
Proven ability to flourish in a lean, hands-on, practical environment.
Able to dig into the details as needed while focusing on key strategic priorities.
BS or BA Degree in Finance or Accounting required.
Substantial operational experience in increasingly responsible financial leadership positions leading to the CFO or VP Finance position in a complex, global enterprise.
Experience for full financial ownership of at least a $400M-$500M P&L.
International experience is required along with strong global business perspective while functioning in a multinational organization with multiple business units.
Experience in the financial aspects of acquisitions and divestitures, including due diligence and post-merger integration.
Previous experience at a VP level or equivalent for a minimum of five years or more.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally 20% of the time.

Nice To Haves

MBA Degree and/or CPA are preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, direction, and focus to ChemTreat.
Act as an effective business partner with the ChemTreat President and leadership team to drive synergies and efficiencies.
Participate in senior management commercial strategy planning and financial planning.
Provide concise, accurate, and timely analysis of key business trends and financial metrics reporting/analysis.
Monitor and report on the financial position of ChemTreat, providing clear interpretation of results to drive improvements.
Ensure all financial reports are accurate and timely.
Lead the global finance and IT organizations to ensure operations and strategy align with business needs.
Partner with CIO to execute digital IT strategy in the context of service delivery, customer experience optimization, and operational improvements on front/back-office innovation.
Own the development and improvement of core financial systems (ERP) necessary for timely and accurate reporting of ChemTreat financials.
Partner with Commercial leadership/Operations to develop financial reporting that drives insights and timely decision making.
Provide strategy for financial data that eliminates waste in reporting and streamlines financial analysis.
Continuously improve transactional closing processes from a time, accuracy, and productivity perspective.
Work closely with the President and functional leaders in conducting detailed financial and business analyses to identify potential problems, determine root causes, and recommend appropriate solutions.
Develop and maintain forecasting processes that accurately predict future performance and motivate actions to ensure targets are met.
Assist ChemTreat’s financial portion of the strategic planning process, ensuring initiative results are properly scoped, presented, tracked, and reported.
Generate the annual financial budget for ChemTreat.
Submit accurate financial statements in compliance with US GAAP and Veralto accounting practices.
Drive the use of the Veralto Enterprise System (VES) and continuous improvement within the Finance Organization.
Provide accurate, timely consolidation of global operating functions in a complex organization.
Provide input for tax planning and compliance with all federal, state, and local corporate, payroll, and other applicable taxes.
Assist functional areas in identifying and carrying out business initiatives to improve profits, reduce assets, and improve efficiency.
Review and analyze all requests for capital expenditure to ensure an appropriate ROI consistent with locations’ overall financial goals.
Build trusting relationships with functional and regional business partners.
Coach, mentor, and support the career of your team.