Director, Finance - Aftermarket

Barry-Wehmiller•Green Bay, WI

About The Position

The Global Finance Director for Aftermarket Segment provides leadership and strategic oversight to commercial and financial aspects of the Aftermarket Segment globally. The Aftermarket Segment is Converting’s biggest and most profitable segments. The Finance Director acts as a key business partner to the Segment President and provide insightful advice and counsel on business decisions, balancing short and long-term strategies. Position reports directly to the BW Converting Executive Vice President of Finance but primarily supports the cross-functional Segment team.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or other business-related discipline and 7+ years of progressively responsible financial leadership experience.
Experience in global aftermarket or manufacturing operations, multi-business entity and multi-currency environment.
International business experience including leading successfully globally across multiple cultures, languages, and time zones.
Strong bias for action and combined with proven ability to influence decisions
Excellent team building and change-management skills, plus the leadership skillset to recruit, train, coach, and mentor team members both within and outside of finance
Ability to question and challenge with curiosity and lead problem solving/ profitability improving events with focus on continuous improvement.
A strong working knowledge of general accounting principles, business processes, and business intelligence.
Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
Collaborates – Building partnerships and collaborating with others to meet shared objectives.
Ability to inspire and influence globally and cross-functionally.
Instills Trust – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
Communicates Effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Optimize Work Processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
Ensures Accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
Makes high quality decisions – Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
Provides Business Insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals.
Focuses on the Customers (internal and external) – Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Nice To Haves

Experience with mergers and/or acquisitions preferred.
MBA and CMA/CPA are preferred.

Responsibilities

Direct and oversee all financial and commercial aspects of the Segment with a focus on orders, revenue, margins, operational spending/SG&A, and Segment specific working capital.
Serve as key business partner and contributor to profitable growth strategies, tactics, and long-range planning, ensuring that current revenue-generating strategies create enterprise value.
Develop and utilize forward-looking, predictive models and activity-based financial analyses to provide insight into the organization’s operations and business plans.
Provide leadership in the development and continuous evaluation of short and long-term strategic financial objectives.
Ensure credibility of the Aftermarket Segment by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends, and forecasts to deliver timely, relevant, accurate and complete information that further elevates business performance.
Streamline processes and maximize efficiency
Review monthly financial operating reports for accuracy, completeness, and major variances between actual and budget results.
Standardize accounting and reporting globally.
Establish key performance indicators and scorecards to monitor the business specifically regarding sales growth, efficiency, profitability and time and resource management.
Provide leadership to bring team members together across the globe to drive for shared business and functional success.
Support platform wide integration and continuous improvement initiatives.