Director of Finance, FP&A

Greenfield Global Inc. • Brookfield, CT

23d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a dynamic, growth-oriented Director of Finance, FP&A, to join our Finance leadership team. This is a high-impact role for a strategic finance leader with strong business acumen and people leadership skills, who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
In this role, you will partner closely with the business unit leadership and cross-functional teams to lead financial planning and analysis for our Specialty Chemical and Ingredients (SCI) business unit. Business partnering with Sales, Marketing and Commercial and Operations team playing a critical role in driving our growth agenda.
This role requires someone who can lead all aspects of enterprise planning, as well as execute and take ownership of the day-to-day activities. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to oversee the development of advanced financial planning, modelling and analytics tools, and dashboards to support evidence-based decision making.
We are seeking a Director of Finance, FP&A, with a proven track record of success, leading significant changes through hands-on accomplishments. Someone who has demonstrated leadership competencies that include strategic agility, relationship building, collaborating with executives, business acumen, dealing with ambiguity, planning and priority setting. We need someone who balances their analytical and logical mindset with a healthy dose of curiosity; someone who wants to dive deep beyond the status quo and champion effective changes.

Requirements

• Proven leadership experience in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and the ability to manage a team to deliver high quality financial analysis, services and results in a timely manner.
• Demonstrated success as a strategic leader fostering an environment of continuous improvement and excellence during ongoing change.
• Leadership experience building organizational capabilities in your team as well as in the broader organization.
• Through your experience, you have gained extensive knowledge in budgeting, forecasting, multi-year strategic planning modelling and tool development. Multi-currency experience is an asset.
• Able to build strong and collaborative working relationships and build network with internal and external stakeholders.
• You are a team player ready to participate whenever the need arises.
• Self-motivated, curious, and have a strong desire to make an impact.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• CPA or MBA

Nice To Haves

• Multi-currency experience

Responsibilities

• Directing the entire Planning cycle (Strategy, Forecast, Budget) for the SC&I business unit.
• Design, manage and analyze the annual and long-term plans.
• Be responsible for delivering financial forecasts including analysis.
• Oversee and manage the continued development of budgeting, forecasting, planning and modeling tools.
• Establish and drive the execution of FP&A framework, standards and processes and provide financial leadership at a Corporate and operational level.
• Support of any ad hoc requests.
• Produce accurate and timely financial reports and analysis for internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide leadership in developing the performance measurement framework and KPIs to track and monitor performance.
• Identify and assess the financial impact of opportunities and risks including the development of mitigation strategies.
• You will deliver a business financial package that communicates financial results in a standard and easy to understand format for all Management and Senior Leadership audiences.
• You will sit on the FP&A Finance leadership team and also serve in a broader corporate capacity.
• Value creation services: You will provide finance support to the SC&I business unit and management team for financial related analysis including competitive analysis, pricing strategies, customer profitability and sales performance.
• You will manage and develop a team of three managers committed to delivering strong financial performance and committed to establishing strong business partnerships throughout the organization.

Benefits

• Formal and informal training opportunities
• Comprehensive health and dental benefits
• Income protection: short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, paid personal sick time
• Vacation time exceeding industry standards
• Company funded retirement savings program with individual contribution opportunities
• Meaningful and challenging work
• Curated intentional culture focused on growth and development, engagement, and communication

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director