Director of Finance

Kele • Bartlett, TN

15d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Finance will serve as a strategic analytical partner to Kele’s finance and business leadership teams. The role uses data and financial analysis to identify opportunities, evaluate complex business questions, and support informed decision-making across the organization. Although positioned within FP&A, it is not a traditional budgeting and reporting role; it focuses on turning company data into insights about investment, growth, and value creation.

The Director will lead high-impact analytical projects across areas including growth, pricing, marketing, operations, M&A, and capital investment. The position partners with leaders across functions to develop recommendations, assess strategic opportunities, support transactions, and build repeatable frameworks for evaluating initiatives. Kele expects to pursue approximately one acquisition per year.

Requirements

• Two years of post-MBA consulting experience, or at least two years of pre-MBA experience, at a top-tier strategy consulting firm, with a strong performance record.
• Superior critical-thinking skills, including the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, identify value, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to conduct and manage complex quantitative analysis accurately and without defects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain data-driven information in a way that inspires confidence.
• Ability to work on multiple tasks in parallel in a high-demand, performance-driven environment.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to build credibility with team members and senior management.
• Ability to work both as an individual contributor and as a team manager.
• Ability to deliver within short time frames, meet deadlines, and communicate openly and honestly.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience supporting distribution and/or industrial clients, in or outside of consulting.
• Experience on large cross-functional consulting projects involving transformation, commercial or operational initiatives, or post-merger integration.
• Creative, intellectually curious, and motivated approach to learning and problem-solving.
• Modest, highly motivated, and enthusiastic approach, with a focus on team accomplishments.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex and ambiguous business questions and develop data-driven recommendations for strategic and operational decisions.
• Lead strategic analytical projects from problem definition through analysis, recommendation, and implementation.
• Evaluate growth opportunities, including new markets, facilities, distribution capabilities, customer segments, and other investments.
• Assess the financial and strategic impact of major business decisions, considering quantitative analysis alongside customer behavior, competitive positioning, and operational factors.
• Use Kele’s data and technology resources to uncover trends, identify opportunities, and develop insights that improve business performance.
• Develop financial analyses and business cases to support investment decisions, including expected returns and broader strategic implications.
• Analyze pricing, marketing, and commercial strategies, including marketing ROI, customer economics, commission structures, and other drivers of profitable growth.
• Partner with leaders in finance, operations, sales, marketing, IT, and other functions to gather information, test assumptions, and develop recommendations.
• Support M&A and other strategic initiatives, including evaluating acquisition opportunities and their financial and operational implications.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems, and analytical capabilities as Kele scales and professionalizes its infrastructure.
• Build a repeatable analytical framework for evaluating strategic opportunities and prioritizing potential initiatives and investments.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Health savings account and flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care
• 401(k) with employer match up to 4% and immediate vesting
• Employer-paid short- and long-term disability coverage
• Employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance, with supplemental life insurance available for employees and dependents
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid maternity leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed