Finance Director

Enerpac Tool Group Corp • Milwaukee, WI

24d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Finance Director serves as the primary finance partner to the business, providing commercial finance leadership, FP&A support, and financial insight to improve business performance. The role partners closely with business leadership to understand commercial priorities, evaluate financial results, identify risks and opportunities, and translate financial data into clear actions that support growth, profitability, and operating accountability.

The Finance Director leads key FP&A activities, including forecasting, annual planning, monthly business reviews, performance reporting, financial modeling, and commercial analysis. The role connects business strategy, market and customer dynamics, operational execution, and financial outcomes to support better decision-making across the organization.

The successful candidate is a commercially curious, analytical, and proactive business partner who can influence leaders across functions. The role requires strong FP&A discipline and practical business judgment, the ability to challenge assumptions constructively, communicate insights clearly, and help leaders understand the financial implications of commercial and operational decisions.

The position is based at Enerpac Tool Group’s headquarters in downtown Milwaukee. The hybrid schedule calls for working onsite Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays. The company also offers secure paid underground parking, an onsite fitness center with a personal trainer, and access to downtown amenities via connected skywalks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 12 or more years of progressive experience in commercial finance, FP&A, finance, accounting, or related business support roles, including experience serving as a finance partner to business leaders.
• Demonstrated experience supporting commercial decision-making, business reviews, forecasting, annual planning, and performance management for a business, operating segment, or region.
• Strong business partnership and commercial finance skills, including the ability to influence leaders, challenge assumptions, and drive accountability through financial insight.
• Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and analytical capabilities.
• Strong understanding of commercial performance drivers, financial statements, operational metrics, and the connection between business actions and financial outcomes.
• Ability to analyze, communicate, and present information accurately and succinctly, connecting insights to business actions.
• Self-motivated and proactive in managing workload and professional development.
• Strong work ethic and ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholders concurrently.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including preparing and presenting executive-level materials for senior leadership.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Analytical thinking, problem solving, attention to detail with strategic perspective, and ability to work cross-functionally and influence decisions.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CPA, CMA, or another relevant professional certification.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, engineered products, or capital equipment businesses.
• Experience within a complex global industrial organization.
• Experience with OneStream, Oracle, or an equivalent ERP, consolidation, and planning system.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead finance partner to the business, building relationships with commercial, operational, and functional leaders to support performance management and decision-making.
• Lead monthly forecasting, annual operating plans, long-range planning support, business reviews, variance analysis, and performance reporting.
• Analyze revenue, margin, pricing, mix, customer, channel, market, and product performance to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate growth initiatives, commercial programs, and operational priorities using financial analysis aligned with business objectives.
• Prepare and deliver financial insights, executive-ready materials, KPI reporting, and commentary explaining performance drivers and supporting timely management action.
• Lead forecast and planning discussions by challenging assumptions, consolidating risks and opportunities, and translating business inputs into actionable financial outlooks.
• Partner with controllership and regional finance teams during month-end close to understand results, validate key drivers, and provide accurate, business-focused financial commentary.
• Collaborate with Corporate FP&A and finance partners to promote consistency in reporting, planning assumptions, performance metrics, and business review materials.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting tools, data quality, and analytics to strengthen business partnership and decision support.

Benefits

• Secure paid underground parking.
• Onsite fitness center with a personal trainer.
• Direct access to downtown amenities via more than two miles of connected skywalks.

What This Job Offers

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