Finance Director, PCP

Littelfuse•Chicago, IL

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Finance Director will have full financial responsibility for a $200 Million business and report directly to the Littelfuse VP Finance, Transportation, with a strong “dotted line” to the business unit General Manager. This leader will lead finance teams in the US, Mexico, UK, and China across financial planning, operations finance, controllership, financial systems, and integration. The focus will be on building and expanding the finance function, growing revenue and profitability of the business through financial business partnership, including product management, manufacturing and supply chain support, investment analysis, and the streamlining of global processes, infrastructure, and systems.

Requirements

Proven finance executive with progressive experience leading the finance function in a publicly traded multinational business with strong manufacturing and operations experience.
Successful experience in a significant business unit, category, or region where the candidate partnered with the General Manager in setting goals and delivering against them.
Clear business thinker, able to lead others in achieving financial/operational objectives.
Well-rounded background in financial reporting and analysis, financial systems, budgeting, expense management, capital allocation, investment analysis, financial modeling, and accounting.
Advanced communication skills to manage, influence, and partner across the organization and deliver effective formal/informal presentations to senior leaders.
Critical, Strategic Thinking – capable of seeing around corners, analyzing financial data, identifying trends and proactively balancing the need to execute today’s operations with tomorrow’s strategy.
Influence and Storytelling - capability to translate financial data into a compelling narrative for internal and external key stakeholder audiences.
Strategic & Operational Balance - Ability to telescope between high-level strategic thinking and operational financial details to connect the dots and ensure alignment to hitting financial results and driving growth bets.
Resilience & Energy – Operates with urgency, endurance and the ability to navigate ambiguity, particularly in a high-growth, dynamic environment.
Talent and Organizational Development – highly skilled at thinking about broad-based organizational structure and able to play chess. Demonstrated passion and natural capability to coach talent at scale.
Low-Ego Collaboration – demonstrates humility, prioritizes team over self, and effectively collaborates across functions and leadership levels.
Financial Acumen – Deep understanding of financial levers and impact on the P&L to ensure key business objectives and metrics are met.
Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field required.

Nice To Haves

MBA or Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide Strategic Finance Leadership for the business, acting as a key member of the business management team.
Develop the businesses’ short-term and long-range financial plans, driving accountability for delivery against targets and business objectives.
Provide strategic financial input and leadership to drive operational improvement across the business in areas such as customer, channel and product line management/profitability; manufacturing and supply chain optimization and cost; and working capital efficiency and return on capital.
Play a lead role in the continued redesign of the finance function, including determining the optimal business and financial structure, delivering cost-saving initiatives and operational synergies, developing a standardized reporting system, and integrating the global finance team with required controls and procedures.
Continue evaluation of the company’s ERP system and potential ERP change strategy, and help lead and direct the organization’s ongoing involvement in future M&A initiatives.
Be accountable for generating robust data analytics to support decisions on strategic planning priorities, product/category/customer profitability, and cost containment.
Deliver Best-In-Class analytical finance support and performance insight by providing clear and constructive insights about current and future financial performance and recommendations for areas of improvement, focus, or investment.
Lead the preparation and analysis of monthly worldwide reporting packages, including income statements and working capital, capital expenditures, and other key balance sheet items.
Analyze monthly and quarterly results comparing against previous year and budget, identify key drivers of variances, and prepare insightful commentaries.
Develop executive reports on financial benchmarks, business analytics, and key performance indicators to drive financial performance initiatives.
Attract, develop, lead, and manage a high-performing global finance organization by developing goals for finance staff consistent with business and corporate strategic objectives, ensuring alignment and accountability, and managing employee performance and development reviews.
Reinforce and drive business stewardship by serving as a key role model for transparent and ethical behavior, coordinating with the finance team to enhance and standardize control procedures, and working with the Corporate Controller’s organization to define improvements for best-in-class financial reporting and business stewardship.