Finance Director
About The Position
The Finance Director – Thermal Solutions leads financial planning, analysis, reporting, and control activities for manufacturing operations. The role partners with plant leadership, supply chain, operations, commercial teams, and executive management to drive profitability, improve operational performance, support strategic decision-making, and maintain strong financial governance. It provides financial leadership for budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, capital investment analysis, inventory management, and continuous improvement initiatives. The director contributes to business-unit strategy and partners with the business unit president and leadership team to deliver an accelerated five-year growth strategy. The role directs activities related to revenue generation, cost management, capital expenditure investment, asset management, and the business unit balance sheet. It also plans, organizes, implements, directs, and evaluates the organization’s financial function and performance, while establishing and developing a high-performing team.
Requirements
- Prior financial leadership experience in a progressive organization.
- Operational finance experience, including three years in a leadership position.
- Proven experience leading a multi-million-dollar P&L, preferably in a product manufacturing business.
- Seven to fifteen years of experience in a related manufacturing industry.
- BA/BS degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with SAP.
- Master of Business Administration.
- CPA or CMA.
Responsibilities
- Lead the financial close process.
- Provide financial leadership and business partnership to commercial and operations teams.
- Develop and execute financial strategies that support company objectives and growth plans.
- Deliver actionable insights to improve profitability, productivity, and operational efficiency.
- Support strategic initiatives, acquisitions, expansions, and capital investment decisions.
- Contribute to business-unit strategy by challenging assumptions and providing financial analysis and guidance on activities, plans, targets, and business drivers.
- Partner with the business unit president and leadership team to deliver the five-year growth strategy.
- Direct activities associated with revenue generation, cost management, capital expenditure investment, asset management, and the business unit balance sheet.
- Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
- Analyze financial and operational performance against budgets and targets.
- Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct, and evaluate the organization’s financial function and performance.
- Establish and maintain a high-performing team and foster team growth and development.
- Drive cash flow and manage working capital.
- Maintain strong internal controls and compliance with company policies and accounting standards.
- Oversee standard costing, product costing, and cost accounting processes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
