Senior Finance Manager, SEF Americas

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. • Ohio USA - Remote, OH

2d • $95,600 - $153,900 • Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Finance Manager, SEF Americas, you’ll be part of our Stanley Engineering Fastening (SEF) Americas team working as a remote employee. You’ll serve as the primary finance and accounting leader, with ownership for financial stewardship, accurate reporting, and alignment to corporate standards across multiple sites. You will act as a trusted business partner to operations leadership, using financial insight, strategic influence, and constructive challenge to shape decisions and improve business performance. You will lead actuals, forecasts, budgets, and performance reviews, ensuring timely visibility to risks, opportunities, and actions needed to deliver commitments. You will drive cost, cash, and productivity performance across the plants by identifying trends, monitoring key operational and financial drivers, and partnering with site leaders on corrective actions. You will translate plant performance data into actionable insights and business cases that support strategic planning, operational trade-offs, and long-term value creation. You will strengthen internal controls and compliance across the plants by ensuring SOX discipline, audit readiness, remediation of findings, and a culture of ethics and integrity. You will lead and influence site Controllers, Finance Managers, and extended finance teams to build capability, accountability, and consistent execution across the network. You will support capital prioritization, transformation initiatives, and process improvement efforts that enhance financial rigor, operational efficiency, and enterprise alignment. You will promote best-practice sharing, standardization, and continuous improvement across sites to improve decision quality, reporting consistency, and overall plant performance. You will build strong relationships across operations, supply chain, commercial finance, and corporate functions to ensure end-to-end business partnership and an enterprise mindset.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field
• 7-10 years of progressive finance experience, including significant experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or operations finance.
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint
• Demonstrated success leading across multiple sites or within a matrixed organization.
• Demonstrates an enterprise mindset and balances local site needs with broader business priorities.
• Leads change effectively and helps teams navigate transformation, ambiguity, and evolving business requirements.
• Develops people through coaching, feedback, and talent planning.
• Communicates with clarity and impact, including with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Models accountability, ethics, and integrity in all aspects of financial leadership.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.
• CPA, CMA, or equivalent professional qualification preferred.
• knowledge of JDE Edwards and Hyperion (HFM) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance and accounting leader, with ownership for financial stewardship, accurate reporting, and alignment to corporate standards across multiple sites.
• Act as a trusted business partner to operations leadership, using financial insight, strategic influence, and constructive challenge to shape decisions and improve business performance.
• Lead actuals, forecasts, budgets, and performance reviews, ensuring timely visibility to risks, opportunities, and actions needed to deliver commitments.
• Drive cost, cash, and productivity performance across the plants by identifying trends, monitoring key operational and financial drivers, and partnering with site leaders on corrective actions.
• Translate plant performance data into actionable insights and business cases that support strategic planning, operational trade-offs, and long-term value creation.
• Strengthen internal controls and compliance across the plants by ensuring SOX discipline, audit readiness, remediation of findings, and a culture of ethics and integrity.
• Lead and influence site Controllers, Finance Managers, and extended finance teams to build capability, accountability, and consistent execution across the network.
• Support capital prioritization, transformation initiatives, and process improvement efforts that enhance financial rigor, operational efficiency, and enterprise alignment.
• Promote best-practice sharing, standardization, and continuous improvement across sites to improve decision quality, reporting consistency, and overall plant performance.
• Build strong relationships across operations, supply chain, commercial finance, and corporate functions to ensure end-to-end business partnership and an enterprise mindset.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
• Access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.
• Access to state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

What This Job Offers

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