Commercial Finance Director - Industrial Solutions

Work Schedule:

Requires in-office attendance four days per week Monday-Thursday, with Friday designated as work-from-home.

Responsibilities

• Driving global commercial profitability performance through pricing discipline, contract governance and margin expansion initiatives.
• Partnering with Commercial leaders to develop pricing strategies aligned with raw material inflation, competitive positioning and value-based pricing opportunities.
• Leading governance for large commercial agreements including long-term supply contracts, bid reviews, indexation clauses and risk-adjusted returns.
• Developing customer, product and segment level profitability analytics to identify margin expansion opportunities.
• Pricing and supporting SKU rationalization initiatives.
• Designing and monitoring price-volume-mix analytics and identifying sources of margin leakage across the commercial portfolio.
• Establishing improved commercial forecasting processes and revenue visibility across regions and end markets.
• Supporting working capital improvement initiatives including customer payment terms, rebate structures and contract economics.
• Supporting portfolio simplification, restructuring initiatives and commercial footprint optimization.
• Cooking with corporate FP&A and Data transformation team to develop and manage our global commercial data warehouse & reporting.

Key Competencies

• Is a consistent role model for the Alkegen Core Values.
• Demonstrates excellent process management and change management skills.
• Exemplifies a systems-thinking mindset being able to navigate complexity and understand secondary and tertiary financial impacts on decisions.
• Combines strong manufacturing finance and technical accounting skillsets.
• Develops relationships that enable effective leading, coaching, and development of team members.
• Is a highly motivated problem solver able to balance priorities well under pressure.
• Communicates clearly with all stakeholder groups; quickly builds trust, credibility and respect with senior leadership.
• Can translate complex financial analyses into clear decision framework for leadership to quickly assess.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required; MBA or professional certification (CPA/CMA) preferred.
• 10–15 years of progressive finance experience, including significant experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or business finance within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with commercial, product management, and operations leadership to drive pricing, margin expansion, and profitable growth.
• Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to translate complex financial and operational data into actionable business insights.
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing finance teams in a global and matrixed organization.
• Ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast-paced, and evolving global manufacturing environment.
• Strong business partnering and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge assumptions and drive disciplined financial decision making.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to convey financial insights to senior business leaders.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools preferred.