Director of Finance Operations
Corporate Values
At Valvoline Global, our Corporate Values—Care, Integrity, Passion, Unity, And Excellence—are at the heart of everything we do. These Values define how we operate, how we treat one another, and how we engage with our partners, customers, and the communities we serve.
About the Role
The Director, Finance Operations leads finance and accounting functions organization-wide, acting as the principal decision-maker on issues impacting financial health. This role demands a comprehensive understanding of accounting principles and their strategic implications. The role fosters team development and charts the course for finance and accounting strategies, ensuring alignment with the company’s objectives.
Responsibilities
Directs and reviews the work of internal/external teams across functions and/or geographies to ensure the company’s financial reporting processes are accurate, reliable, and compliant with regulations; accountable for designing, implementing, and monitoring internal controls to safeguard assets, prevent fraud, and maintain the integrity of financial information disclosed to stakeholders.
Provide cross-functional support across the global finance organization: Project manage integration efforts associated with mergers and acquisitions and provide value-added insights relative to applicable work streams facilitating integration to Company processes and controls; serve on the project team to provide senior-level finance insights to the S/4 Hana SAP implementation workstream and assist in managing project timelines, working closely with senior-level internal and external resources; provide input on testing design and execution for Internal Audit function, applying methodologies consistent with the COSO framework, while also driving efficiency and optimization of testing strategies, evaluating results, and driving remediation efforts.
Manage people, process, and third parties: People – Provides direct supervision and substantive feedback to team members and develop their skills through promoting learning and development through a combination of on-the-job experience, best practices, keeping current and traditional learning and research; Process – Responsible for individual and team performance (process oversight) and seeks feedback to identify areas for strength and opportunities for development (including delegation); Third Party – Primary point of contact with external vendors to ensure execution of projects or day-to-day activities; works closely with the team to ensure budget is met.
Assumes leadership role to develop the team and sets the strategic vision for the finance and accounting teams.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) in Accounting or equivalent
Minimum 15 years of relevant experience with internal controls over financial reporting, enterprise risk management, finance function optimization/strategy and with progressive leadership experience
Strategic thinker with ability to synthesize information, identify opportunities/threats and make decisions that align with organizational objectives
Advanced understanding of the overall activities of consolidated financial statements and companywide implications in the areas subject to oversight
Ability to analyze economic, financial, market, and industry information to identify trends and assess strategies
Strong leadership skills with the ability to delegate to others to provide learning opportunities and coaching to deliver results
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with ability to initiate and lead open conversations with teams, business partners and other stakeholders to build trust
Strong change management skills to proactively identify opportunities to improve processes and/or efficiencies and taking accountability for implementing an improvement and/or change
Strong change management skills with ability to catalyze change by creating momentum and rewarding those who contribute to change efforts
Encourage teams to help identify opportunities to use current and emerging technology and propose innovative solutions to solve complex challenges
Qualifications
MBA or graduate degree in Accounting preferred
CMA preferred
CPA / Chartered Accountant preferred
Preferred public accounting / Big 4 accounting firm experience
Experience in retail, consumer products industries and/or multinational public companies preferred
Benefits
Health insurance plans (medical, dental, vision)
Health Savings Account (with employer-base deposit and match)
Flexible spending accounts
Competitive 401(k) with generous employer base deposit and match
Incentive opportunity
Life insurance
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Paid vacation and holidays
Employee Assistance Program
Employee discounts
PTO Buy/Sell Options
Tuition reimbursement
Adoption assistance
Pay
Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
Schedule
Full-time position.