VP, Commercial Financial Management

About the Role

As VP, Commercial Financial Management, you will act as a trusted strategic partner to the Business Head and leadership team, combining financial excellence, strategic influence, and commercial insight. This role goes beyond traditional finance and requires a well-balanced leader who combines strong financial process discipline with the ability to influence strategic decisions, support M&A activities, and drive business performance. You will play a critical role in supporting growth, shaping the business unit strategy, and enabling value creation through strategic pricing governance and excellence in business planning.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior finance partner to the SBU leadership team and be the first point of contact for all finance-related questions
• Ensure robust, efficient, and accurate financial processes including analyzing and presenting monthly financial results with gap analysis
• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy and financial transparency
• Own and coordinate annual planning and investment process
• Identify leading and lagging indicators for business performance
• Propose gap closing measures in collaboration with business teams
• Ensure business planning runs smoothly and efficiently across SBU
• Co-pilot the SBU as a trusted sparring partner on strategic and financial topics to Business Head and Leadership Team
• Be an active and influential member of the leadership team
• Provide forward-looking insights, risks and opportunities on growth, competitiveness, and performance
• Challenge and influence strategic decisions, assumptions, and priorities
• Drive transformational initiatives to shape and refine Business Unit strategy, portfolio direction, and organization
• Look for areas of synergy, improvement, and scalability to drive efficiencies, create impact, and increase speed
• Drive performance accountability across the organization
• Play a key role in high-impact business decisions, including: capital investments, M&A activities (due diligence, evaluation, integration), and major commercial/contract decisions
• Partner cross-functionally to assess and execute M&A opportunities
• Support value creation and post-deal integration
• Lead and align regional and global teams
• Build a strong performance culture and common agenda
• Coach business leaders on financial and commercial decision-making

Qualifications

• High profile university degree, preferably with major in business, finance, or accounting
• 10+ years of professional experience in a commercial finance leadership role
• Proven track record in business partnering at senior leadership level with exceptional communication skills
• Proven track record in influencing high impact strategic decisions and strategic thinking (e.g., consulting or corporate strategy background)
• Proven track record in financial operations and planning excellence
• Ability to combine strategic thinking with operational execution
• Strong analytical skills with forward-looking mindset and business acumen
• Direct and indirect leadership and team player mentality
• Hands-on experience in M&A (due diligence and/or integration) strongly preferred

First 12 Months Success Metrics

• Stabilizing and enhancing financial processes
• Building strong partnership with Business Head and Business Unit teams
• Cocreating and detailing out strategic direction of the Business unit together with the Full Leadership team
• Contributing to key strategic and M&A initiatives
• Improving forecasting and planning quality for demand
• Supporting development of pricing governance and commercial capabilities

Pay

The salary for this role is $250,000.00–$275,000.00. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and this salary range may also be modified in the future.