VP/Director of Finance

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Regional Directors to support operational and strategic objectives.
• Provide financial and commercial guidance to improve business performance.
• Monitor operational results and recommend corrective actions where necessary.
• Represent regional leadership in meetings and business reviews when appropriate.
• Drive accountability and execution of strategic initiatives across the business.
• Lead the preparation and consolidation of: bi-weekly outlooks, quarterly forecasts, annual operating plans, and long-range strategic plans.
• Develop and maintain complex financial models to support planning and decision-making.
• Analyze operating results against budgets, forecasts, and business objectives.
• Identify trends, risks, opportunities, and data anomalies and provide actionable recommendations.
• Deliver meaningful business insights that support management decision-making.
• Prepare and report weekly and monthly key performance metrics.
• Evaluate financial results and communicate findings to leadership.
• Monitor working capital, profitability, and operational performance indicators.
• Advise management on trends, forecast accuracy, and required actions.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives and drive continuous improvement efforts.
• Identify and implement process enhancements to improve efficiency and business performance.
• Influence stakeholders and lead projects with minimal oversight.
• Facilitate leadership meetings focused on business results, operational trends, and action plans.
• Oversee the capital expenditure (CapEx) planning and approval process.
• Prepare and review Capital Appropriation Requests (ARAs).
• Monitor and report on capital project progress and spending.
• Lead Capital Steering Committee meetings.
• Evaluate capital investment opportunities and business cases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive finance, accounting, or business management experience.
• Proven leadership experience managing teams in a complex, multi-priority environment.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, forecasting, and business planning skills.
• Deep understanding of P&L management, budgeting and forecasting, working capital management, capital expenditure analysis, financial and operational reporting.
• Demonstrated success leading impactful process improvement initiatives.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence all levels of the organization.
• Ability to translate financial data into actionable business recommendations.