Senior Director, Global Finance - USCAN

Department: Finance / Accounting / Audit

Employment Type: Tempo Integral

Location: US - Indiana - Fort Wayne

Description

The Director, Finance for USCAN, will strategically lead across functional teams and across regions by providing and developing financial analysis for actual/forecast/AOP consolidation reporting, new product development, new business acquisition as well as initiate process improvements that impact overall P&L. Responsibilities include developing/training for commercial teams in proactive, standardized financial analysis. Creating financial consolidations for the Commercial USCAN actual reporting and variance analysis, quarterly projections, forecasts, and AOP to ensure assumptions are aligned for P&L/WC improvements. A key focus for successful, cooperative business partnership includes proactively providing financial support, data interpretation and advising leaders of corrective actions to ensure long-term achievement of key strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Analysis

Develops and implements consistent financial analysis tools for early warnings across USCAN Commercial business leaders with data interpretation including margin analysis, mix, sales, deductions, costs, SCM, SG&A, NPD and leveraging top customer relationships
Implements tools/reports to reduce the impact of changes on business profitability
M&A / business case modeling finance leader in the development and evaluation of business projects, new product development, new business acquisitions, restructuring, cost reductions, and operation improvement strategies
Design, develop and maintain all reporting requirements for consolidation on actuals, forecasts, AOP, R&O and LRP leveraging IT tools and other opportunities for standardization and automation
Develop and create financial reporting improvements to positively impact P&L/WC optimization
Leads monthly/quarterly consolidation of actuals, projections, forecasts, Long Range Plan (LRP), AOP, Risk/Opportunity analysis and related plans
Leads resolution on actuals, forecasts/AOP and WT LRP issues, disconnects, bottlenecks or system limitations to resolve timely and with subject matter experts
Identifying and building of robust processes and ease of information sharing from and between process partners
Supports the weekly closing ensuring linkage to projections and presentations (Commercial Staff, Ops Review, BOD) to investigate gaps to targeted results
Leads and builds additional rigor with E&O, Bad Debt, Warranty/Returns, Engineering SGA and Project Case Analysis, Headcount/Compensation movements transparency and issue resolution.
Leader in rolling out training across Commercial USCAN Finance organization including process partners interconnections / interdependencies
Responsible for continuous improvement of financial techniques and their implementation throughout the USCAN Commercial Unit particularly as it relates to improvements in the quality and timeliness of management insightful information

Prepare, review and interpret financial results

Develops detailed financial reviews using financial modeling/trends for critical decisions
Owner of long range plan leveraging history and building a flexible model for changes in assumptions
Leads collaboration with process partners on best approach to gaining insights to drivers of change and estimates leveraging existing tools and provide enhancements as needed
Analyze and report on entries being booked in Corporate on behalf of Commercial USCAN in order to explain to management
Provide support regarding accounting and other questions across corporate functions
Leader in discipline and rigor in month end, QTD, YTD reporting and analysis across KPIs
Leader in WC and visibility to drivers of change, work with Credit on key deliverables, and rollout disciplined processes with coordinated efforts of Commercial USCAN sales and finance teams and credit.

Management

Demonstrate strategic, cross-functional leadership across business partnerships
Collaborate with multi-nationals in a matrix/functional environment
Lead financial analysis and reporting training across functions and locations
High influenceable character and change agent.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Skills and Abilities

Leverages business expertise as it relates to IC markup, pricing analysis, mix to support organization adapt new techniques and investigations to gaps
Ability to explain all parts of the P&L even where expenses may be impacted by corporate policies
Develop robust, strategic objectives and development plans
Plans the time, method, manner, and/or performance sequence of own work; may also occasionally assist in planning work assignments performed by others within a limited area of operation
Frequently makes decisions of both minor and major importance, which may affect the work operations of other employees and/or clientele to a moderate degree
Proficient in E1, BI and SQL (sequel server) in order to perform ad hoc analysis and create standard analysis that leverage systems
Assessing financial results, bottlenecks, while offering suggestions and implementing solutions.
Provide management vital information for decision making on Board, LRP, Forecasts, AOP
Develop and maintain information and financials used in Board, Leadership meetings.
Change management agent for finance best practices
Ad Hoc analysis as needed

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, finance, or a related field (required)
Six plus years of relevant experience in accounting, finance, or a related field (required)
Master of Business Administration degree (preferred)

Computer Skills

Advanced: Accounting software (JDE preferred), alphanumeric data entry, spreadsheet, word processing/typing.
Intermediate: Presentation/PowerPoint, Microsoft Business Intelligence.

Certificates and Licenses

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (preferred).

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