Director of Business Finance, CLG

## Director of Business Finance, CLGApplylocations:
Bloomfield - New Jersey time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
JR100263

At Lummus Technology, innovation thrives, and excellence is a shared pursuit. When you join Lummus, you are empowered to make an impact and be part of a dynamic team that celebrates creativity, encourages professional development, and fosters collaboration.

From our technology portfolio to our global workforce, Lummus is growing at a rapid pace, and we hope that you will grow with us during this exciting time.

The Director, Business Finance CLG is a strategic finance leader responsible for driving financial performance, optimizing resource allocation, and enabling business decision-making. This role partners with senior leaders to deliver insights, lead planning cycles (budget/forecast/long-range plan), and ensure financial discipline and alignment with corporate objectives. The role remains accountable for understanding, explaining, and influencing actual financial performance not only forward-looking planning and FP&A activities by connecting reported results to operational drivers, risks, and corrective actions.
** Scope & Impact**:
Owns end-to-end finance support for designated business areas, including actual results review, planning, performance management, and executive decision support. Provides clear visibility to financial risks and opportunities, explains variances between actuals, forecast, budget, and business drivers, and drives actions that improve profitability, cash flow, and return on investment.
** Key Relationships**:
Business unit leadership; FP&A/Corporate Finance;
Accounting/Controllership;
Treasury;
Tax;
Internal Audit;
Procurement; HR; and cross-functional operational teams.
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* Key Responsibilities:

**** Strategic Financial Leadership
*** Lead the financial planning cadence, including annual budget, monthly/quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning.
* Build business cases and support investment decisions through ROI analysis, scenario modeling, and sensitivity testing.
* Partner with Corporate Finance to align business plans to enterprise commitments, create productive tension, and drive accountability to results.
** Business Partnering
*** Provide strategic recommendations to the executive team based on financial analysis and projections.
* Serve as a trusted advisor to operational leaders on financial matters.
* Collaborate with department heads to understand financial needs and deliver actionable insights.
** Performance Management
*** Own the review and interpretation of actual financial results, including revenue, gross margin, IFO, cash, backlog, cost, and other key performance indicators
* Explain actual performance versus forecast, budget, and prior outlooks by linking financial outcomes to operational drivers, commercial decisions, project execution, and market conditions.
* Partner with business leaders to identify performance gaps, define corrective actions, and follow through on opportunities for cost optimization, margin improvement, revenue growth, and cash performance.
** Reporting & Compliance
*** Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
* Maintain compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
* Support audit and tax processes as needed.
** Leadership & People Management
*** Demonstrate strong matrix leadership with ability to influence, align, and drive outcomes through cross-functional partners and senior stakeholders.
* Lead, coach, and develop high-performing finance talent— set clear goals, ensure role clarity, and build capability and succession (direct and/or matrixed).
* Establish an operating rhythm with business and finance stakeholders (actuals, forecast, KPI, and variance reviews), clarify owners/next actions, and ensure follow-through.
* Model ethical decision-making, reinforce strong controls, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
** Key Deliverables / Success Measures
*** On-time, accurate budget/forecast submissions with clear assumptions and documented drivers.
* Clear ownership of actual performance reviews, variance bridges, root-cause analysis, and agreed business actions that…