Finance Director

Finance Director

Location:

Champaign, IL

Job

# of Openings: 1

Champaign, Lisle, Normal, Peoria, Springfield, IL;
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• Lead financial due diligence for potential acquisitions and strategic partnerships/joint ventures.
• Develop and maintain financial models to evaluate enterprise valuations, deal structures, valuations, synergies, and return on investment.
• Coordinate with legal counsel and internal constituents throughout the transaction lifecycle.
• Prepare executive-level M&A memos, deal summaries, and board presentation materials.
• Support post-close integration activities including financial systems consolidation and reporting alignment.

• Budgeting & Financial Planning
• Own and manage the annual enterprise-wide budgeting process in collaboration with department and business unit leaders.
• Develop multi-year financial plans aligned with organizational strategy and capital allocation priorities.
• Establish budgeting timelines, templates, and governance processes to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Monitor budget-to-actual performance and proactively communicate variances and recommended actions to leadership.

• Lead the FP&A function, delivering monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages to senior leaders / group leaders.
• Develop rolling forecasts and scenario analyses to support strategic decision-making.
• Provide analytical support for major capital investments, pricing decisions, and new business opportunities.
• Design and maintain KPI dashboards and financial metrics that align with operational and strategic objectives.

• Conduct detailed variance analyses comparing actuals to budget, forecast, and prior-period results.
• Identify root causes of financial variances and present findings with actionable recommendations.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packages including executive summaries, trend analyses, and commentary.
• Support department leaders in understanding financial results and driving corrective actions where needed.

• Build and maintain dynamic cash flow models to project short- and long-term liquidity needs.
• Monitor daily cash positioning and optimize working capital across the organization.
• Partner with banking relationships to manage S‑T investments, marketable securities, credit facilities, shareholder distributions, and investment activity.
• Partner with Senior Controller on cash flow forecasting processes that integrate accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll cycles.

• Serve as the primary financial liaison for the organization’s captive insurance program.
• Oversee captive financial reporting, premium allocations, loss reserve reviews, and regulatory filings.
• Coordinate with captive managers, actuaries, and legal counsel on program structure, compliance, and renewals.
• Analyze captive performance metrics and provide strategic recommendations to optimize deductibles, coverage limits, and policy effectiveness.

• Manage the financial aspects of the organization’s real estate portfolio including lease accounting under ASC 842.
• Review, analyze, and model financial implications of new leases, renewals, terminations, and amendments.
• Partner with facilities and operations on real estate strategy, occupancy cost analysis, furniture expenditures, and space optimization.

• Develop and manage the annual capital expenditure budget in coordination with department leaders and operations.
• Establish and maintain a Cap Ex approval framework, including project justification, prioritization, and authorizations.
• Build and maintain Cap Ex models to evaluate ROI, payback periods, and NPV for proposed investments.
• Track and report on Cap Ex spending versus approved budgets and provide variance analyses.
• Support long‑range planning cycles for equipment replacement, fleet vehicles, and office upgrades.

• Draft and review financial memos, education sessions, and board materials…