Executive Director, Finance

The Executive Director, Finance is a senior member of the Finance team responsible for leading financial planning and analysis, supporting business development activities, and providing strategic financial leadership across the organization. This role partners closely with the Chief Financial Officer, executive leadership, and cross-functional teams to drive financial performance, support strategic decision-making, evaluate growth opportunities, and execute corporate transactions.

The Executive Director, Finance oversees the FP&A function, leads a team of finance professionals, develops enterprise financial models and forecasts, supports valuation and investment analyses, and plays a critical role in strategic transactions and other enterprise initiatives. This role serves as a trusted advisor to the CFO and business leaders by providing data-driven insights and recommendations that support the Company’s growth objectives.

• Lead the Company’s FP&A function, including annual budgeting, long-range planning, quarterly forecasting, cash flow forecasting, and management reporting.
• Develop and maintain financial models, key performance indicators, dashboards, and analyses to support executive decision-making.
• Partner with department leaders to evaluate operating performance, identify risks and opportunities, and improve resource allocation.
• Responsible for financial modeling and discounted cash flows to support enterprise valuations and related accounting treatment.
• Prepare financial presentations and analyses for executive leadership, the Audit Committee, and the Board of Directors.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy, financial reporting, and planning processes.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CFO and executive leadership on financial performance, growth initiatives, and capital allocation.
• Perform ad hoc financial analyses to support key business decisions and operational initiatives.
• Evaluate new business opportunities, strategic investments, partnerships, and commercial initiatives.
• Assess financial risks and opportunities associated with corporate strategies and operating plans.
• Develop business cases for significant investments and resource deployment decisions.

• Lead financial analyses supporting mergers and acquisitions, asset acquisitions, licensing transactions, investments, divestitures, and other strategic transactions.
• Develop and support valuation models, discounted cash flow analyses, accretion and dilution assessments, and comparable company analyses.
• Coordinate financial due diligence and partner with external advisors, auditors, consultants, and legal counsel.
• Support transaction structuring, negotiation, integration planning, and post-transaction performance monitoring.
• Assist with capital markets activities and financing initiatives, as needed.

• Lead, develop, and mentor a small finance team, with responsibility for future team growth and organizational development.
• Foster a high-performance culture emphasizing accountability, collaboration, analytical rigor, and continuous improvement.
• Establish development plans and provide coaching to support employee growth and succession planning.

• Partner with Accounting, Commercial, Operations, Legal, Human Resources, and other functions to align financial objectives with business strategy.
• Support preparation of Board materials, investor presentations, earnings-related analyses, and strategic planning sessions.
• Provide financial leadership for special projects and enterprise-wide initiatives.

• Identify opportunities…