Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer Overview

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Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America (PECNA) is scaling from a single high‑velocity site to an enterprise‑grade, multi‑site manufacturer of lithium‑ion batteries. The CFO is a key member of PECNA’s executive leadership team, reporting directly to the President and dotted line to the CFO of the business segment. The CFO will be a highly strategic business advisor and operator who leads all finance functions for PECNA’s Nevada (NV) and Kansas (KS) giga‑factory sites and serves as a critical bridge to Panasonic North America Corporate Finance and Panasonic HQ in Japan.

The CFO will work to build the capabilities of the finance/accounting team, ensure tactical execution, and provide the leadership necessary to support the continued growth of the business. Experience working in a multi‑national, high‑volume continuous manufacturing environment will be a major benefit to the CFO and PECNA.

• Enterprise‑scale ownership of FP&A, Accounting, Costing, Tax (state/local), Treasury & Cash Management, Internal Controls, and Capital Planning for NV & KS sites.
• Primary finance interface with Panasonic North America and Japan HQ for governance, reporting, and strategic initiatives, including IFRS/US GAAP, SOX, and corporate policies.
• Team leadership of a growing, multi‑site finance organization; responsible for capability building, succession planning, and culture.

• Serve as consultant to the President and all of the Company’s senior managers with respect to problems and/or opportunities of a financial and general management nature.
• Proactively advise the President and Parent Company by extracting and clearly communicating conclusions from key indicators, metrics, and analyses.
• Be a strategic business partner to the various functions; inform and guide strategy and key business decisions.
• Build strong relationships cross‑functionally so that finance can better support the business.
• Provide the analytical framework to enable informed business decisions that identify trends early to capitalize on opportunities and manage risk.

• Translate enterprise strategy into financial roadmaps and measurable operational targets.
• Continuously improve the financial infrastructure, operational controls, and the integrity/quality of financial metrics and KPIs.
• Refine and elevate the finance function; org design, role clarity, talent upgrades, competency development, and robust performance management.
• Implement a modern enterprise finance stack (e.g., ERP, consolidation, planning/forecasting, costing, analytics) with strong master data governance.

• Lead and manage the full finance function, including financial planning and analysis, financial operations, accounting, state and local taxes, internal control, and capital expenditures.
• Pursue and implement best practices for planning, executing, reporting, and analyzing business performance.
• Establish and maintain cash flow policies and procedures to ensure cash resources are available for daily operations and new business development initiative.
• Build cost transparency and manufacturing finance rigor: standard costing, variance analysis, yield/throughput, scrap, OEE, labor/overhead absorption, and CI economics.

• Oversee budgeting/forecasting, purchasing, and cash management, for the organization.
• Establish a best‑in‑class KPI framework and management cadence; daily/weekly operational dashboards, monthly performance reviews, early warning indicators, and countermeasures.
• Evaluate and prioritize capex and strategic investments; build business cases, scenario models, and IRR/NPV analyses; ensure post‑investment…