Director of Finance

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Position Summary:

The Director of Finance advances our mission through strategic financial leadership, operational partnership, and strong financial governance. This role directs long‑range and annual financial planning, forecasting, analysis, and reporting to provide clear insights that guide decision‑making on opportunities, risks, and business performance. As a key member of the business leadership team, the Director of Finance will also serve as a pivotal change agent, championing a growth mindset, challenging conventional thinking, and enabling an entrepreneurial culture.

• Strategic Leadership & Change Enablement:
  • Partner cross‑functionally with the leadership team to develop and execute strategic plans that improve operating leverage, cash generation, and business performance.
  • Shape and reinforce a culture grounded in growth mindset, speed, accountability, and entrepreneurial thinking.
  • Act as a change leader, helping the organization think differently, build new capabilities, and adopt new processes that support growth and continuous improvement.
• Planning, Forecasting & Financial Management:
  • Lead the long‑range and annual planning processes, incorporating both bottoms‑up operational input and top‑down strategic priorities.
  • Oversee monthly financial reviews, identifying risks, opportunities, and actions related to revenue, margin improvement, productivity, and cash generation.
  • Support the annual budgeting and forecasting processes, including orders, sales, SG&A, and productivity initiatives.
  • Ensure timely, accurate monthly financial close and reporting.
• Cost Productivity, 80/20 & Operating Analytics:
  • Lead financial analysis for cost‑savings initiatives; hold teams accountable for delivering measurable results.
  • Own 80/20 analysis, including quad reviews, pricing recommendations, obsolete inventory tracking, and identification of low‑volume products/customers for action.
• Inventory, Cash & Asset Management:
  • Champion the division’s drive toward an efficient working capital target, including weekly analytics and cross‑functional action plans.
  • Lead the quarterly excess and obsolete inventory process, ensuring root‑cause insights inform future NPD, sourcing, and operations planning.
  • Safeguard company assets and ensure strong internal controls while continuously looking for ways to drive efficiency.
  • Coordinate all capital expenditure requests, including justification, payback, and alignment with business priorities.
  • Maintain proper accounting controls, procedures, and compliance standards across all financial processes.
• Leadership & Talent Development:
  • Lead, develop, and mentor a team of accounting and finance professionals to enhance capability, performance, and business partnership.
  • Conduct formal performance evaluations, provide direction, and support career growth while driving accountability and operational excellence.

• Bachelor’s degree from a four‑year college or university (CPA/MBA a plus).
• 5+ years of progressive business experience including 3+ years as a Plant Finance Manager or equivalent, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and/or 80/20 will merit strong additional consideration.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement culture capable of challenging the status quo and conventional wisdom.
• Assertive leader with a bias for action and entrepreneurial orientation, willing to move fast and inject velocity.
• Demonstrated track record of owning and driving results; not just reporting results.
• Proven capacity for critical thinking, logical reasoning, and complex problem diagnosis to uncover root causes and design effective solutions.
• Demonstrates a learning mindset and a high degree of intellectual curiosity about the business.
• Relishes change and comfortable operating in an environment of ambiguity.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build consensus and gain internal alignment across different stakeholder groups.

• Director

• Full‑time

• Finance and Sales
• Manufacturing