Chief Financial Officer, North America

Title:Chief Financial Officer, North America

Location:New York City

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Position Summary:

The CFO NA is a key member of the NA Executive Leadership Team and serves as the finance leader responsible for the company's financial health, growth, profitability, and long-term value creation.

The CFO NA will partner closely with the NA CEO, the Group CFO, and other senior business leaders to drive sustainable growth, profitability, cash generation, operational excellence, and informed decision-making.

This is a highly strategic and commercially oriented leadership role. In addition to providing financial stewardship and ensuring strong governance and controls, the CFO NA will help shape business strategy, allocate resources, improve business performance, and identify the financial and operational levers that can accelerate profitable growth.

The CFO NA will lead the North American finance organization and oversee financial planning and analysis, accounting, treasury, tax, commercial finance, pricing, client and project profitability, business intelligence, financial controls and compliance. The role also has responsibility for the North American procurement function and real estate portfolio.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical finance expertise with commercial judgment, operational engagement, analytical rigor, and the ability to influence senior leaders and drive meaningful change.

• Serve as an advisor to the NA CEO and Executive Leadership Team on corporate strategy, growth opportunities, and business performance.
• Develop and execute the company's financial strategy in alignment with organizational objectives.
• Support strategic planning, annual budgeting, and long-range business forecasting processes.
• Evaluate market trends, competitive dynamics, and economic conditions to identify risks and opportunities.

• Oversee company-wide budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes.
• Improve revenue forecasting accuracy and drive disciplined financial management across the business.
• Provide actionable insights on revenue growth, profitability, utilization, project economics, and margin improvement.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) across business units, clients, and product lines.
• Drive data-based decision making through robust financial analysis and business intelligence.

• Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with applicable accounting standards.
• Oversee general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, tax, treasury, and financial controls.
• Maintain a strong system of internal controls and financial governance.
• Lead cash flow management, tax planning and working capital optimization initiatives.

• Partner with commercial and operational leaders to assess client, project, and service-line profitability.
• Develop pricing frameworks and financial models to support business growth.
• Evaluate contract structures and commercial terms to maximize profitability while managing risk.

• Ensure compliance with all financial, regulatory, tax, audit, and reporting requirements.
• Oversee enterprise risk management activities.
• Manage relationships with external auditors and tax advisors.
• Maintain a strong culture of financial integrity, accountability, governance, and compliance

• Lead the evolution of the North American finance operating model, improving scalability, efficiency, automation, and business partnering.
• Strengthen financial and operational data, reporting, analytics, and forecasting to support timely, data-driven…