Senior Director, Finance - Operations

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Director, Finance - Operations based in the United States.

This is a senior finance leadership role supporting a broad portfolio of cost-of-revenue and operational functions in a complex, regulated environment.

You will serve as a strategic finance partner to executive leaders, shaping decisions around growth, profitability, scalability, risk, and operational performance.

The role spans manufacturing, cost accounting, customer care, clinical operations, quality and regulatory, and sales and operations planning.

You will combine long-range financial strategy with hands-on involvement in forecasting, modeling, controls, integrations, and operational improvement initiatives.

A major focus will be building scalable finance capabilities, strengthening cost accounting, and developing a high-performing team for continued growth.

You will also help translate operational data into actionable insights that improve productivity, capacity planning, inventory management, and gross-margin performance.

This opportunity is well suited to an enterprise-minded finance leader who thrives in ambiguity and can move confidently between strategic leadership and detailed execution.

• Set the strategy, vision, and direction for finance support across cost-of-revenue and operational functions, aligning priorities and resources with enterprise growth, profitability, and scalability objectives.
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to executive leadership on operational strategy, financial performance, operating-model decisions, risk, and long-term value creation.
• Own long-range planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, and performance management for cost of revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, and capital investments across supported functions.
• Transform and develop the operations finance and cost-accounting organization by assessing capabilities, clarifying accountability, developing talent, and establishing scalable ways of working.
• Provide hands-on oversight of cost accounting, including close processes, standard costing, inventory accounting, reconciliations, controls, documentation, analytics, and business partnership.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Internal Audit, and external auditors to maintain a strong control environment for inventory and cost of revenue, including SOX-compliant processes.
• Lead finance integration activities for acquired businesses, covering cost structures, inventory, supply continuity, operating metrics, forecasting, reporting, and opportunities to improve gross margins.
• Build scalable finance capabilities for new products, services, and business adjacencies, including planning, reporting, cost allocation, operational readiness, and performance visibility.
• Strengthen sales and operations planning by connecting demand forecasts with capacity, labor, inventory, supply, service levels, and financial outcomes.
• Develop forward-looking financial models, dashboards, and operating metrics that connect business activity with cost, capacity, productivity, and gross-margin performance.
• Partner with operational leaders to identify and track productivity, sourcing, automation, network, and process-improvement initiatives, including benefits realization and delivery risks.
• Provide timely analysis of actual performance, forecast variances, risks, and opportunities, translating findings into clear recommendations and corrective actions.
• Personally engage in critical models, data analysis, close issues, integrations, and special projects while simultaneously building the organizational capabilities required for long-term scale.
• Identify and sponsor enterprise-wide opportunities that cross functions, business units, and geographies, aligning stakeholders and driving initiatives that improve performance and long-term value.

• At least 15 years of relevant professional experience with a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline, or 12 years with a Master's degree, or equivalent experience.
• 7-10 years or more of finance leadership experience, with a demonstrated ability to build, stabilize, and develop high-performing teams.
• Deep expertise in cost accounting and operational finance, including inventory, standard costs, manufacturing variances, cost of revenue, financial close processes, and related controls.
• Significant experience providing strategic financial…