Commercial Finance Director - Industrial Solutions

Company Overview

Alkegen brings together two of the world’s leading specialty materials companies to create one new, innovation-driven leader focused on battery technologies, filtration media, and specialty insulation and sealing materials. Through global reach and breakthrough inventions, we are delivering products that enable the world to breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before. With over 60 manufacturing facilities and a global workforce of over 9,000 experienced professionals, Alkegen is uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.

Alkegen offers a range of dynamic career opportunities, from production operators to engineers, technicians to specialists, and sales to leadership.

Requires in-office attendance four days per week (Monday-Thursday), with Friday designated as work-from-home.

• Driving global commercial profitability performance through pricing discipline, contract governance and margin expansion initiatives.
• Partnering with Commercial leaders to develop pricing strategies aligned with raw material inflation, competitive positioning and value-based pricing opportunities.
• Leading governance for large commercial agreements including long-term supply contracts, bid reviews, indexation clauses and risk-adjusted returns.
• Developing customer, product and segment level profitability analytics to identify margin expansion opportunities.
• Partnering with the Product Management organization to perform product and portfolio margin analytics and support SKU rationalization initiatives.
• Designing and monitoring price-volume-mix analytics and identifying sources of margin leakage across the commercial portfolio.
• Establishing improved commercial forecasting processes and revenue visibility across regions and end markets.
• Supporting working capital improvement initiatives including customer payment terms, rebate structures and contract economics.
• Supporting portfolio simplification, restructuring initiatives and commercial footprint optimization.
• Coordinating with corporate FP&A and Data transformation team to develop and manage the global commercial data warehouse & reporting.

• Is a consistent role model for the Alkegen Core Values.
• Demonstrates excellent process management and change management skills.
• Exemplifies a systems-thinking mindset, able to navigate complexity and understand secondary and tertiary financial impacts on decisions.
• Combines strong manufacturing finance and technical accounting skillsets.
• Develops relationships that enable effective leading, coaching, and development of team members.
• Is a highly motivated problem solver able to balance priorities well under pressure.
• Communicates clearly with all stakeholder groups; quickly builds trust, credibility and respect with senior leadership.
• Can translate complex financial analyses into clear decision frameworks for leadership to quickly assess.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required; MBA or professional certification (CPA/CMA) preferred.
• 10–15 years of progressive finance experience, including significant experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or business finance within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with commercial, product management, and operations leadership to drive pricing, margin expansion, and profitable growth.
• Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to translate complex financial and operational data into actionable business insights.
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing finance teams in a global and matrixed organization.
• Ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast-paced, and evolving global manufacturing environment.
• Strong business partnering and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge assumptions and drive disciplined financial decision making.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to convey financial insights to senior business leaders.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools preferred.

Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, nation of origin, religion, color, gender identity and expression, age, disability, education, opinions, culture, languages spoken, veteran’s status, or any other protected class.