Director, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis; Remote

Director, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis

Solventum, a global Med Tech company, seeks an enterprise leader to drive free cash flow performance and effective tax rate management. The Director will partner across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Shared Services to embed cash discipline, improve predictability, and enable capital allocation aligned with growth, innovation, and shareholder commitments.

• Own Solventum’s enterprise free cash flow forecast, outlooks, and long‑range planning, ensuring alignment across P&L, balance sheet, and capital assumptions.
  • Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual FCF performance reviews, including variance analysis versus plan, prior year, and commitments.
  • Translate complex operational and financial drivers into clear, actionable insights for executive leadership.
• Drive enterprise working capital performance across inventory, receivables, payables, and other balance‑sheet levers.
  • Partner with Supply Chain, Operations, Commercial Finance, Procurement, and Shared Services to embed cash outcomes into operating rhythms.
  • Establish and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and governance routines to track progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Collaborate with FP&A and business leaders to evaluate capital investments, restructuring actions, and strategic initiatives through a cash‑first lens.
  • Support capital prioritization and funding decisions aligned to growth strategy, margin expansion, and cash commitments.
  • Lead scenario modeling and stress testing to assess liquidity, resilience, and trade‑offs under varying business conditions.
  • Partner with Treasury to support capital planning and use‑of‑cash analyses, including non‑operational forecasting for net interest and pension expenses.
• Partner with FP&A, Tax Planning, and business leaders to evaluate initiatives through a strategic tax lens.
  • Support forecasting of the annual effective tax rate and development of tax planning strategies.
• Build and enhance driver‑based cash flow models linking operational plans to cash outcomes.
  • Ensure consistency and integrity of cash flow assumptions across planning tools, ERP systems, and reporting platforms.
  • Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy, data quality, and insight generation.
  • Lead legal entity forecasting processes supporting Treasury and Tax activities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CFO, Finance leadership team, and senior executives on cash performance and capital allocation.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a high‑performing offshore team focused on cash flow analytics, governance, and execution.
  • Influence non‑finance leaders to drive cash‑conscious decision‑making and accountability.
• Ensure strong internal controls and SOX compliance related to cash flow, working capital, and capital expenditures.
  • Partner with Controllership and Audit to maintain transparency, consistency, and audit‑ready processes.
  • Identify and mitigate cash‑related risks proactively.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Business Administration (completed and verified prior to start) AND ten (10) years of finance experience in free cash flow, treasury, FP&A, working capital, and/or controllership within a matrixed organization.

• MBA, CPA, or CFA
• Experience partnering cross‑functionally and influencing senior leaders
• Experience applying analytical and financial modeling approaches to support business decision‑making
• Experience working in global, regulated, or manufacturing‑intensive environments (Med Tech, Life Sciences, Industrial)
• Experience supporting stand‑alone readiness, transformation, or ERP/finance modernization initiatives
• Experience using enterprise financial and planning systems such as SAP, Anaplan, or Hyperion
• Experience building or enhancing financial processes, operating models, or analytical capabilities in a growing or transforming organization
• Experience making decisions aligned to enterprise‑wide business objectives, balancing functional and organizational priorities
• Experience managing financial performance drivers, including cash generation and…