Director, Finance - Connected Products

Company Description

Fortune Brands Innovations is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We’re advancing exciting innovations across our portfolio, which includes:
Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, Spring Well, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, Sentry Safe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands Innovations is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We’re advancing exciting innovations across our portfolio, which includes:
Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, Spring Well, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, Sentry Safe and Yale residential.

At Fortune Brands, we’re building something big. We’re advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We’re delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we’ve transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

Explore life at Fortune Brands here.

FBIN’s Connected Products business spans Moen Flo water intelligence devices, Aqualisa connected showers, Yale residential security, Yale PRO commercial access, and related software and cloud platforms. Connected Products represents a high‑growth, strategically important platform with a strong mix of hardware, recurring subscription revenue, and R&D‑driven innovation.

The Director, Finance — Connected Products is designed for a finance leader who enjoys building rather than maintaining. Connected Products is a rapidly growing business that combines the pace and ambiguity of a technology company with the governance, scale, and financial discipline of a Fortune 500 public company.

The ideal candidate brings experience from connected products, software-enabled hardware, IoT, consumer technology, or other innovation-driven businesses and is energized by creating processes, financial frameworks, and operating rhythms where they do not yet exist. They are comfortable navigating competing priorities, influencing executive leaders, and driving execution in a fast-changing environment.

This leader must be equally effective partnering with technology teams, commercial leaders, and senior executives while balancing entrepreneurial thinking with strong financial governance and accountability.

This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule based in Deerfield, IL. (Flexibility to work from home Mondays and Fridays)

• Create and scale the financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and governance processes needed to support a growing Connected Products business.
• Develop foundational capabilities across revenue forecasting, customer programs and rebates, sourcing and inventory planning, standard costing, and purchase price variance management.
• Establish operating rhythms and performance management routines that improve visibility, accountability, and decision-making.

• Serve as the primary finance partner to Connected Water, Connected Security, and Technology leadership.
• Support investment decisions, resource allocation, and growth strategies across hardware, software, subscriptions, and emerging technologies.
• Help leadership prioritize investments and measure returns against business objectives.

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting processes while simultaneously building new…