Director Finance

at North American Corporation of Illinois, LLC in Glenview, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Position Overview

Reporting to the EVP of Finance, this position will be primarily responsible for providing business partnership decision support to leadership within sales, operations, and other functional groups at BradyPLUS. In addition, this person will build and manage a finance team that aligns with the commercial organizational structure, providing budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analytical support. The role requires a highly motivated, detail-oriented individual with a background in both Financial Planning and Analysis and experience as a business partner.

Responsibilities Include:

• Partner with the business leaders to prepare annual budgets and reforecasting, and monitor and report on financial performance.
• Provide monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting and analytics to the commercial, operations, and functional teams to assist these parties in meeting their business and financial objectives and hold them accountable to operating plans.
• Review monthly results; provide analysis of variances along with explanations and recommended actions to Senior Management and other members of the team.
• Operate as an extension of the business leadership teams and develop a keen understanding of the key financial and operational drivers of performance to provide analysis and recommendations.
• Identify key performance metrics that will identify areas of focus that impact financial and operational results.
• Provide proactive analytics and reporting, which may include sales/margin trends, expense drivers, product category reporting, customer profitability analytics, etc.
• Assess risks and opportunities and identify key operational and financial actions to drive improvement.
• Provide recommendations and influence business decisions, which may include presentations to senior management.
• Develop a productive working relationship with the leadership team of the segment, as well as functional support teams, that facilitate collaboration and ensure achievement of business objectives.
• Manage the financial integration of acquired businesses, and coordinate with the leadership team to define and achieve overall integration of acquisitions.
• Develop models that can accurately forecast expected business outcomes. Source and maintain data on key business drives used in the modelling.
• Prepare financial analysis for contract negotiations with major customers.
• Build up a business support function within the FP&A team with a structure that aligns with the business.
• Hire, lead, coach & develop staff.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Accounting or related area; MBA preferred; CPA may be considered a plus but not required.
• 8+ years of
  
  

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