Director, Finance Transformation

ansell; Brussel; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible working environment

Inclusive culture

Learning & development

Career growth

Job summary

Ansell is actively seeking a Finance Transformation Director to lead the modernization of its global Finance function from Brussels. The role reports to the CFO and focuses on building a future-state operating model, driving end-to-end process redesign, and delivering strategic financial partnerships across the organization.

You will guide large-scale transformation programs, manage stakeholders, and champion advanced finance technologies while ensuring data governance and strong governance

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive finance experience including leadership in transformation or enterprise-level programs.
• Experience redesigning finance operating models and shared services.
• Strong knowledge of ERP platforms, automation, and data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Partner with CFO and Finance Leadership to design and implement a future-state Finance Operating Model.
• Redesign procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and record-to-report processes.
• Evolve finance service delivery models including shared services and centers of excellence.
• Lead change management across Finance and the organization.
• Identify skills gaps and develop Lean, digital enablement, and modern finance capabilities.
• Champion next-gen finance technologies: ERP upgrades, cloud, automation, AI-enabled platforms.
• Improve data governance, master data quality, and self-service analytics.
• Oversee governance of finance transformation programs: roadmap, planning, risks, benefits.
• Manage stakeholders including senior leaders, consultants, vendors, and cross-functional teams.

Education

Master's degree in Finance

Tools

ERP systems

RPA tools

Job description

Why Ansell?

At Ansell, we stay two steps ahead of workplace risk to deliver innovative safety solutions that enhance people's quality of life. As a global leader in protection solutions, we design and develop a wide range of products including gloves, clothing, and other protective gear to keep workers safe and productive across industrial, medical, and consumer applications.

Discover more about our company, our people, and our values by visiting us at Ansell.

Ansell is looking for a Finance Transformation Director to join our team in Brussels, Belgium!

In this enterprise leadership role, you will report directly to the CFO and play a pivotal role in modernizing Ansell’s global Finance function. You will shape the future-state Finance Operating Model, lead high-impact transformation initiatives, and help position Finance as a more strategic, data-driven partner to the business. This is an opportunity for a senior transformation leader to influence how Finance operates across processes, technology, talent, governance, and service delivery while partnering closely with the Finance Leadership Team and senior business stakeholders.

What benefits and opportunities does Ansell offer?

• Competitive compensation, including a performance-based annual incentive
• Flexible working environment
• A culture of belonging and inclusion where collaboration thrives
• Learning and development opportunities through Ansell University
• Career growth opportunities within a global organization

What your role will be?

• Partner with the CFO and Finance Leadership Team to design and implement a future-state Finance Operating Model that is more automated, agile, scalable, and strategically aligned to Ansell’s long-term business objectives.
• Assess and redesign foundational finance processes, including procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, and record-to-report, to strengthen efficiency, control, scalability, and business impact.
• Introduce and evolve finance service delivery models, including shared services and centers of excellence, to improve responsiveness, consistency, and cost effectiveness across the global function.
• Lead change management across Finance and the broader organization, helping teams adopt new tools, processes, governance structures, and ways of working.
• Build future-ready finance capabilities by identifying skills gaps and developing teams in Lean, continuous improvement, digital enablement, and modern finance practices.
• Champion the adoption of next-generation finance technologies, including ERP upgrades, cloud solutions, automation, RPA, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled platforms.
• Strengthen data-driven decision-making by improving data governance, master data quality, self-service analytics, and reporting capabilities.
• Simplify and automate core finance processes such as budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and close activities to create capacity for higher-value business partnering.
• Oversee finance transformation program governance, including roadmap development, planning, execution, milestone tracking, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and benefits realization.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders, including senior leaders, consultants, vendors, and cross-functional project teams, to deliver sustainable transformation outcomes.

What will you bring to Ansell?

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including leadership roles in finance transformation, finance business partnering, operating model redesign, or enterprise-level transformation.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale transformation initiatives in a complex, global, matrixed organization.
• Strong knowledge of modern finance technologies, including ERP platforms, automation, RPA, cloud solutions, BI tools, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled finance capabilities.
• Proven ability to design and implement finance operating models, shared services, centers of excellence, process improvements, and scalable governance structures.
• Executive presence with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders, navigate ambiguity, challenge constructively, and create alignment across diverse teams and geographies.
• Strong program leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, dependencies, risks, stakeholders, and measurable transformation outcomes.
• Deep understanding of how Finance can create business value through process excellence, data quality, capability building, digital enablement, and disciplined execution.
• Background in consulting, global manufacturing, or enterprise-level transformation is highly desirable.
• Flexibility to work across multiple time zones and travel internationally as needed.

Strong alignment with Ansell Values. Whatever you do, take PRIDE:

• Passion
• Reliable
• Integrity
• Deliver
• Empowerment

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ansell commits to securing an equal opportunity recruitment and selection process. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnic origin, religion, disability, genetic information, or any other factors that could be deemed discriminatory.

Our Commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Ansell’s vision is about creating safe spaces where diverse perspectives are valued alongside individual contributions. It is our view that togetherness prevails over individuality.

When we say that everyone deserves to belong, feel included and empowered at work, it's not just words. Rather, it's what drives Ansell as an organization towards a workforce that reflects the diversity of our community, it's what drives us to serve our customers and stakeholders with pride, and it's also what differentiates Ansell. We believe everyone, no matter how that person self-identifies, deserves an opportunity to achieve success.

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