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Thomas Brooke International; Carol Stream (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Thomas Brooke International seeks an execution-focused finance leader in Illinois to partner with local leadership and the parent company. You will own reporting, forecasting, and financial visibility to drive smarter decisions as the BU grows.

You will lead budgeting, inventory analysis, and financial processes, partnering with stakeholders to improve profitability and performance across sales, inventory, and receivables. A Bachelor’s degree and SAP experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business required.
• Proven impact in a builder role within a growing entrepreneurial business.
• Experience in customer- or business-partner-facing finance roles is valuable.
• Distribution-oriented business experience is helpful.
• Hands-on leadership in analyzing performance, reporting, and influencing decisions.
• SAP experience is required.
• Ability to work with both detail and strategy and collaborate with leadership.

Responsibilities

• Execution-focused finance leadership to shape business plans and provide financial insight.
• Lead reporting, forecasting, and decision-making processes with local leadership.
• Build reporting capabilities across sales, profitability, inventory, and receivables.
• Design and implement financial processes, reporting routines, and planning tools.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and ongoing business planning.
• Drive profitability, forecasting accuracy, and inventory performance.
• Uncover obstacles and recommend actions to improve commercial performance.

Skills

SAP

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Reporting

Budgeting

Inventory analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

• Growing industrial distributor with additional product activities - small BU, part of larger parent company.
• High-impact role - partner closely with local leadership and key stakeholders at the parent company to create the reporting, planning, and financial visibility needed for the next level. You will be the top finance leader for the BU! Support smarter forecasting, stronger inventory management, and better decision-making as the company continues to expand

What You'll Do

• This is an execution-focused finance leadership role; as a key member of the local leadership team you will help shape business plans and provide the financial insight to support their execution
• Provide effective leadership in financial analysis and business support, bringing structure, visibility, and accountability to reporting, forecasting, and decision-making
• Build out and strengthen the reporting capability needed to support a growing business, including sales, profitability, inventory, receivables, and related performance analysis
• Lead the design and implementation of effective financial processes, reporting routines, and planning tools that improve local independence while aligning with the broader organizational structure
• Support and facilitate budgeting, forecasting, and ongoing business planning, helping translate company objectives into actionable financial insight and practical plans
• Lead execution of the company’s financial and analytical priorities to improve visibility into profitability, inventory performance, forecasting accuracy, and overall business health
• Uncover obstacles and create actionable recommendations to improve commercial performance, inventory decisions, and reporting-driven business outcomes

The Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline is preferred; practical experience and proven business impact will be especially important
• A core requirement is the experience and ambition to thrive in a builder role within a growing, entrepreneurial business where flexibility, ownership, and adaptability are essential
• Experience in a customer-, commercial-, or business-partner-facing finance role is highly valuable
• Experience in distribution-oriented businesses is especially relevant; exposure to product transformation, cost analysis, or similarly practical operating environments would be helpful
• Hands-on finance leadership experience in analyzing business performance, creating meaningful reports, influencing decisions, and partnering with leadership is required; candidates should be comfortable working with both detail and strategy
• SAP experience is required
• Direct experience improving reporting, forecasting, inventory analysis, and financial visibility is very helpful
• High EQ, sound judgment, and the ability to work effectively with different stakeholders in a small-company, international, change-oriented environment are essential