Director, Finance - Samuel Engineered Systems Group

Samuel, Son & Co.; Marinette (WI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Samuel, Son & Co. is seeking a Director of Finance to lead the SESG finance function across multiple sites. This high-visibility role shapes strategy, strengthens financial performance, and drives scalable processes in a complex manufacturing business.

The successful candidate will partner with the President and SESG leadership, own planning and forecasting, and translate financial results into actionable insights that impact revenue, margin, and cash flow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field required.
• MBA, CPA, CMA, or other relevant professional designation preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive finance experience with leadership responsibility.
• Strong manufacturing finance experience, including costing, inventory, margins, and operating performance.
• Experience leading finance within a multi-site or complex business environment strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of financial planning, forecasting, modeling, reporting, controls, and IFRS.
• Experience with ERP and financial reporting systems; IFS and Dynamics 365 are assets.

Responsibilities

• Lead the SESG finance function across all businesses and locations with governance and cadence.
• Partner with the President and SESG leadership to inform strategic decisions.
• Own the Annual Operating Plan, monthly forecasts, and long-range financial plans.
• Translate results into insights to improve revenue, margin, and cost performance.
• Oversee customer, product, project, site, pricing, and ROI analysis.
• Drive working capital management including receivables, inventory, payables, and cash flow.
• Standardize processes, reporting, controls, KPIs, and tools across SESG.
• Maintain accounting, close, costing, inventory accounting, and compliance.
• Support capital investments, make-versus-buy decisions, growth initiatives, and restructurings.
• Provide systems leadership for IFS, Dynamics 365, and related reporting systems.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic finance

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Costing & inventory

IFRS knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration

MBA / CPA / CMA or equivalent

Tools

IFS

Microsoft Dynamics 365

FCCS

Job description

Samuel is seeking a Director of Finance to lead the finance function across our Engineered Systems Group. This is a highly visible leadership role for a finance professional who wants to do more than report the numbers. You will help shape strategy, strengthen financial performance, build scalable processes, and influence decisions across a complex, multi-site manufacturing business.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Finance Leadership: Lead the SESG finance function across all businesses and locations, establishing financial priorities, standards, governance, and operating cadence.
• Strategic Business Partnership: Serve as the principal finance partner to the President and SESG leadership team, bringing financial insight to key business and strategic decisions.
• Planning & Forecasting: Own the Annual Operating Plan, monthly forecasts, long-range financial plans, target setting, and financial modeling.
• Performance & Profitability: Translate financial results into actionable insights that improve revenue, margin, operating profit, productivity, and cost performance.
• Operational & Commercial Finance: Lead customer, product, project, site, contribution-margin, manufacturing, pricing, and ROI analysis.
• Working Capital & Cash Flow: Drive disciplined management of receivables, inventory, payables, milestone billing, customer advances, and cash conversion.
• Finance Center of Excellence: Standardize financial processes, reporting, controls, KPIs, tools, and accountabilities across SESG while building scalable capabilities that support a One SESG operating model.
• Accounting, Controls & Compliance: Maintain accountability for accounting, close, costing, inventory accounting, internal controls, audit readiness, and compliance through the Controller organization.
• Capital & Strategic Decision Support: Lead financial analysis supporting capital investment, make-versus-buy decisions, restructuring, growth initiatives, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic decisions.
• Systems & Data: Provide finance leadership for IFS, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and related financial and reporting systems while driving automation, data integrity, and process simplification.
• Team Leadership: Build and develop a high-performing finance organization with clear accountability, strong succession and backup coverage, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Risk Management: Identify and communicate financial, operational, control, and systems risks with fact-based recommendations and timely escalation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required.
• MBA, CPA, CMA, or other relevant professional designation preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive finance experience, including significant leadership responsibility.
• Strong manufacturing finance experience, including costing, inventory, margins, and operational performance.
• Experience leading finance within a multi-site or complex business environment strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of financial planning, forecasting, modeling, management reporting, financial controls, and IFRS.
• Experience with ERP and financial reporting systems required. Experience with IFS, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and FCCS is an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, challenge assumptions constructively, and turn complex financial information into clear business decisions.
• Proven ability to lead change, standardize processes, and improve financial discipline across an organization.
• Strong people leadership, coaching, communication, and presentation skills.

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