Finance Director: Strategy, Planning & Ops Leadership

Culligan; Minnetonka (MN); On-site; USD 168,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Job summary

Packard Culligan Water in Minnetonka, MN seeks a Director of Finance to lead accounting and finance operations, oversee budgeting/forecasting, and drive data-driven decision making across multi-state operations. You will manage a high-performing team, ensure internal controls, and partner with executives to deliver timely insights and strategic financial planning.

The role requires extensive experience in finance, strong leadership, ERP knowledge, and a CPA preference.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in finance and accounting.
• Minimum 5 years’ progressive management of finance and/or accounting teams.
• Experience with external audit and multi-state sales and use tax.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling skills.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems on financials and general ledgers.
• Strong leadership presence and the ability to communicate and work with a cross-functional executive leadership team
• CPA preferred, not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and accountability for all day-to-day accounting and finance operations, ensuring work is completed accurately and on time by members of the team.
• Oversee month-end and year-end close, general ledger and reconciliations, accounts payable and accounts receivable, cash flow and banking, and commissions processing, ensuring timely and accurate reporting and processing.
• Establish clear processes, controls, and accountability supporting independent and consistent execution of tasks and responsibilities of the finance and accounting team.
• Grow and develop members of the finance and accounting team through career goals, support, and succession planning.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex or high-risk finance and accounting matters.
• Contribute to the company's financial data strategy, ensuring a single source of truth for financial information.
• Prioritize and interpret data requests, ensuring the team delivers meaningful analysis, forecasts, and modeling to guide business decisions.
• Champion automation and process improvement to reduce manual work and improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Own and lead the annual budgeting process for all franchises and the Dealership Support Center budget.
• Direct the finance and accounting team's ongoing forecasting, modeling, and variance analysis to support operational and executive decisions.
• Deliver timely, meaningful insights on trends, leading indicators, and financial performance to the leadership team.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory and financial reporting requirements.
• Ensure the external audit process is well managed by members of the finance and accounting team, providing oversight, direction and support.
• Ensure finance and accounting team compliance on sales and use tax in all operating states.
• Uphold and enforce internal controls and data integrity across all finance and accounting functions.
• Ensure accuracy with financial data reporting, supporting ERP in the general ledger through financial systems and controls, providing oversight to the finance and accounting teams.
• Partner with the Director of Technology and members of the leadership team to support ERP processes for financial configuration and data integrity.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Must successfully pass a background check, drug test, and Motor Vehicle Check.
• CPA preferred, not required.
• Based in Minnetonka, MN; not remote.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Forecasting

Data analysis

Cross-functional

Communication

CPA

Education

CPA preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Packard Culligan Water in Minnetonka, MN seeks a Director of Finance to lead accounting and finance operations, oversee budgeting/forecasting, and drive data-driven decision making across multi-state operations. You will manage a high-performing team, ensure internal controls, and partner with executives to deliver timely insights and strategic financial planning.

The role requires extensive experience in finance, strong leadership, ERP knowledge, and a CPA preference.