Global Finance Director

Harmer; Houston (TX); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 280.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Harmer is seeking a Finance Director for a highly visible leadership role in a global, multi-site manufacturing organization with over $1B in revenues. The role partners with senior commercial and operational leadership to improve performance and drive strategic growth.

You will lead forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, and management reporting, while transforming FP&A processes and finance systems.

Formación

• 12+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience with significant leadership responsibility.
• Strong experience leading finance teams and managing other people leaders.
• Solid accounting foundation including US GAAP, close/reporting, and internal controls; global or statutory accounting exposure is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with senior business, commercial, and operational leaders to drive financial performance and support strategic decision-making
• Lead forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, performance analysis, and management reporting
• Improve visibility into business performance by identifying and clearly communicating the operational and financial drivers behind results
• Partner with operational leadership on manufacturing performance, standard cost, inventory, profitability, and other key business drivers
• Oversee accounting and financial reporting, including close, US GAAP reporting, internal controls, cost accounting, and inventory
• Lead and develop a geographically dispersed finance and accounting organization, including people leaders, while strengthening consistency and accountability across the team
• Drive improvements across FP&A, accounting, reporting, controls, processes, and business intelligence
• Support transformation, integration, and strategic growth initiatives
• Support finance systems initiatives and the continued development of scalable, standardized processes and reporting

Conocimientos

Leadership

FP&A

US GAAP

Performance analysis

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Descripción del empleo

Harmer has been engaged by our manufacturing client to identify a Finance Director. This is a highly visible finance leadership opportunity supporting a complex, global, multi-site business with over $1B in revenues. The Finance Director will serve as a strategic finance partner to senior commercial and operational leadership, providing the financial insight, leadership, and organizational direction needed to improve business performance and support continued growth.

Opportunity Highlights:

• Highly visible role partnering with senior commercial, operational, and executive leadership
• Broad scope across FP&A, operational finance, manufacturing finance, accounting, and strategic decision support
• Lead an established, geographically dispersed finance organization with experienced leaders across the business
• Improve reporting and processes to give leadership a clearer view of business performance
• Take a lead role in transformation, integration, process improvement, and finance systems projects
• Broad opportunity to make an impact across a complex, global manufacturing organization

Responsibilities Include:

• Partner with senior business, commercial, and operational leaders to drive financial performance and support strategic decision-making
• Lead forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, performance analysis, and management reporting
• Improve visibility into business performance by identifying and clearly communicating the operational and financial drivers behind results
• Partner with operational leadership on manufacturing performance, standard cost, inventory, profitability, and other key business drivers
• Oversee accounting and financial reporting, including close, US GAAP reporting, internal controls, cost accounting, and inventory
• Lead and develop a geographically dispersed finance and accounting organization, including people leaders, while strengthening consistency and accountability across the team
• Drive improvements across FP&A, accounting, reporting, controls, processes, and business intelligence
• Support transformation, integration, and strategic growth initiatives
• Support finance systems initiatives and the continued development of scalable, standardized processes and reporting

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
• 12+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience with significant leadership responsibility
• Demonstrated experience leading finance teams and managing other people leaders
• Strong experience within a complex, multi-site manufacturing environment, ideally supporting a business or P&L of significant scale
• Strong manufacturing finance background, including standard cost, inventory, plant performance, and operational finance
• Demonstrated success serving as a strategic finance business partner to senior operational and commercial leadership
• Strong FP&A foundation with experience improving forecasting, budgeting, management reporting, and financial analysis
• Solid accounting foundation including US GAAP, close/reporting, and internal controls; global or statutory accounting exposure is a plus
• Experience driving transformation, process improvement, integration, or other significant change initiatives
• M&A or post-acquisition integration experience is a plus
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial and operational information into actionable business insight