Global Head of Finance

NXTThing RPO; Toledo (OH); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

NXTThing RPO is seeking a Global Head of Finance to serve as the organization's senior finance executive and a member of the executive leadership team. As a strategic advisor to the President and leadership team, this role will drive performance, guide investment decisions, and strengthen financial governance for a complex, global business.

The position is hybrid, requiring meaningful in-person collaboration with the executive team and will lead finance transformation, including ERP initiatives,

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience in a complex, global manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading finance operations for manufacturing; substituting non-manufacturing sectors is not accepted.
• Strong command of manufacturing finance including plant performance, standard costing, inventory and working capital, productivity, and capital investment decisions.
• Experience with finance transformation, ERP implementation, integration, separation, or development of standalone capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive decisions and lead through significant organizational change.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global finance strategy and operating model, translating business priorities into measurable financial outcomes.
• Advise the President and leadership team on performance, capital allocation, risk, and strategic investments.
• Drive long-term value creation through disciplined financial management and strong business partnership.
• Lead planning, forecasting, budgeting, and enterprise performance management.
• Partner with plant, operations, supply chain, and commercial leaders to translate performance drivers into financial insight and action.
• Ensure timely visibility to risks, opportunities, and performance drivers, reinforcing accountability and execution.
• Oversee treasury, liquidity, cash management, financing, and working capital performance.
• Lead capital planning and allocation in a high-capital-demand environment, balancing growth, returns, liquidity, and risk.
• Maintain strong financial governance, controls, tax oversight, and reporting discipline.
• Represent the organization with ownership stakeholders, banks, auditors, tax advisors, consultants, and other strategic partners.
• Communicate enterprise performance, investment priorities, and value-creation plans with clarity and credibility.
• Lead finance transformation, including ERP implementation, process modernization, and scalable standalone capabilities.

Skills

Strategic finance leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field

Advanced degree or CPA, CMA, or equivalent qualification preferred

Job description

Our client is seeking a Global Head of Finance to serve as the organization’s senior finance executive and a member of the executive leadership team. As a strategic advisor to the President and leadership team, this executive will drive performance, guide investment decisions, and strengthen the financial capabilities, systems, and governance needed to support a complex, global business. The role will also serve as a key liaison to ownership stakeholders, financial institutions, external advisors, and strategic partners. This hybrid role offers flexibility while requiring meaningful in-person collaboration with the executive team.

Enterprise Financial Leadership

• Lead the global finance strategy and operating model, translating business priorities into measurable financial outcomes.
• Advise the President and leadership team on performance, capital allocation, risk, and strategic investments.
• Drive long-term value creation through disciplined financial management and strong business partnership.

Performance Management & Business Partnership

• Lead planning, forecasting, budgeting, and enterprise performance management.
• Partner closely with plant, operations, supply chain, and commercial leaders, translating manufacturing performance, cost, inventory, productivity, and capacity drivers into clear financial insight and action.
• Ensure timely visibility to risks, opportunities, and performance drivers, reinforcing accountability and execution.

Treasury, Capital & Financial Stewardship

• Oversee treasury, liquidity, cash management, financing, and working capital performance.
• Lead capital planning and allocation in a high-capital-demand environment, balancing growth, returns, liquidity, and risk.
• Maintain strong financial governance, controls, tax oversight, and reporting discipline.

External Relationships & Governance

• Represent the organization with ownership stakeholders, banks, auditors, tax advisors, consultants, and other strategic partners.
• Communicate enterprise performance, investment priorities, and value-creation plans with clarity and credibility.

Transformation & Standalone Company Development

• Lead finance transformation, including ERP implementation, process modernization, and development of scalable standalone capabilities.
• Ensure finance systems, processes, and talent support growth and the long-term operating model.
• Lead and develop a high-performing global finance organization across core finance disciplines.
• Build capability and succession strength while fostering ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field; advanced degree or CPA, CMA, or equivalent qualification preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience in a complex, global manufacturing environment.
• Proven success leading finance operations for a manufacturing company; experience primarily in service, financial services, technology, retail, or other non-manufacturing sectors will not substitute.
• Strong command of manufacturing finance, including plant performance, standard costing, inventory and working capital, productivity, supply chain economics, and capital investment decisions.
• Experience operating in a business with high capital demand, including capital planning, prioritization, and investment governance.
• Broad leadership across FP&A, treasury, accounting, tax, controls, and business finance.
• Experience with finance transformation, ERP implementation, integration, separation, or development of standalone capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive decisions and lead through significant organizational change.

Leadership Profile

The successful candidate will be:

• Strategic and commercially minded, combining financial rigor with practical business judgment.
• Collaborative in style, with the confidence to bring a strong perspective, challenge constructively, and influence decisions.
• Disciplined - balancing growth, capital stewardship, governance, and risk.
• Credible - people leader who builds strong relationships, develops talent, and creates accountability.