Senior Director Finance

Connect Search, LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Search, LLC is seeking a Senior Director, Finance in Chicago, IL to lead strategic finance partnerships across the business. The role focuses on financial performance, investment decisions, and profitable growth within a large consumer products environment.

You will oversee forecasting, planning, and performance reviews, build a high‑performing finance team, and partner with Sales, Marketing, and other functions to drive revenue growth and margin improvement.

Qualifications

• 13–18+ years of progressive finance experience.
• Background within CPG, food & beverage, consumer products, or a similarly complex organization.
• Strong commercial, sales finance, or business-unit finance experience.
• Exposure to revenue growth management, trade, customer investment, or related commercial finance activities.
• Broad finance foundation, ideally including FP&A or business planning experience.
• Experience operating within a large, matrixed organization.
• Strong executive communication and business-partnering skills.
• Prior people leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior commercial leaders to guide financial strategy.
• Provide financial leadership across sales performance, customer investment, and commercial planning.
• Support revenue growth and trade-related decision-making.
• Lead forecasting, budgeting, performance analysis, and business reviews.
• Identify opportunities to improve revenue, margin, and overall commercial effectiveness.
• Collaborate across Finance, Sales, Marketing, and other business functions.
• Lead and develop a high‑performing finance team.

Skills

Strategic finance

Commercial finance

Executive communication

People leadership

Cross-functional partnership

FP&A

Job description

Senior Director, Finance | Chicago, IL | Hybrid

Large, established consumer products organization seeking a Senior Director, Finance in Chicago.

This is a senior commercial finance leadership role supporting a sizable, complex business and partnering closely with commercial leadership on financial performance, investment decisions, and profitable growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strategic finance partner to senior commercial leaders
• Provide financial leadership across sales performance, customer investment, and commercial planning
• Support revenue growth and trade-related decision-making
• Lead forecasting, planning, performance analysis, and business reviews
• Identify opportunities to improve revenue, margin, and overall commercial effectiveness
• Partner cross-functionally across Finance, Sales, Marketing, and other business functions
• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team

Key Requirements:

• 13-18+ years of progressive finance experience
• Background within CPG, food & beverage, consumer products, or a similarly complex organization
• Strong commercial, sales finance, or business-unit finance experience
• Exposure to revenue growth management, trade, customer investment, or related commercial finance activities
• Broad finance foundation, ideally including FP&A or business planning experience
• Experience operating within a large, matrixed organization
• Strong executive communication and business-partnering skills
• Prior people leadership experience

This position offers strong visibility across the organization and a clear path towards CFO.

Location: Chicago, IL

Schedule: Hybrid