Senior Director, Shared Services

Alliance Resource Group; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliance Resource Group is assisting a large consumer products company in Central Orange County to appoint a Senior Director of Accounting & Finance Shared Services. You will lead treasury, working capital, and finance operations, guiding a team of 8–12 and partnering with cross-functional leaders to improve liquidity and process efficiency.

The role emphasizes automation, governance, and high-impact finance transformation, with a strong focus on building a scalable, high-performing team and

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience.
• Deep experience across treasury, working capital, finance operations, and/or shared services.
• Proven success leading teams across Treasury, AR, AP, Payroll, or related functions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• Strong cash forecasting and liquidity management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise treasury and liquidity management, including cash forecasting, banking relationships, cash positioning, liquidity planning, financial risk management, and capital deployment.
• Develop and execute working capital strategies focused on improving the cash conversion cycle, reducing DSO, optimizing DPO, and creating meaningful KPIs and dashboards.
• Lead AR and order-to-cash operations, including billing, collections, credit management, dispute resolution, and aging reduction.
• Oversee AP, Payroll, and broader shared services operations with a focus on scalability, consistency, controls, service quality, and efficiency.
• Drive process improvement, automation, systems optimization, and finance transformation initiatives.
• Strengthen internal controls, governance, compliance, vendor management, master data integrity, and audit readiness.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance operations team.
• Partner across the business to drive accountability, improve decision-making, and strengthen operational performance.

Skills

Treasury

Working capital

Finance operations

Shared services

Automation

Process improvement

Cash forecasting

Executive presence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business

Job description

Senior Director, Accounting & Finance Shared Services

Central Orange County | $240k+ Base + Bonus | On-Site 5 Days/Week

Alliance Resource Group has been retained by a large, established consumer products company in Central Orange County to lead a confidential search for a Senior Director of Accounting & Finance Shared Services.

This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who has successfully led treasury, working capital, and finance operations in a complex organization. The mandate is broad: improve cash flow and liquidity, strengthen shared services, modernize processes, leverage automation, and build a high-performing team.

The Senior Director will have responsibility across Treasury, Cash Management, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, and related finance operations, while partnering closely with Finance, Operations, HR, Procurement, IT, and executive leadership.

The role will lead a team of approximately 8–12 professionals and will have meaningful visibility across the organization.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Lead enterprise treasury and liquidity management, including cash forecasting, banking relationships, cash positioning, liquidity planning, financial risk management, and capital deployment.
• Develop and execute working capital strategies focused on improving the cash conversion cycle, reducing DSO, optimizing DPO, and creating meaningful KPIs and dashboards.
• Lead AR and order-to-cash operations, including billing, collections, credit management, dispute resolution, and aging reduction.
• Oversee AP, Payroll, and broader shared services operations with a focus on scalability, consistency, controls, service quality, and efficiency.
• Drive process improvement, automation, systems optimization, and finance transformation initiatives.
• Strengthen internal controls, governance, compliance, vendor management, master data integrity, and audit readiness.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance operations team.
• Partner across the business to drive accountability, improve decision-making, and strengthen operational performance.

What we’re looking for:

• 12–15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience.
• Deep experience across treasury, working capital, finance operations, and/or shared services.
• Demonstrated success leading teams across Treasury, AR, AP, Payroll, or related functions.
• A track record of improving cash flow, liquidity, DSO, DPO, and overall working capital performance.
• Strong cash forecasting and liquidity management experience.
• Experience leading automation, finance transformation, process improvement, or systems initiatives.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen combined with the executive presence to influence senior stakeholders and lead change.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field required.