Senior Finance Director - Strategy & FP&A Leader

Moog Inc; East Aurora (NY); On-site; USD 230,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Matching 401k

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (select)”

Relocation assistance

Healthcare coverage

Job summary

Moog Inc. in the Buffalo/East Aurora area is seeking a Senior Finance Director to lead the Commercial Aircraft finance team and partner with senior leadership to drive strategy through robust financial modeling, close and forecast processes, and capital planning.

The role requires 15+ years in accounting/finance, ASC 606 experience, and a proven ability to coach high-performing teams on-site in East Aurora, NY.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
• MBA/CPA is preferred.
• Over 15 years of progressive experience in accounting, finance, or FP&A.
• Aerospace and Defense industry preferred but not required.
• Over 10 years of leading, coaching, and managing high performing finance teams.
• Experience in ASC 606 long-term accounting and complex financial transactions and contracts
• Demonstrated experience influencing others and/or leading and developing direct reports.
• Demonstrated ability to advise and influence cross functional business stakeholders, including site and division leadership team.
• Strategic mindset, ability to see big picture opportunities and proactively address with Commercial Aircraft Group’s leadership team.
• Comfort with ambiguity and driving new processes to address business opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, and with external constituencies.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve performance and results through the managing of people and teams by setting expectations, creating a culture of accountability, and providing timely coaching.
• Ability to relocate to East Aurora, New York and be present on-site.

Responsibilities

• Finance business partnership - enable the development and execution of division strategy through robust financial modeling and sound tactical and strategic decision support
• Executive reporting of financial results to CAG Executive Team
• Leading the CAG finance organization that is responsible for end-to-end financial accountability including full group, divisional, and site Balance Sheet, P&L, and Cash Flow (close, forecast, budget, expense management)
• Free Cash Flow review and forecasting
• Capital investment planning, coordination, tracking and ROI analysis
• Technical Accounting conclusions, Balance Sheet reconciliations, and internal controls
• Internal and external audit support
• Annual and Long-Range budgeting and quarterly forecasting
• Active participation in major proposal activities – cost analysis, pricing, & negotiations
• Enhancing governance to enable leadership to reduce production product cost, optimize inventory and net working capital, and improve free cash flow
• Managing, recruiting, coaching, and developing direct reports
• Actively advocating for continuous improvement, efficiency, and means to increase value to internal/external customers

Skills

Financial leadership

Financial modeling

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Administration

MBA/CPA preferred

Tools

SAP

OneStream

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Moog Inc. in the Buffalo/East Aurora area is seeking a Senior Finance Director to lead the Commercial Aircraft finance team and partner with senior leadership to drive strategy through robust financial modeling, close and forecast processes, and capital planning.

The role requires 15+ years in accounting/finance, ASC 606 experience, and a proven ability to coach high-performing teams on-site in East Aurora, NY.