Commercial Finance Director
Changzhou, China · On-site
About this role
About the role
- This is a strategic FP&A leadership role with a core mandate to build, scale, and lead a high-performing commercial finance team. The role serves as the key finance business partner to the commercial and operations organizations, responsible for all aspects of financial planning, management reporting, performance analytics, and decision support. The ultimate objective is to drive profitable growth through world-class FP&A capabilities and a strong business partnering culture.
What you'll do
- Financial Planning & Forecasting:
- Lead the end-to-end planning cycle, including annual budgeting, quarterly rolling forecasts, and long-range strategic plans.
- Develop dynamic forecasting models incorporating leading indicators (order intake, backlog, production capacity, raw material trends) to improve forecast accuracy.
- Drive scenario analysis and sensitivity modeling to assess business impact under varying market conditions
- Management Reporting & Analytics:
- Design and maintain a robust management reporting framework that delivers timely, actionable insights to senior leadership.
- Develop executive-level dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, or similar) to visualize revenue performance, gross margin trends, operating leverage, and working capital metrics.
- Lead month-end business reviews, providing deep-dive analysis on variance drivers and recommend corrective actions.
- Business Partnering & Decision Support
- Serve as the strategic finance partner to Commercial and Operations leaders, influencing commercial strategies and resource allocation.
- Evaluate ROI for key investments, including new product launches (NPI), customer acquisition, and capacity expansion.
- Lead pricing analytics to optimize price realization and discount discipline across customer segments.
- Cost & Margin Analysis
- Partner with operations and supply chain to analyze manufacturing cost variances (material, labor, overhead) and their impact on gross margin.
- Develop product-level profitability models to support portfolio optimization decisions.
- FP&A Process & Systems Improvement
- Drive continuous improvement in FP&A processes, systems, and tools to enhance efficiency, scalability, and data integrity.
- Champion the adoption of integrated planning tools to streamline budgeting and forecasting cycles.
- Build a high-performing team, fostering a culture of analytical rigor and business curiosity.
Company at a glance
EnerVenue is commercializing energy storage systems designed to behave like infrastructure, prioritizing endurance, safety, and lifecycle economics over short-term optimization. The company’s systems enable continuous, reliable power for the energy transition, grid resilience, and the demands of AI-driven energy systems.
Founded2020
Team Size201-500 employees
WorkspaceOn-site
IndustryElectric Power Generation
Location
Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Websiteenervenue.com
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