Position Overview

 As Head of Finance at the Site in College Station Texas, you will be leading and driving the finance related initiatives across the site and taking these with you into the Site Leadership Team. The Head of Finance is a key member of the Site Leadership team who will provide effective finance business partnering, providing the right information at the right time to enable and influence effective business decisions.

The Site Finance team includes finance accounting, site finance controlling, treasury and cashflow forecasting, working capital management, site capital and fixed assets, forecasting and budget setting as well as medium term and long-term plans.

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Take an active leadership role in the site leadership team by supporting and challenging the business areas and support and drive the site development through expansion and new business development.Responsible for setting the direction and vision for the Finance organisation, driving the organisation to be a valued and efficient business partner.Leading your direct reports on their journey towards optimizing their respective teams to efficient and value adding financial operations. Continouts development of the team around you is essential, focusing on optimizing and stabilizing the financial operations on the growth journey as well as developing a high performing, motivated and competent team.
• Ensure financial transparency and insights that supports effective and correct decision making. This includes preparation of business plans and financial forecasting for ventures or projects being consideretd at site.
• Drive and control active working capital management to optimize cashflow for the site. Working closely with the site leadership team and management teams to ensure they understand the importance of profitability and active cash management.
• Full P&L and Balance sheet responsibility; Ensure financial house in order enabling successful external and internal audits and adherence to USGAAP, IFRS and FLB accounting policies and standards as well as compliance with internal controls and JSOX
• Ensure that the Site Finance team is contributing actively to the transformation and alignment that is currently a big focus area in the FLB Global Finance organisation.
• Other job duties as needed.

Scope/Accountability:

• The Head of Finance will regularly interact with its peers in the Site SLT as well as Senior Stakeholders in the Global roles of FLB.
• The Head of Finance is fully accountable for ensuring full transparency on Financial status as well as financial compliance at FLBT.
• The scope of this role encompasses leading and expanding the FLBT Finance department to become a function that can guide the site to accomplish its strategic goals.
• The Head of Finance is expected to optimise the processes within Finance to ensure a high level of efficiency in the department.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to be the courageous challenger to the status quo, especially in financial matters. Driving change and alignment with the right problem-solving attitude finding the solution that fits everyone.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate and convey concise information.
• High level of attention to detail with very good analytical and data management skills.
• Experience of working with multi-site, multinational organizations on different time zones.
• Able to build and maintain effective and credible relationships with key stakeholders.
• Significant experience in or knowledge of USGAAP accounting principles with demonstrated experience in rolling out changes to accounting principles.
• High proficiency with and knowledge of accounting and financial management software including SAP, Microsoft Excel, and others.
• Demonstrated ability to work across functional and intercompany boundaries to develop and maintain relationships with diverse internal and external business customers.
• Role model for company core values of trust, delighting our customers, Gemba, and Genki.

Impact/Influence:

• The Head of Finance will set financial targets for the site ensuring that the site P&L is optimised.
• The Head of Finance is accountable for financial compliance and eliminating financial surprises.

Minimum Qualifications: 

•  Bachelor’s degree in finance or business required.
• CPA, Certified Management Accountant certifications, or MBA preferred.
•  At least 12-15 years of experience in increasingly responsible financial roles. 
• 10+ years in a supervisory/management role in a financial or related field, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Also requires a demonstrated track record in the following key areas:
  • Attainment of aggressive growth, improvement and profit objectives.
  • Execution of strategic plans that optimize growth and competitive positions
  • Strong collaboration and team building skills
  • Strong communication skills
  • A strategic thinker, able to motivate, lead and develop subordinates.
• Experience of leading finance teams at a Senior level within a larger corporation and being part of a leadership team. Understands of the importance of Strategy and its role in driving a business forward. Natural self-starter with a systematic and dynamic approach to work.

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