Senior Director, Finance – Operations
Job Description:
- Lead finance support for cost-of-revenue functions, including Customer Care, Manufacturing, Cost Accounting, Clinical Operations, Quality & Regulatory, and sales and operations planning
- Set strategy, vision, and direction across major cost-of-revenue and operations functions
- Advise executive leaders on operations strategy, operating-model choices, risk, and long-term value creation
- Own long-range planning, annual budgeting, monthly and quarterly forecasting, and performance management
- Transform and position the operations finance and cost-accounting organization for future growth
- Recruit and develop talent, clarify accountability, and build a high-performing finance team
- Provide direct leadership and hands-on oversight of cost accounting
- Improve close execution, standard costing, inventory accounting, reconciliations, controls, documentation, analytics, and business partnership
- Partner with Finance leadership, Accounting, Internal Audit, and external auditors on inventory and cost-of-revenue controls
- Lead operations and cost-of-revenue integration of acquired businesses
- Build scalable operations finance and cost-of-revenue capabilities for new adjacencies
- Strengthen sales and operations planning by connecting demand, capacity, labor, inventory, supply, service levels, and financial outcomes
- Develop models, dashboards, and operating metrics linking business activity to cost, capacity, productivity, and gross-margin outcomes
- Identify, prioritize, and track productivity, sourcing, automation, network, and process-improvement initiatives
- Analyze actual results, forecast variances, risks, and opportunities; recommend corrective actions
- Engage hands-on in models, data, close issues, integrations, and special projects
- Sponsor cross-functional enterprise opportunities and align executive stakeholders
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; or 12 years with a Master’s degree; or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 7-10 years of leadership experience, including success building, stabilizing, and developing high-performing finance teams
- Deep expertise in cost accounting and operational finance, including inventory, standard costs, manufacturing variances, cost of revenue, close processes, and related controls
- Experience providing strategic financial leadership within complex manufacturing and operational environments
- Experience leading finance organizations in regulated industries such as medical device, healthcare services, medtech, or related healthcare environments
- Public-company leadership experience, including work with internal and external auditors and SOX-compliant processes and controls
- Deep expertise in US GAAP, operational finance, cost accounting, inventory accounting, financial controls, planning, forecasting, and executive performance management
- Proven ability to advise executive leadership, constructively challenge assumptions, and influence decisions without direct authority
- Experience improving finance organizations, processes, controls, systems, and analytics in complex, fast-growing, or changing environments
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
- Ability to operate strategically and tactically, engaging directly in business challenges while building scalable capabilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, navigate ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
- High degree of integrity and discretion with confidential information
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, financial planning tools, ERP systems, and data and reporting platforms
- Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status
- Experience with QAD or comparable manufacturing ERP platform preferred
- Experience integrating acquired businesses and building finance capabilities for new products, services, or adjacencies preferred
- Experience leading or materially improving a sales and operations planning process preferred
- Experience working with globally distributed teams or shared-service organizations preferred
- Frequent travel to key operations sites and other company locations required
- Additional hours may be required for this exempt position
- Normal office environment; sedentary work, including sitting for extended periods and occasionally exerting up to 10 pounds of force
Benefits:
- Frequent travel to key operations sites and other company locations based on business needs
- Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures
