Senior Finance Director Job Description
Senior finance director
provides leadership and business/financial acumen to the organization to drive planning, execution, and achievement of company objectives and initiatives.
Senior Finance Director Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Leads budgeting, staffing, planning along with managing revenue and expense
Budgeting, planning, forecasting, FP&A, financial stewardship and counsel Aid in the development of channel and segment P&L’s
Experience with a large publicly traded retail company, preferably with international operations
Ability to communicate a compelling and inspiring vision with sense of core purpose that motivates others
Leads consolidated management reporting for TCAM including revenue
Be organized, analytic, and rigorously fact-based
Have a balanced, collegial manner that engenders trust
Primary business partner to the General Manager of Greater China business, helping to define, measure and monitor operating priorities and framework
Participate as a member of the Greater China leadership team in defining the framework for operational and financial strategies and priorities
Own the planning effort and measurement of progress against country and regional business objectives
Senior Finance Director Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Senior Finance Director
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, CMA, CFA, FP&A, MBA, CPIM, APICS, CGA, CA, CFP
Education for Senior Finance Director
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the senior finance director job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Finance, Accounting, MBA, Business, Management, Education, Graduate, Economics, Public Accounting, Business/Administration
Skills for Senior Finance Director
Desired skills for senior finance director include:
Excel and PowerPoint
Accounting principles
Budgeting
Business Planning
Complex organization
Database and business intelligence
Diverse organization
Excel
Experience with Oracle Financial systems
FAR
Desired experience for senior finance director includes:
Frequent interactions with senior management within TCAM and Finance
Must have leadership presence, positive attitude and ability to influence
Must have strong communication skills and ability to present information and
In partnership with General Manager of Greater China, define, communicate, and measure key operational and financial information
Partner with Sales Team to execute against sales plan and provide any necessary support
Engage and collaborate with regional and global operational teams to ensure consistency in operational process
Senior Finance Director Examples
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Senior Finance Director Job Description
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Our growing company is hiring for a senior finance director. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for senior finance director
- Present and clearly articulate the financial results of the business areas the various initiatives and strategies to Executive Management and area management
- Provide leadership and oversight to the Client Incentive Operations team responsible for managing APCEMEA Client Incentive contracts
- Foster collaborative team environment and provide effective coaching and development of team members
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders in FP&A, Sales, Controllership and geographic Finance executives
- Provide technical accounting expertise and guidance to team members as needed
- Review incentive models to determine that contractual commitments are in accordance with the terms of the contract, ensuring that all key obligations have been accurately addressed
- Ensure any variances between forecasted and actual contractual commitments are appropriately reviewed and analyzed and the necessary adjustments recorded
- Evaluate and improve the communication, tools, and the controls framework used for assessment and communication of financial impacts of client incentive arrangements
- Provide guidance related to appropriate accounting treatment of incentive arrangements to FP&A prior to contract execution as requested
- Manage the quarterly review and monitoring of quarterly significant accounting issues including contract impairment indicators, value-in-kind (VIK) reporting, and reporting of significant new contracts, contractual adjustments or amendments
Qualifications for senior finance director
- Ability to flex and adapt work schedule to changing business demands and an diverse client group and time zones
- Ability to travel for long periods of time, sometimes with little notice
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or other related areas or MBA focusing on Finance
- A minimum of 15 years’ finance experience in a multi-national organization, of which have served a minimum of 5 years’ in management as a finance director
- Familiar with tax, internal control, AR / AP, fixed assets, cash and bank, financial and management reporting, planning and business development
- Able to read and write Chinese is preferred
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior finance director. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for senior finance director
- Partner with Legal to ensure all Split Rights partners (Syndication) are reporting timely royalty statements
- Lead, coach and motivate team of 5
- Communicating rating rationale to external audiences
- Participating in the evaluation of other credits within Corporate, other related credit groups
- Representing the company in panel discussions and conferences arranged by industry associations, regulatory bodies
- Mentoring junior members of the Leverage Finance sector
- Provide consultative support to assist the Hub teams in supporting business opportunities to achieve a positive outcome for the customer and ensuring compliance to policies and procedures
- Partner with controls BUs including Legal, Compliance, Finance, and Sourcing to implement and maintain business procedures with robust controls in place that are adhered to
- Support the Hub Controls Committee that meets regularly to align on supporting the Business effectively, and review complex &/or high risk transactions
- Collaborates with other Controllers to develop and maintain procedures and standard processes to assess, report, and remediate operational risk and compliance-related issues
Qualifications for senior finance director
- 10+ years of relevant experience, which must include some coverage or knowledge of the Leverage Finance sector
- Ability to succeed in a team-oriented environment
- 12 to 15 years of progress experience in compliance/audit role with some financial reporting or accounting operations experience, working in a large and fast paced multi-national commercial environment
- As a member of the Pacific Cycle leadership team, the Finance Director will partner with and provide financial thought-leadership to the PCG President and senior management
- Member of the Segment Finance Leadership team responsible for leadership and development of processes and people
- Lead, Manage and Coach PCG Finance team
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior finance director. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for senior finance director
- Lead the development of annual operating plans, and quarterly budgeting & standard setting
- Assist the Vice President of Finance in leading full P&L forecasting, budgeting and reporting processes for Women’s Lauren/Polo Americas Wholesale
- Develops and maintains effective working relationships with all external partners and internal University partners
- Partners with the Executive Director to lead the development, deployment and communication of the organization’s strategic plan
- Leads business development planning efforts
- Collaborates with other leaders to modify processes to create a high level of patient/ customer satisfaction
- Financial operations of all service lines
- All health and dental plan financial management including rate setting, benefit design, interim reporting and trend monitoring, development of new initiatives to mitigate cost trends and/or improve quality/outcomes
- IT and Health Information Services/Medical Records, including the development and prioritization of short and long-term IT plans consistent with the organization’s strategic goals, University and federal compliance requirements, and industry trends
- Human Resources strategies with a goal of ensuring practices support the organizational objectives
Qualifications for senior finance director
- Oversee and direct the preparation of monthly and quarterly management reporting and analysis including PCG Annual Plan, and Monthly/Quarterly Business Review presentations
- Active participant in monthly S&OP (Sales and Operation Planning) meetings to ensure clear cross functional alignment on financial inputs for revenue and inventory with connection points to prior years, point of sale trends and budget
- Upgrade and Oversee product pricing and develop strategies in collaboration with the VP of Sales to maximize volume and gross margin %’age balancing short term and long term implications
- Lead the PCG Annual plan process including coordination of all development of the PCG Annual Plan, Multi-year Strategic Plan and Monthly Forecast Updates
- Present financial components of the PCG Annual Plan, Quarterly Business Review and Monthly Business Review Presentations to Segment and Corporate leadership teams
- Study long-range economic trends and project PCG prospects for future growth in overall sales and market share, opportunities for expansion into new product categories and sales channels
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Our growing company is hiring for a senior finance director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior finance director
- Coordinates with the Contracts & Pricing group to ensure projects are properly accounted for
- Periodically reviews Transfer Pricing Policies and ensures they are sufficient, ensures Transfer Pricing entries are properly and accurately recorded at each location
- Coordinates year-end audit any internal reviews and attends Audit Committee meetings
- Manages country controllers to ensure timely and accurate filing of statutory company and financial reports
- Responsible for cash management ensuring client invoices are issued timely, vendor invoices are paid on time and sufficient cash is at each location to meet operating needs
- Develop, train and mentor staff providing them with career paths and development opportunities that expands their knowledge and helps them enjoy a progressive career where possible
- Perform due diligence on joint venture or other strategic investments, with particular focus on China
- Manage annual WWSS financial planning cycle and target setting for both billings and subscriptions- and the impacts on revenue and ARR, constant currency and USD plans - including timeline, specifying requirements for tools development
- Manage the regular global forecasting process for billings, revenue, ARR and subscriptions
- Provide analyst support with a focus on process and tools through Field FA Team
Qualifications for senior finance director
- Strong combination of operational & execution focus strategic planning and thinking
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, leadership presence and ability to work collaboratively up, down and across the organization and influence decisions
- Ability to present accounting & financial information in a meaningful and understandable way
- Knowledge of ERP Systems, Experience with SAP a plus
- Experience in Consumer Goods Sold in the Mass and Sporting Goods Channels
- International Experience/Asia Sourced Product Experience
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a senior finance director. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for senior finance director
- Support decision making and provide guidance for Capital requests and other investment decisions
- Support and prepare ad hoc analyses and special projects for Corporate and senior leadership
- Provides oversight for the planning, forecasting and reporting processes related to buyside and global sourcing finance
- Build, develop and lead a high-performing team of managers and analysts
- Proactively partner with business leaders to develop and implement tools and intelligence that will drive effective and profitable business decisions
- Develop financial models and establish processes/guidelines to analyze investment opportunities, monitor and track results of buyside projects, and provide insight into areas of opportunity
- Promote a full understanding a total Private Label Profit &Loss, inclusive of global sourcing costs and its impact on our total profitability
- Influence and drive business decisions that are guided by a thorough understanding of key business drivers
- Establish best practices and drive continuous process improvements in how we support the business to accomplish its financial goals
- Responsible for the Global Ethicon Franchise which has revenue well in access of $5B
Qualifications for senior finance director
- 15+ yrs Financial Services/Risk Management Experience
- 10+ yrs People Management Skills Empowerment
- Successful track record supervising a diverse and geographically dispersed financial team
- Generally involves sitting most of the time
- Ability to use common office equipment
- Must be able to analyze and resolve complex accounting/finance issues of a broad scope using independent judgment