Sr. Director, Windows Finance Leader

JELD-WEN is currently seeking a Sr. Director, Windows Finance Leader to join our growing team. 

 

THE ROLE

An integral member of the Windows Business Unit and N. America leadership teams, the Windows Finance Leader is responsible for providing timely, relevant and accurate reporting and analysis of the Windows Business Unit financial performance, including the Vinyl, Wood, Composite, VPI, LaCantina, and Canadian lines of business.  This position oversees the finance function for the >$1 billion dollar Windows Business Unit with a direct team of 1 employee and a matrixed team of ~25 employees and locations in the US and Canada.

 

This role reports to the VP, North America CFO and plays a key role in partnering with the VP/GM of Windows, and supporting senior leadership across the organization.  The successful candidate will improve overall visibility of business drivers and insight, improve the efficiency of key processes and be an integral part of the business achieving its business objectives. 

 

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate insightful and proactive use of financial analysis techniques (like proforma analysis), tools, systems and concepts enabling strategic partnering to senior / business leaders in order to drive business results.
• Lead key processes related to the Annual Budget and Strategic Planning along with all major Financial Forecasts (3+9F, 6+6F, etc). 
• Provide meaningful input on strategy and full financial analysis of strategic alternatives.
• In collaboration with N. America FP&A and key stakeholders, streamline and standardize financial reporting, planning and analysis, fully leverage financial systems and create meaningful KPIs to track business performance.
• Provide direct and meaningful feedback to operations and functional teams on performance, including helping to develop robust plans to drive margin improvement and mitigate impact of unfavorable business impacts to recover performance
• Deliver monthly and quarterly reporting package and relevant financial analysis while identifying variances versus budget and prior year.  Identify and analyze current and past trends and develop performance indicators.
• Ensure the integrity and consistency of financial data being reported, including a strong internal control environment and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Lead financial integration of acquisitions and measure and support realization of acquisition model including synergies.
• Ensure linkage of N. America SIOP process to forecasts (through IBP)

 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong financial acumen with demonstrated analytical ability accompanied by knowledge of corporate finance and manufacturing costing principles. 
• Strong power point and excel skills

 

Education and Experience

• Degree in finance, accounting or relevant discipline required.
• MBA and / or CPA preferred
• Minimum of 10-15  years of relevant experience, experience at a manufacturing business strongly preferred
• Advanced Excel financial analysis

 

 

 

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THE ROLE

An integral member of the Windows Business Unit and N. America leadership teams, the Windows Finance Leader is responsible for providing timely, relevant and accurate reporting and analysis of the Windows Business Unit financial performance, including the Vinyl, Wood, Composite, VPI, LaCantina, and Canadian lines of business.  This position oversees the finance function for the >$1 billion dollar Windows Business Unit with a direct team of 1 employee and a matrixed team of ~25 employees and locations in the US and Canada.

 

This role reports to the VP, North America CFO and plays a key role in partnering with the VP/GM of Windows, and supporting senior leadership across the organization.  The successful candidate will improve overall visibility of business drivers and insight, improve the efficiency of key processes and be an integral part of the business achieving its business objectives. 

 

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate insightful and proactive use of financial analysis techniques (like proforma analysis), tools, systems and concepts enabling strategic partnering to senior / business leaders in order to drive business results.
• Lead key processes related to the Annual Budget and Strategic Planning along with all major Financial Forecasts (3+9F, 6+6F, etc). 
• Provide meaningful input on strategy and full financial analysis of strategic alternatives.
• In collaboration with N. America FP&A and key stakeholders, streamline and standardize financial reporting, planning and analysis, fully leverage financial systems and create meaningful KPIs to track busi