Director Strategy and Projects

EnFin is looking for an experienced strategy and project management leader who can bring in an outside-in perspective to lead the implementation of its innovative operations strategy. This position plays a key role as an execution-focused leader as well as an advisor who can support senior management to achieve its long-term business objectives. A successful candidate should have at least ten years of managerial experience in financial services or banking sector, maintain a multifaceted perspective in leading completion of a variety of projects, and have a proven record of modeling expectations for each department to create a successful, organized, and efficient business process collaboratively. A master's degree in business or finance is preferred. This highly analytical position requires a technically savvy person who is skilled with data to build operations reports and dashboard to effectively measure business health and improve performance.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead strategic and operational planning discussions and partner with senior management to ensure decisions and execution plans are in line with long-term business objectives
• Build sophisticated research and analysis leveraging internal and external data for the senior management to support decision-making
• Drive alignment around forming a detailed business plan with clear goals and asks, executing and monitoring progress
• Establish strong plans and KPIs at a regional and market level, and specific to each team
• Manage a strong team, hire and retain top talent, and build team culture
• Operating rhythm
• Lead operational reviews on business performance and priority progress (e.g. monthly/quarterly business reviews)
• Provide business analytics strength to help drive initiatives critical to ongoing growth
• Drive key leadership meetings and facilitate alignment on key issues and opportunities
• Develop strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across the organization
• Strategic projects and initiatives
• Identify, scope and drive critical projects and initiatives for different EnFin teams, partnering with cross-functional teams across the organization
• Operationalize top-down strategies, e.g. for new markets or products, product managing workstreams, orchestrating financial/data flow among various business systems, and holding team accountable on implementation timelines
• Implement process, procedures and employee policies to ensure daily operations run efficiently, in compliance, and remain goal-orientated
• Drive operational excellence through identification and execution of opportunity areas that create efficiency, remove obstacles, or improve processes
• Lead task force in root cause analysis of operations issues, identify turnaround opportunities, and drive recommendation through to completion
• Lead/facilitate cross functional efforts across EnFin and the larger Qcells organization to drive projects from ideation stage to implementation while maintaining visibility and buy-in from all stakeholders 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field
• 10+ years experience in financial services sector
• Exceptional analytical, strategic thinking, and leadership skills
• Experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations to senior management, board, or other outside partners
• Strong understanding of financial systems and financial service sector
• Proven ability to communicate complex financial information to a range of stakeholders in a clear and impactful manner
• Experience in leading and mentoring a team of finance professionals in a fast-paced, innovative environment
• Strategic thinker with an ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Business Administration
• Experience with advanced financial modeling and analysis tools
• Proficient in advanced analytics software and tools, with a keen understanding of how to leverage technology for financial analysis

Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. (“HQCA”) is headquartered in Irvine, CA, and handles sales for the North American region. It is a subsidiary of Hanwha Q CELLS Co., Ltd., one of the world´s largest and most recognized photovoltaic manufacturers for its high-performance, high-quality solar cells and modules. It is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea (Global Executive HQ), Thalheim, Germany (Technology & Innovation HQ), and San Francisco, USA (Energy Storage/Inverter & Software HQ). Through its growing global business network spanning Europe, North America, Asia, South America, Africa, and the Middle East, the company provides excellent services and long-term partnerships to its customers in the utility, commerc