Finance Director, Heil Environmental

Job Description:

JOB TITLE:  Finance Director, RCV Business Unit

Business Group:  Environmental Solutions Group (ESG)

LOCATION:  Fort Payne, AL

REPORTS TO:  ESG Equipment Senior Finance Director

DEPARTMENT:  Finance

POSITION SUMMARY

Environmental Solutions Group (ESG)’s vision is about improving lives.  This includes how we serve our community by developing lower noise and cleaner air electric refuse trucks, reducing waste on our streets and having cleaner neighborhoods, serving our customers with integrity, and through creating a safe, dynamic and engaging workplace for our team members.

ESG is seeking a Finance Director leading and owning all aspects of the financial operations for its RCV (Refuse Collection Vehicle) business, the market leader in designing and manufacturing engineered to order refuse vehicles.  This high profiled leadership position will help drive both near term operational processes and continuous improvement initiatives, as well as long-term strategic planning that will drive business performance and margin growth.  The role will manage full balance sheet and P&L, working closely as a business partner supporting R&D, sales, product management, supply chain and manufacturing.  The Finance Director is central to the cross functional S&OP process that aligns production, supply chain, HR, operations and sales which drives operational planning and forecasting.  The role will measure operational performance, measuring productivity, developing scorecards / metrics, supporting new product due diligence, assessing market and pricing opportunities, and assessing risks and growth trends.  The position is key in ensuring appropriate controls are applied.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS:

• Do you like to lead by example? 
• Are you intellectually curious?  Through strong analytical skills, are you someone who likes to understand how things work, always seeking to improve where we are, that will collaboratively drive effective change through teamwork?
• Do you have demonstrated knowledge of key finance cycles (budgeting, forecasting) as well as operational accounting / Controllership experience (e.g. costing, operational processes/controls) preferably within an industrial manufacturing environment?
• Do you have project management or continuous improvement experience (e.g. lean / kaizens, operational process improvements, etc.)?
• Do you have ambition to move upward within the organization (e.g. maybe a future CFO)?

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the monthly/quarter financial reporting and analysis and group’s financial forecasting and budgeting processes.
• Work closely with plant management in analyzing, improving and measuring operational performance, productivity improvements, and drive processes to improve financial and operational performance.
• Develop pricing strategic with sales and product management, while collaborating with supply chain team to optimize working capital and reduce material costs.
• Support new product due diligence with R&D and product management.
• Assess CAPEX requirements that drive performance.
• Work with supply chain to optimize working capital through inventory forecasts and controls.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Lead and develop a small effective finance team, with an emphasis on a timely and accurate financial reporting close, as well as, continuous improvement of management accounting information including product costing, trend analysis and accurate forecasting.
• Partner with plant leadership teams to identify opportunities that will increase productivity and deliver cost savings.
• Enhance the processes and tools used to deliver management reporting to provide relevant, timely, accurate financial information to support decision-making, aligned with organizational objectives.
• Lead annual budget and strategic planning processes for the business.
• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including revenue, cost of sales, expenses, capital expenditures, free cash flow, and other relevant areas.
• Provide commentary and presentations of financial performance trends and root cause analysis of forecast / plan variances.
• Support planning to understand capacity versus demand in forecast process.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Preferably either CPA and/or CMA or an MBA.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment using ERP systems.

• 7+ years’ experience in a professional finance/business environment.
• Significant ability in financial m