Senior Finance Director, North America Region
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What We Can Achieve Together:
The Senior Director of Finance, North America Region (NAR) is senior position with responsibility for financial strategy and management of the North America Region including the Western US & Canada, Pacific, Great Plains, Midwest, Southern, Northeast, New York, and Caribbean divisions (and country and state business units within these divisions). The Senior Director is a member of the Finance Leadership team, reporting to the Head of Global Finance, with a dotted line to the Executive Vice President, North America, Caribbean and Micronesia. This role is responsible for both developing and leading major enterprise finance initiatives as well as implementing and owning the execution of these initiatives in the region. This role must demonstrate effective leadership through relationship-building, collaboration, change management and communication. They are accountable for supporting the development of quarterly forecasts, annual budgets and multi-year plans as well as the overall financial management and fiscal sustainability of North America.
The Senior Director develops close relationships and builds trust with key stakeholders through effective collaboration and persuasive communication. They facilitate and lead strategic dialogues with senior-level stakeholders, identify key challenges and opportunities, and develop actionable recommendations and solutions.
Additionally, the Senior Director is responsible for managing a large team of finance staff across the region and with management layers, encouraging cross-divisional learning and collaboration, building effective teams, developing strong governance models and ultimately ensuring sound financial management. They ensure all activity within their scope of responsibility is performed in accordance with TNC's policies and procedures and industry standards.
This role is remote and can be based anywhere in the continental US or Canadian provinces of Ontario, Alberta, or Northwest Territories.
We’re Looking for You:
This role will:
Serve as a strategic thought leader and partner for the EVP of North America, Caribbean and Micronesia, with a focus on long-range and annual planning and budgeting, business development, and financial sustainability.
Effectively collaborate with divisional and business unit leadership teams across these areas in financial planning and strategic decision-making to enhance program quality and impact.
Be responsible for the financial management of the North America Region including developing and setting budgets and monitoring expenses, analyzing results, and taking corrective actions.
Play a key role in important strategic financial and organization-wide initiatives and projects including operating model implementation, redesigning our approach to resource allocation, full cost budgeting and indirect cost recovery, and building a multi-year financial plan, among others.
Work effectively across key regions and business units with the Chief Conservation Office, Development, and other areas to integrate strategic conservation and campaign priorities with annual and multi-year financial plans.
Provide strategic financial planning &
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