Director, Finance - Aftermarket

About Us:

BW Converting Solutions is a strategic alliance of resources and services that bring together several Barry-Wehmiller companies — Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), Winkler + Dünnebier (W+D), STAX Technologies, Hudson-Sharp, Baldwin Technologies and Northern Engraving and Machine. These industry leaders offer trusted brands and innovative technologies in the design, manufacture, and service of high-performance converting and packaging machinery for the tissue, nonwovens, hygiene, bag-converting, mailing, and printing industries.

 

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

 

Job Description:

The Global Finance Director for Aftermarket Segment provides leadership and strategic oversight to commercial and financial aspects of the Aftermarket Segment globally. The Aftermarket Segment is Converting’s biggest and most profitable segments. The Finance Director acts as a key business partner to the Segment President and provide insightful advice and counsel on business decisions, balancing short and long-term strategies. Position reports directly to the BW Converting Executive Vice President of Finance but primarily supports the cross-functional Segment team.

                            

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Direct and oversee all financial and commercial aspects of the Segment with a focus on orders, revenue, margins, operational spending/SG&A, and Segment specific working capital.

• Serve as key business partner and contributor to profitable growth strategies, tactics, and long-range planning, ensuring that current revenue-generating strategies create enterprise value. 

• Develop and utilize forward-looking, predictive models and activity-based financial analyses to provide insight into the organization’s operations and business plans.

• Provide leadership in the development and continuous evaluation of short and long-term strategic financial objectives. 

• Ensure credibility of the Aftermarket Segment by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends, and forecasts to deliver timely, relevant, accurate and complete information that further elevates business performance.

• Streamline processes and maximize efficiency

• Review monthly financial operating reports for accuracy, completeness, and major variances between actual and budget results. Standardize accounting and reporting globally. 

• Establish key performance indicators and scorecards to monitor the business specifically regarding sales growth, efficiency, profitability and time and resource management.

• Provide leadership to bring team members together across the globe to drive for shared business and functional success.

• Support platform wide integration and continuous improvement initiatives.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or other business-related discipline and 7+ years of progressively responsible financial leadership experience.

• Experience in global aftermarket or manufacturing operations, multi-business entity and multi-currency environment.

• International business experience including leading successfully globally across multiple cultures, languages, and time zones.

• Experience with mergers and/or acquisitions preferred.

• MBA and CMA/CPA are preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Strong bias for action and combined with proven ability to influence decisions

• Excellent team building and change-management skills, plus the leadership skillset to recruit, train, coach, and mentor team members both within and outside of finance

• Ability to question and challenge with curiosity and lead problem solving/ profitability improving events with focus on continuous improvement.

• A strong working knowledge of general accounting principles, business processes, and business intelligence.

COMPETENCIES

• Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.

• Collaborates – Building partnerships and collaborating with others to meet shared objectives. Ability to inspire and influence globally and cross-functionally.

• Instills Trust – Gaining the confidence and trust of