Director, Business Performance, Finance Operations

Role Overview

The Director, Business Performance, will lead the enterprise Business Performance function, connecting financial and operational insights to strategic decisions, measurable actions, and value creation. The role will oversee a specialist team and work closely with Segment Finance, Site Finance, Corporate FP&A, Operations, Commercial, Procurement, and other senior stakeholders.

What You Will Do

The successful candidate will lead the Finance Operations contribution to annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, monthly outlooks, and long-range planning. They will drive business performance review processes, establish consistent planning methodologies, and provide decision support, scenario analysis, and executive insights related to resource allocation, strategic priorities, and value-creation initiatives.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will be enterprise-minded, performance-driven, a capability builder, a trusted business partner, and hands-on. They will have 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including leadership experience in business performance, operational finance, FP&A, finance transformation, or a comparable discipline.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including leadership experience in business performance, operational finance, FP&A, finance transformation, or a comparable discipline.
• Demonstrated success leading teams and finance capabilities within a publicly traded or similarly complex international, matrixed organization.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing economics, profitability, operational value drivers, working capital, and capital investment.
• Proven ability to influence senior Finance, Operations, and Commercial stakeholders and translate financial analysis into measurable business actions.
• Strong forecasting, scenario analysis, business-case development, and executive communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to operate strategically while remaining close enough to the details to drive execution.