Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
Date published: 05-Mar-2024
Job ID: 124733
Description and Requirements
Main Responsibilities
- Lead the North American Finance and IT organization
- Assist company President in the due diligence process and integration of add-on acquisitions
- Serve as a senior leader within the North American organization and as a trusted business partner for other functional leaders within the business
- Serve as key member of the North American senior leadership team. Assist with creating/implementing the overall vision for the region
- Develop and implement best practices and tools to ensure a well-controlled yet flexible organization that has strong fiscal management, project coordination, cross-functional communications, and workflows
- Establish and implement short- and long-range goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures
- Assess and evaluate financial performance of the organization with regard to long-term operational goals, budgets and forecasts; ensure a comprehensive approach to risk assessment and play an integral role in supporting any legal matters related to the organization
- Play key leadership role in supporting the due diligence process for current and future acquisition targets
- Assist in leading the post-acquisition integration processes for newly acquired businesses
- Serve as project leader for related company ERP and CRM system migrations/implementations
- Ensure excellence/accuracy in financial reporting, forecasting and cash management; drive the budget process for the various entities in North America ensuring a consistent methodology
- Compliance with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
- Serve as the key interface with external auditors, banking partners, tax authorities and other regulatory bodies
- Implement a robust system of internal controls in compliance with company policies across all business units within North America
- Partner with leadership team to create and ensure clear visibility to financial/operational KPIs that will drive the business
- Support Sales team with reviewing and ensuring compliance on large tenders; drive the contract negotiation process
- Develop collaborative working relationships with key counterparts across the company (ie. Company Executive Team, Finance leaders and peers, leadership at company owned factories)
- Provide strong mentoring to further develop career paths of existing Finance team members; provide stretch assignments and opportunities to gain exposure to new challenges
- Frequent travel will be required within the US and Canada to the various North American business sites (up to 40%); periodic international travel will be necessary for global finance meetings, training and development, etc.
Working relationships
- Local and global leadership teams
- Local and global finance teams
- Local and global IT teams
- In-house legal counsel
- Operations/Supply Chain
- Company factories
- Auditors
- Bankers
- Tax authorities
- Attorneys
- Technology Partners
- Trade associations and committees
- Customers (potentially end customers, contractors, sales agents, distributors, etc)
Knowledge, skills & abilities
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- CPA and/or MBA is a plus
- 8+ years of finance leadership experience with a proven track record in fast paced business that has achieved both organic growth and growth through acquisition
- Past hands-on experience playing an integral role in M&A integrations
- Recent experience leading ERP system implementations/migrations
- Experience leading multi-site teams and working in a hybrid environment (office/remote)
- Servant leadership mentality
- Strong coaching/mentoring skills
- High emotional intelligence level
- Results orientation and bias for action
- Strategic thinker that is also willing to roll up his/her sleeves
- Robust knowledge of financial planning processes
- Highly analytical
- Effective and Proactive Communication Skills
- Strong team builder
- Strong customer orientation
- Strong IT orientation
- Project Management experience
- Excellent listening, negotiation and presentation skills
- Ability to prioritize and create focus in a fast-paced environment
- Willingness to challenge the status quo