The client is seeking a Director of Finance to serve as the senior finance leader for its Americas business, reporting directly to the local CEO with a dotted-line relationship to group finance leadership overseas. This role will strengthen financial leadership, enhance performance visibility, and support the next phase of growth within a highly engineered product environment that combines manufacturing, sales, and aftermarket services.
The Director of Finance will take full ownership of the North American finance function, leading a team of approximately eight finance professionals. Responsibilities include structuring and developing the regional finance team; partnering with the local CEO to provide financial insight and challenge strategic and commercial decisions; leading financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis across manufacturing, sales, and services; improving visibility of KPIs, profitability, and operational metrics; strengthening cost control and margin improvement initiatives; ensuring robust financial controls, compliance, and alignment with global standards; and acting as the primary interface with group finance through accurate and timely reporting. The role will also support business transformation and embed a more proactive, data-driven finance culture.
The successful candidate will typically hold a bachelor’s degree and will ideally have a CPA designation. The role is expected to draw on 15+ years of manufacturing finance/accounting experience and proven leadership at the level of Finance Director or CFO. The candidate should have extensive experience supporting operational and commercial functions, including sales and service models, and demonstrate the ability to drive performance improvement, cost control, and financial discipline within an international reporting structure. A hands-on, proactive, solutions-oriented mindset is essential.