QLM Search is partnering with a US division of a global group, a specialist Service Partner to Ingredients, Food & Beverage groups, to hire their next US Divisional CFO. Reporting to the CEO with a dotted line to the Global CFO, this role will be instrumental in delivering world class performance across a high growth business who have recently made acquisitions and are a world leader in their sector.
Key responsibilities include:
- Key regional board member and leader of the Finance team driving increased focus on business partnership, fit for purpose commercial analytics and increased focus on the controls environment.
- Working closely with the US CEO, C-suite team and global CFO to develop and execute strategy.
- Drive and promote the business intelligence strategy (technology, people & process) for Finance
- Active involvement in the development and execution of strategic business plans aimed at growing the business while ensuring the financial health of the operation
- Key business partner for marketing, commercial and operations (20+ sites) driving key objectives as well as external support in negotiating key customer contracts.
The successful candidate will be a proven, hands-on finance leader and have deep experience of working in a regional division (at least $200M+) of a global group ($multi-billion), in an entrepreneurial service driven environment. You will have extensive experience across FP&A, partnering and controls, excellent stakeholder management and be a skilled collaborator that can build relationships and influence across the business. The preferred candidate sector experience will be food, beverage, ingredients or a service business.
