Regional Chief Financial Officer | Confidential Search
ROMA Hired has been retained to lead a confidential search for a Regional Chief Financial Officer on behalf of a global industrial manufacturer.
About the Company
Our client is a global, multi-billion dollar manufacturer of highly engineered products, with manufacturing, engineering and commercial operations across several continents. The company serves leading global customers in demanding, quality-critical markets and operates a broad, multi-site manufacturing footprint.
Our client is building out its senior finance leadership bench to support the continued growth and performance of one of its largest operating regions.
The Opportunity
Our client is seeking a Regional Chief Financial Officer to lead finance for a multi-country regional business with significant manufacturing operations. Reporting to the Global Chief Financial Officer and partnering closely with regional business leadership, this is a highly visible role with direct exposure to the global executive team and a platform for broader leadership.
The Regional CFO will lead a large, multi-site finance organization and serve as a strategic partner to operations and commercial leadership, with a mandate centered on financial discipline, high quality decision support and sustained, profitable growth.
The successful candidate will be a decisive, culturally agile finance executive with a deep command of complex, multi-site manufacturing and the presence to engage with confidence across a global leadership team.
The Role at a Glance
- Reports to: Global Chief Financial Officer
- Key partnership: Regional business leadership
- Team: Large, multi-site regional finance organization
- Footprint: Manufacturing operations across multiple countries
- Location: Midwest, United States; on site; relocation provided; domestic and international travel of less than 50%
Scope of Responsibilities
- Finance leadership: Lead all finance activities for the region, including controllership, FP&A, accounting, plant finance, internal controls and regional tax, in partnership with global tax and treasury.
- Strategic counsel: Serve as a trusted advisor to the Global CFO and regional leadership, bringing data backed insight to strategic and operational decisions.
- Close and reporting: Oversee the monthly, quarterly and annual close and deliver timely, accurate and decision ready reporting across all sites.
- Controls and compliance: Maintain a strong control environment across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions, aligned with global finance policies.
- International tax: Partner with global tax on structure, compliance and planning across the region's international operations.
- Business partnership: Partner with commercial and operations leaders on pricing, quoting, new business economics and plant performance.
- Planning: Lead budgets, forecasts, capital plans and long range plans that leadership relies on to make decisions.
- Profitability: Drive margin expansion, cost performance, working capital and cash generation.
- Systems and process: Champion the continued advancement of finance systems, data and processes across the manufacturing network.
- Team leadership: Lead, develop and inspire a large, distributed finance organization, building bench strength and succession.
- Global matrix: Operate effectively within a global matrix organization, aligning regional priorities with enterprise objectives.
Desired Skills and Experience
Required
- Senior finance leadership in automotive, industrial or comparably complex discrete manufacturing environments.
- 15+ years in finance, including 7 to 10 years in senior leadership with P&L, controllership and FP&A responsibility across multi-site manufacturing. Exceptional leaders with fewer years will be considered.
- Proven record of leading large finance teams across multiple locations.
- Track record of improving profitability, cost and cash performance in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong command of the close, reporting quality and finance process excellence.
- Willingness to relocate, work on site and travel 25% to 40%.
Strongly preferred
- Experience in a global, multinational matrix organization.
- Finance and tax responsibility for international operations.
- Experience leading ERP implementations or finance systems transformation across multiple sites.
- Cross-cultural leadership across multinational teams; Spanish or Portuguese language skills valued.
- Experience leading finance transformation and organizational design.
- Bachelor's degree required; CPA or CFA and an MBA preferred.
Leadership Competencies
- Decisive and confident: Makes the call, owns it and supports it with data before senior leadership.
- Command of the numbers: Technically strong and hands on; knows the business in depth and holds firm under rigorous challenge.
- Executive presence and resilience: Composed under pressure, with the fortitude to thrive in a direct, fast moving environment.
- Culturally agile: Builds trust across diverse, multinational colleagues and adapts style without losing substance.
- Organizer and builder: Brings structure, standards and alignment to a large, distributed team.
- Developer of talent: Raises the bar, coaches leaders and builds succession.
Getting in Touch
For inquiries, expressions of interest and referrals, please contact Omar Mryan, Founder & Managing Partner (omar@romahired.com) or Hamza Azim, Managing Partner (hamza@romahired.com). All conversations are held in strict confidence.
