Senior Director, Finance Business Partnering (Manufacturing)

Job summary

This role involves leading the finance agenda for a global Engineering & Workplace organization, focusing on strategic insight and financial leadership to drive decision-making and value creation.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior finance leadership experience in global manufacturing, engineering, or industrial sectors.
• Proven success in finance business partnering within complex, technical organizations.
• Strong background in capital expenditure-heavy environments and large-scale project management.
• Familiarity with automation, digitalization, and transformation initiatives is a plus.
• Excellent financial acumen and ability to connect technical decisions to value.
• Strong communication skills to influence senior stakeholders.
• Integrity and trust-building capabilities, fostering high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted partner to senior leadership, translating strategy into financial priorities and actions.
• Oversee financial governance of a large global capital expenditure portfolio, ensuring robust business cases and prioritization.
• Lead planning, forecasting, and performance management, delivering actionable insights to leadership.
• Collaborate on key strategy initiatives related to manufacturing automation and digitalization.
• Build and lead a high-performing finance business partnering team, promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Skills

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• Ability to challenge assumptions and drive value realization.
• Leadership skills to develop team capabilities in strategic partnering and investment analysis.

Education

• Relevant degree in finance, business, or a related field is typically expected.

Tools

• Familiarity with financial modeling and analysis tools, project management software, and ERP systems is advantageous.