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Samuel is seeking a Director of Finance to lead the finance function across our Engineered Systems Group. This is a highly visible leadership role for a finance professional who wants to do more than report the numbers. You will help shape strategy, strengthen financial performance, build scalable processes, and influence decisions across a complex, multi-site manufacturing business.

Responsibilities Enterprise Finance Leadership:

Lead the SESG finance function across all businesses and locations, establishing financial priorities, standards, governance, and operating cadence.

Strategic Business Partnership:

Serve as the principal finance partner to the President and SESG leadership team, bringing financial insight to key business and strategic decisions.

Planning & Forecasting:

Own the Annual Operating Plan, monthly forecasts, long-range financial plans, target setting, and financial modeling.

Performance & Profitability:

Translate financial results into actionable insights that improve revenue, margin, operating profit, productivity, and cost performance.

Operational & Commercial Finance:

Lead customer, product, project, site, contribution-margin, manufacturing, pricing, and ROI analysis.

Working Capital & Cash Flow:

Drive disciplined management of receivables, inventory, payables, milestone billing, customer advances, and cash conversion.

Finance Center of Excellence:

Standardize financial processes, reporting, controls, KPIs, tools, and accountabilities across SESG while building scalable capabilities that support a One SESG operating model.

Accounting, Controls & Compliance:

Maintain accountability for accounting, close, costing, inventory accounting, internal controls, audit readiness, and compliance through the Controller organization.

Capital & Strategic Decision Support:

Lead financial analysis supporting capital investment, make-versus-buy decisions, restructuring, growth initiatives, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic decisions.

Systems & Data:

Provide finance leadership for IFS, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and related financial and reporting systems while driving automation, data integrity, and process simplification.

Team Leadership:

Build and develop a high-performing finance organization with clear accountability, strong succession and backup coverage, and a culture of continuous improvement.

Risk Management:

Identify and communicate financial, operational, control, and systems risks with fact-based recommendations and timely escalation. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required. MBA, CPA, CMA, or other relevant professional designation preferred. Minimum of 8 years of progressive finance experience , including significant leadership responsibility. Strong manufacturing finance experience, including costing, inventory, margins, and operational performance. Experience leading finance within a multi-site or complex business environment strongly preferred. Strong knowledge of financial planning, forecasting, modeling, management reporting, financial controls, and IFRS. Experience with ERP and financial reporting systems required. Experience with IFS, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and FCCS is an asset. Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, challenge assumptions constructively, and turn complex financial information into clear business decisions. Proven ability to lead change, standardize processes, and improve financial discipline across an organization. Strong people leadership, coaching, communication, and presentation skills.