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As the Senior Director Finance, Gardena, Business Unit North America, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial strategy, performance, and decision-making for the business unit.
Reporting directly to the Division Senior Vice President Finance and as part of the North American Executive Leadership Team, you will lead a team of finance professionals and collaborate closely with senior managers to optimize financial operations, ensure regulatory compliance, and support strategic initiatives to sustain and enhance market position.
This is a pivotal role, combining financial leadership within the Business Unit with strategic partnership to Business Unit Management. Beyond the Business Unit, the person will engage actively with the Husqvarna/Gardena global finance community and contribute to a range of Group-wide initiatives.
What You Need to Know:
- Overall responsibility for BPU Gardena North America financial reporting and follow-up
- Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting processes for the region, providing insightful analysis and recommendations to senior management
- Help set the strategic direction of the business and serving as key strategic partner for the Business unit President and all finance and business-related areas of the business unit.
- Consolidate financial & operating metrics across the NA Business Unit, analyzing key drivers of results; identify risks and opportunities, as well as actions to mitigate risk and capitalize on opportunities
- Partner with the Business Unit President and senior leadership team to execute the business transformation strategy and deliver sustainable, profitable growth.
- Drive standardization & process improvements in financial planning and reporting across both the finance and operating teams
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and internal controls, managing risk exposure effectively.
- Lead a team of 3+ direct reports, and an extended team of ~20 Finance professionals
- Drive the organizational talent agenda through development, diversity, retention, and recruitment efforts; Continuously striving to create a world class finance/accounting organization that collaborates within the business unit and across the segment.
What We Are Looking For:
- 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, with a track record of success in a complex, multinational organization
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Broad financial experience from several functional areas e.g. product development, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, service, aftermarket
- Preferably experience from strategic and financial improvement journeys
- Experience in manufacturing, professional and/or consumer goods industry is highly desirable.
- Hands‑on experience with ERP / SAP implementations, including system roll‑out, process redesign and adoption of new ways of working is desirable
- CPA, CFA, or equivalent professional certification is a plus.
- Ability to summarize and effectively communicate complex topics to allow for organizational understanding and action.
- Proven ability to drive strategic initiatives and influence decision-making at the executive level.
- Experience as an action-oriented business partner for profitable growth with complex portfolios.
- Broad experience in different Finance roles, including financial analysis, operations, general accounting, and controlling.
- Takes ownership for driving significant change, performance improvement and execution discipline
- Highly motivated self-starter with strong internal drive to succeed and high work capacity, ability to multi-task and work within tight deadlines
- Hands-on, proactive and comfortable working at high pace
