Finance Director

The Finance Director – RTU is responsible for leading all financial planning, analysis, reporting, and control activities for manufacturing operations. This role partners with plant leadership, supply chain, operations, and executive management to drive profitability, improve operational performance, support strategic decision-making, and ensure strong financial governance. The Finance Director provides financial leadership for budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, capital investment analysis, inventory management, and continuous improvement initiatives.   Job Summary * Lead the financial close process. * Provide financial leadership and business partnership to manufacturing and operations teams. * Develop and execute financial strategies that support company objectives and growth plans. * Deliver actionable insights to improve profitability, productivity, and operational efficiency. * Support strategic initiatives, acquisitions, expansions, and capital investment decisions. * Contribute to the development of the company strategy across all areas of the business unit, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate and providing financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers to optimize the company's financial performance and strategic position. * Partner with the business unit president and leadership team to deliver on an accelerated five-year growth strategy to grow the business 5x in the next five-years. * Direct activities associated with revenue generation, cost management, capital expenditure investment, asset management and balance sheet of the business unit. * Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes. * Analyze financial and operational performance against budgets and targets. * Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct and evaluate the organization’s financial function and performance. * Establish and maintain a high performing team. Foster growth and development within the team. * Drive cash flow and manage the working capital of the business. * Maintain strong internal controls and compliance with company policies and accounting standards. * Oversee standard costing, product costing, and cost accounting processes.    Required Education, Experience and Qualifications * Candidates must have prior financial leadership experience in a progressive organization. * Operational finance experience, including three years in a leadership position, is required for success in this role. Experience with SAP is critical. * Proven experience leading a multi-million dollar P&L, preferably in a product manufacturing business * Seven to fifteen years of experience in related manufacturing industry * BA/BS degree in Finance, Economics or Accounting. Master of Business Administration preferred. * CPA/CMA preferred.   Our Growth Culture We thrive in an open transparent environment where we constantly challenge our team members to share their diversity of thought by incorporating round table discussions, regular 1.1’s and maintaining a collaborative environment.   Compensation The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of Pregis’ total compensation package. The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $180,000 to $220,000, depending on experience and skills. Compensation details listed in US job postings reflect base salary only and do not include benefits. Learn more about Benefits at Pregis [https://www.pregis.com/careers/].   #corp1

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about finance? If so, you might be our Finance Director. About us HRtechX is part of United Media (https://www.united-media.com/) which focuses on building large-scale industry media and conference products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. What we offer you As our Finance Director you get the unique opportunity to be a key player in building one of our portfolio companies. By providing you with the ownership of our finances, we want to constantly push you out of your comfort zone. You’ll be working out of our HQ in London and to ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with: * An opportunity for getting operational experience in a start-up or scale-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matters to the business. • A chance to work closely together with one of our CEO’s on our finances and budgets as well as report to investors on a monthly basis and participate in board meetings. • Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally. Your responsibilities Your responsibilities will vary; however, some of them will be to: * Prepare annual budgets for effective financial planning. * Provide weekly updates on cash flow. * Conduct monthly P&L and cash updates for comprehensive financial insights. * Evaluate and implement cost optimisation programs. * Review intercompany and external loans to ensure optimal financial health. * Lead the Working Capital responsibilities. * Manage the Human Resources Financial Planning responsibilities. * Offer support to sales and operations teams. What we expect from you You possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency. You have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what you do. You take ownership of everything you do, are proactive and follow through on commitments. Moreover, you’re humble and you share our passion for building and executing new businesses. Furthermore, we expect that you have: * Accounting background. Ideally, more than two years of experience from a Big Four firm. * Experience as CFO, Head of Finance or Finance Director from a small or medium-sized business. * UK working permit. * Media and Conferences industry background preferred but not mandatory.