Senior Director, Operations Finance

Vertiv - Westerville, OH

Full-time - Senior

Westerville, OH

5,001-10,000 employees

Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers

About the position

The Senior Director, Operations Finance at Vertiv will lead the Americas Finance team, focusing on strategic planning, executive reporting, margin optimization, and inventory management to support Procurement and Plant Operations. This role involves close collaboration with leadership across Procurement, Operations, and Engineering to enhance forecasting, planning, and performance metrics. The position also entails overseeing financial initiatives related to manufacturing finance, product costing, and process improvements, making it essential for candidates to have a strong background in these areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning and target setting of key performance indicators (KPI's) for Procurement & Operations.
• Review the team's forecasting inputs for plant labor, operating expenses, and inventory on a monthly basis.
• Provide monthly reporting on manufacturing plant KPI's to assess operational efficiency and conversion cost.
• Oversee the monthly reporting of Procurement's inflation & productivity performance as well as outlook.
• Analyze financial performance and trends to make recommendations to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Partner with operations leadership to ensure financial discipline in key decision-making areas such as capital expenditures, labor costs, and supply chain management.
• Monitor inventory levels, production costs, and operational metrics to identify areas of improvement.
• Oversee and review the analysis for make vs. buy and make vs. make scenarios for the America's region.
• Lead cross-functional teams in identifying and implementing operational improvements.
• Supervise the central product costing team that project manages the set up and maintenance of standard costs for all raw materials, labor, and overhead in compliance with Vertiv's accounting policies.
• Oversee the team's collaboration with procurement, logistics, and operations for annual standard setting as well as the cost management support desk for ad hoc adjustments throughout the fiscal year.
• Identify financial risks from procure to pay to ensure controls are designed, implemented, and optimized to prevent margin erosion and unfavorable liquidity impacts.
• Provide ad hoc analytical support as a business partner to Operations and Procurement leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• 10 years of experience in manufacturing finance including financial support of operations and procurement.
• Advanced knowledge of operational metrics, cost accounting (including standard cost), and supply chain financials.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong leadership skills with a track record of building and managing high-performance teams.
• Excellent communication, organization, and analytical skills.
• Ability to pull together and summarize large amounts of data into concise explanations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• ERP Systems experience, preferably Oracle.