LDG Global Operations Finance Partner

Role Overview

The LDG Global Operations Finance Partner provides strategic finance leadership across a global manufacturing and operations network. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, translating complex financial and operational data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance partner to global operations leaders across growth, margin improvement, and operational excellence
• Lead financial planning and performance management, including:
  • monthly close
  • forecasting
  • shipments
  • gross margin analysis
  • productivity tracking
  • operational business reviews
• Provide finance leadership for executive reviews, annual operating plans, long-range planning, and capital investment decisions
• Convert financial/operational data into clear recommendations (risks, opportunities, and actions)
• Partner cross-functionally to improve commercial alignment and overall business effectiveness
• Support global manufacturing operations across multiple sites/regions while promoting standardization and continuous improvement
• Drive reporting enhancements, process automation, and data-driven decision-making using financial systems and analytics tools
• Support transformation efforts, including business cases, restructuring, system implementations, and process improvements
• Lead, coach, and develop a geographically distributed finance team

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance leadership
• 5+ years managing or leading global teams
• Background in global operations and manufacturing (including supply chain or similarly matrixed environments)
• Strong expertise in:
  • P&L management
  • gross margin improvement
  • productivity initiatives
  • inventory management
  • capital allocation
• Experience with strategic planning, long-range planning, annual operating plans, and investment reviews
• Experience leading transformation: process redesign, system implementations, enterprise initiatives
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business (or equivalent experience)
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex insights to executive audiences

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency with financial/analytics tools such as SAP and Power BI