Reactivos y Equipos Looking for Vice President of Finance, CFO at Wood Dale, IL Full Time

Videojet Technologies is $1.3B world leader in printing systems, coding, laser marking, and digitally enabled printing solutions. Our customers rely on Videojet products to print over ten billion products daily. With a history of delivering innovative products for over 50 years, Videojet is a leader in its industry and has a distribution network of 400+ distributors, serves 135 counties, and has over 4,000 global associates.

The Opportunity

The Vice President of Finance, CFO will be a key member of Videojet’s executive leadership team, lead the global financial organization, and prepare/analyze financial statements results and results. Through sound fiscal management, this role will be a key contributor to the continuous improvement process, driving improvement of operating results, implementing the proper reporting processes, managing the budget and financial forecasts, and analyzing/reporting variances.

The VP Finance,CFO will exhibit deep experience in financial principles and business strategy development with the ability to navigate the requirements of a dynamic and complex organization. This leader will be involved in ‘hands on’ business and change management activities while providing leadership, and direction to Videojet. The incumbent must be able to work as an effective business partner with the Videojet President and leadership team and drive synergies / efficiencies across the organization and ideally have experience in a large international public company.

This position is based in Wood Dale, IL and reports to the President of Videojet with a dotted line to the (Group) CFO for the Product Quality and Innovation Platform.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership

• Executive-level experience in a multi-facility, matrixed organization
• Ability to build trusting relationships with functional and regional business partners.
• Coach, mentor, and support the career development of your team
• The VP/CFO leads the global finance and IT organizations to ensure operations and strategy align with business needs
• Partner with CIO to execute digital IT strategy in the context of service delivery, customer experience optimization, and operational improvements on front/back-office innovation to help improve growth and profitability
• Direct Reports: A team of nine direct reports across five countries
• Indirect reports: 400+ Finance and IT associates globally

Data and Systems

• Partner with Commercial leadership/Operations to develop financial reporting that drives insights and timely decision making
• Provide strategy for financial data that eliminates waste in reporting and streamlines financial analysis
• Drive the use of the Veralto Enterprise System (VES) and continuous improvement within the Finance Organization
• Continuously improve transactional and closing processes from a time, accuracy and productivity perspective

Financial Analysis/ Financial Reporting

• Work closely with the President and functional leaders in conducting detailed financial and business analyses to identify potential problems, determine root causes and recommend appropriate solutions
• Develop and maintain forecasting processes that accurately predicts future performance and motivate actions to insure it hits agreed upon target
• Possess the ability to explain complex financial information in a way associates at all levels can easily understand.
• Experience leading the financial portion of the strategic planning process.
• Prior responsibility for providing accurate and timely consolidation of global operating unit financials in a large complex organization.
• Proven competence and success in financial operations, new business planning, development, implementation, and management.
• Submission of accurate and compliant financial statements
• Assist in the financial evaluation of potential acquisition targets
• Continuously improve transactional and closing processes from a time, accuracy, and productivity perspective.

Internal Control Systems

• Develop and maintain appropriate internal controls across all global operations and ensure global compliance
• Achieve satisfactory financial audit results by external and internal auditors

Working Capital Reduction

• Provide leadership, direction and processes to Videojet and the Finance team to drive significant WC improvements (DSO, DPO, Inventory Turns)
• Monitor WC improvement results and, where appropriate, ensure that effective countermeasures are developed and implemented.

Background, Knowledge & Skill Requirements

• In-depth working knowledge of financial management, strategic planning,
• Proven business acumen and entrepreneurial risk-taking ability with a proactive attitude and demonstrated creativity in problem-solving.
• Knowledge and experience in lean methodologies or related process improvement processes.
• Proven ability to flourish in a lean, hands-on, environment
• Strong analytical skills in identifying, planning, and executing appropriate and successful business strategies to meet changing organizational and community needs and regulatory requirements.
• Effective leadership skills, with a bias toward timely and appropriate action.
• Demonstrated skills in conflict identification and resolution, group problem solving, and prioritization.
• Results oriented – has track record for delivering results, takes ownership and is accountable
• Full P&L financial ownership experience with responsibility for all financial functions
• Possesses strong business acumen and learning agility
• Consistently uses sound judgment and possesses high integrity and ethics
• Has a high degree of humility and self-awareness
• Builds strong, effective and diverse teams
• Creates followership through collaboration
• Able to dig into the details as needed while focusing on the key strategic priorities
• 10+ years of global financial leadership experience.
• B.A. or B.S. in Finance or Accounting, MBA and/or CPA preferred.

About Videojet

It’s likely you either purchase or use a product touched by Videojet nearly every day. Our printing solutions are found on bags, trays, bottles, cans, cartons, cases, and most packaged goods. From freshness dating to track and trace coding, our technologies help ensure products are authentic and safe for consumers to use in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, consumer and industrial marketplaces. Learn more about our products and culture in this short video: http://bit.ly/VideojetGlobal

Videojet Technologies Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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