Regional Finance Director Elastomers Europe
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The Regional Finance Director (RFD) - Elastomers Europe is responsible for providing strategic and operational financial leadership across all manufacturing sites within the region. This position leads indirectly a team of Site Controllers, reports to the Business Unit Finance Director and partners closely with the Regional Director to drive performance, strengthen financial governance, and support continuous improvement across the manufacturing footprint. The RFD ensures high‑quality financial reporting, robust internal controls, accurate forecasting, and sound business decision support for the Business Unit leadership team.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Leadership & Business Partnering
- Act as the primary finance business partner to the Regional Director, jointly driving operational excellence, cost leadership, and strategic initiatives in the region.
- Provide analysis and recommendations to support decision‑making in areas such as capacity planning, capital investment, productivity initiatives, labour strategy, and footprint optimisation.
- Lead financial performance reviews with site leadership teams, ensuring clarity on variances, trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Supports Business Unit Finance Director and works closely with other RFD’s for Americas, Europe and Asia to drive functional business plan globally.
Site Controller Leadership
- Ensure consistent application of financial processes, policies, internal controls, and reporting standards across all sites—aligned with BU and Group requirements.
- Support Controllers in strengthening internal control environments and closing identified control gaps.
- Travel to sites, as required, to perform coaching, training and assessment of local systems and teams.
Financial Reporting & Compliance
- Oversee timely, accurate monthly reporting, forecasting, and budgeting for all regional manufacturing sites.
- Ensure compliance with group accounting policies, statutory requirements, internal control frameworks, and audit expectations.
- Drive continuous improvements in reporting quality, efficiency, and transparency.
Operational & Strategic Support
- Challenge and support plant operations on major KPIs: productivity, scrap, overhead absorption, energy, working capital, inventory optimisation, and service levels.
- Provide financial evaluation and tracking of cost‑saving initiatives, restructuring programmes, and strategic projects.
- Lead or support financial aspects of projects such as ERP upgrades, footprint changes, and manufacturing transformation initiatives.
- Lead or support strategic projects being executed across the region, ensuring delivery to timelines and financial business case
Leadership & Cross‑Functional Influence
- Act as a key member of the regional leadership team.
- Promote collaboration across finance, operations, supply chain, and commercial teams.
- Contribute to talent development and succession planning within site finance teams and the broader finance organisation.
Key Skills & Competencies
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing distributed teams.
- Excellent analytical, financial modelling, and business partnering capabilities.
- Deep understanding of manufacturing cost structures and operational drivers.
- Strong communication and influencing skills.
- Proven ability to drive standardisation and process improvement.
- High integrity, resilience, and proactive problem‑solving.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent preferred.
- Extensive progressive experience in finance, including leadership roles within a plant or manufacturing environment.
- Experience managing multi‑site or regional finance teams.
- Experience partnering with operations leadership at a regional level.
- Familiarity with ERP systems and manufacturing analysis platforms.
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