Sr Director, Finance

Position Responsibilities

The Sr. Director, EMEA+SAL Finance serves as the senior finance leader for the company’s largest geographic region, acting as the regional CFO and partner to the VP/GM of the EMEA+SAL region. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the role is responsible for driving financial performance for Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, strengthening operational control and command, and building a high-performing regional finance organization capable of supporting a complex industrial business. The position will partner closely with regional leadership to translate strategy into operational execution while ensuring strong financial discipline, forecasting accuracy, and alignment with corporate financial objectives. The Sr. Director is accountable for accounting, controls, financial systems, operations finance, reporting, analysis, commercial finance, and regulatory and compliance within the region. This role also plays a key part in the company’s ongoing finance transformation efforts, improving the maturity of financial processes, analytics, and business partnership across the region.

Position Responsibilities

The Sr. Director, EMEA+SAL Finance serves as the senior finance leader for the company’s largest geographic region, acting as the regional CFO and partner to the VP/GM of the EMEA+SAL region. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the role is responsible for driving financial performance for Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, strengthening operational control and command, and building a high-performing regional finance organization capable of supporting a complex industrial business. The position will partner closely with regional leadership to translate strategy into operational execution while ensuring strong financial discipline, forecasting accuracy, and alignment with corporate financial objectives. The Sr. Director is accountable for accounting, controls, financial systems, operations finance, reporting, analysis, commercial finance, and regulatory and compliance within the region. This role also plays a key part in the company’s ongoing finance transformation efforts, improving the maturity of financial processes, analytics, and business partnership across the region. This position is viewed as a leader by the DFS Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and can work collaboratively with the CFO and VP/GM of EMEA+SAL on strategic matters, represent both Finance and the business in cross-functional teams. This position drives a culture of integrity, at their core is a people and process developer and driver of accountability. Direct reports include five finance leaders across the EMEA+SAL region, and the head of regional FP&A.

Why this role?

• Genuine regional authority – The Sr. Finance Director owns the full P&L (Sales to EBIT) and drives accountability for a significant multi-country P&L
• Subsidiary of a US publicly traded, Fortune 500 enterprise. Direct access to US based Operating Company leadership team. Region leadership based in Benelux.
• A company at a meaningful inflection point in EMEA – this is not a steady-state maintenance role ---- a match for a creator and developer
• Real scope to shape and architect how regional finance runs: the team, operating cadence, and finance’s seat at the table

Integrity

• Be the independent voice of financial truth for EMEA+SAL – call it as it is, early and plainly.
• Set the tone for the region: Lead with candor.
• Strong partner to EMEA Regional Controller – proactively upscale to the Global Controller and CFO

FP&A and Business Partnership

• Own the regional AOP, quarterly forecast and strategic plan submissions – strengthen a bottoms up/site build up based on clear assumptions to drive accountability
• Serve as the primary finance partner to the EMEA & SAL VP/GM (Managing Director); challenge commercial commitments, pressure-test margin assumptions and hold the business to its plan
• Partner with site-level finance leaders to ensure a consistent and credible operating cadence across sites – weekly, monthly and quarterly rhythms that are connected to business processes to yield predictable outcomes
• Provide the CFO with an independent read of regional performance

Team Leadership

• Lead a regional finance team including EMEA FP&A, EMEA Controllership (dotted-line) and Site Finance leaders – establishing clarity of roles, accountability, and performance expectations for the team
• Raise the bar for EMEA+SAL site financial teams to command their four-walls and financial statements
• Develop finance talent in the region with an eye toward building a bench

Operational and Commercial Support

• Partner with operations leadership across sites to ensure financial discipline in cost