Sr Director, Finance

At Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS), we are taking fueling and convenience retail to the next level. We are passionate about cultivating excellence in everything we do, but what really fuels us is our people. They’re the heart of our company. As an employee, our promise to you is that you’ll work on new and innovative products and solutions, be mentored by managers and teammates who are collaborative, caring, and act with integrity, and have the opportunity to grow in ways that are meaningful to you. Unique and interesting projects – both locally and globally – will challenge you and allow you to pursue different and rewarding career paths.
We are #EnergizedByGrowth.
DFS is part of a legacy of leadership that spans back generations, made up of some of the most trusted, leading-edge brands in the industry. As part of Dover Corporation and with our talented, innovative, outstanding people, we are doing great things and redefining what is possible in fueling and convenience retail. Providing advanced fuel-dispensing equipment, including clean energy solutions, systems and payment, automatic tank gauging and wet stock-management solutions, DFS comprises the product brands of Wayne Fueling Systems, OPW Fuel Management Systems, ClearView, Tokheim, ProGauge, Fairbanks, LIQAL, AvaLAN, and Bulloch Technologies. Headquartered in Austin, TX, DFS has a significant technology development and manufacturing presence worldwide, including facilities in Brazil, China, India, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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&LSubsidiary 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 developerReal scope to shape and architect how regional finance runs: the team, operating cadence, and finance’s seat at the tableIntegrityBe 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 escalate to the Global Controller and CFOFP&A and Business PartnershipOwn the regional AOP, quarterly forecast and strategic plan submissions – strengthen a bottoms up/site build up based on clear assumptions to drive accountabilityServe 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 planPartner 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 outcomesProvide the CFO with an independent read of regional performanceTeam LeadershipLead 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 teamRaise the bar for EMEA+SAL site financial teams to command their four-walls and financial statementsDevelop finance talent in the region with an eye toward build