Job Description
Job Title:  Director, Finance Operations
Posting Start Date:  9/30/26
Job Description: 

About our group:

 

The Finance organization partners with Global Procurement, Commodity Management, and Supply Chain Operations to support strategic decision-making and deliver sustainable business results. The team provides financial planning, performance management, cost and working-capital insights, and decision support across a complex global operating environment.

 

We also advance the use of analytics, automation, digital tools, and artificial intelligence to modernize finance processes and enable scalable, data-driven ways of working.

About the role - you will:

 

  • Serve as a strategic finance leader and trusted advisor to senior leaders across Global Procurement, Commodity Management, and Supply Chain Operations.
  • Shape financial strategy and lead annual planning, forecasting, and long-range planning activities.
  • Develop business cases, scenario analyses, and actionable recommendations that support sound business decisions.
  • Analyze cost structures, commodity and supplier dynamics, sourcing alternatives, contracts, pricing, and total cost of ownership.
  • Provide financial support for supplier negotiations, product-cost optimization, supplier transitions, working-capital improvements, and supply chain initiatives.
  • Manage budgets and forecasts, monitor performance against targets, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions.
  • Champion decision-ready data and expand the use of dashboards, self-service analytics, automation, predictive analytics, and generative AI.
  • Apply digital and AI capabilities to planning, forecasting, reporting, performance management, and decision-making.
  • Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives that simplify, standardize, and modernize finance processes.
  • Define measurable transformation outcomes and drive the adoption of digital solutions and new ways of working.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a global finance team.
  • Build team capabilities in finance business partnership, analytics, data literacy, digital tools, and AI.
  • Support talent development and succession planning across the organization.

About you:

 

  • Strategic and commercial finance leadership, with the ability to translate complex financial and operational information into clear, actionable business recommendations.
  • Proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence decisions across functions, organizational levels, and geographies.
  • Demonstrated effectiveness in navigating complex global organizations and leading teams through change.
  • Strong financial expertise combined with a demonstrated commitment to analytics, technology, automation, and continuous improvement.
  • Excellent executive communication and presentation skills, including the ability to convey data through compelling business narratives.
  • Proven capability to develop high-performing teams and foster collaboration, accountability, learning, and innovation.
  • Results-oriented approach, with the ability to balance long-term strategy and operational execution.

Your experience includes:

 

  • A bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Data Analytics, or a related field.
  • At least 12 years of progressive finance experience, including experience in leadership roles.
  • Significant experience supporting Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing, or related functions.
  • Experience in financial planning and analysis, cost analysis, working-capital management, and operational finance.
  • Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and leading cross-functional transformation in a complex global organization.
  • Practical experience applying AI, including generative AI, to finance or operational planning, forecasting, reporting, analytics, decision-making, or productivity.
  • Advanced capability in analytics, data visualization, and business intelligence.
  • Strong executive communication and presentation skills.

Preferred experience includes:

  • An MBA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent qualification.
  • An industry-recognized certification or formal credential in AI, generative AI, machine learning, data science, data analytics, or a related discipline.
  • Experience in technology, manufacturing, data storage, semiconductor, or global supply chain environments.
  • Experience leading enterprise-scale transformation.
  • Proficiency with Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI, or comparable platforms.

Location:

 

Location: Shugart, Singapore
Travel: None

Information at a Glance

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