Director of Strategic Finance & Transformation

HANWHA AEROSPACE USA LLC

$210K — $250K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management, PE/IB, or Corporate Strategy
  • Strong understanding of U.S. power market and renewable energy systems
  • Advanced financial modeling skills including P-IRR and E-IRR
  • Experience in process transformation and automation with IT collaboration
  • Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Establish a robust capital allocation strategy for U.S. portfolio
  • Ensure business plans align with corporate capital allocation strategy
  • Design automated frameworks for capital allocation lifecycle
  • Define metrics for monitoring capital efficiency and IRRs
  • Implement a Phase-Gate management system for project viability
  • Drive change management between corporate and local operational teams

Benefits

  • Backed by the financial strength of Hanwha Group, a Fortune Global 500 company
  • Opportunity to work at the forefront of renewable energy development
  • Engage with a dynamic team in the growing U.S. energy sector
  • Chance to lead transformative financial initiatives and automation projects
  • Work directly under C-level executives, influencing corporate strategy
Full Job Description
POSITION OVERVIEW

Backed by the financial strength and global energy leadership of Hanwha Group-a Fortune Global 500 enterprise - HEUH(Hanwha Energy USA Holdings) is aggressively expanding its business portfolio across the United States. Our dynamic operations encompass renewable energy development projects, own and operate of hybrid power generation assets targeting Data Centers (DCs), the expansion of power retail business in ERCOT and PJM, and the continuous exploration of new business ventures.

To support this rapid growth and maximize our portfolio's competitiveness, we are advancing our capital management standards. Working directly under the Chief Portfolio Officer (CPO), the Director of Strategic Finance & Transformation will act as the primary financial architect for optimizing our limited capital across four business subsidiaries (Biz-cos) and new ventures.

This role is fundamentally driven by deep financial and strategic insight. The primary objective is to establish logical, objective investment metrics and enforce rigorous financial discipline. Secondly, the Director will act as the business owner for process innovation, identifying opportunities to automate the investment lifecycle and partnering closely with the IT department to translate financial logic into systemic, data-driven workflows.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Capital Allocation Strategy (Core): Establish and refine a robust capital allocation framework for the expanding U.S. portfolio. Define strict financial criteria, balancing stable, de-risked assets against higher-risk development projects
  • Business Plan Alignment & Re-balancing: Review annual and long-term business plans of Biz-cos to ensure strict alignment with the corporate capital allocation strategy. Proactively adjust and re-balance capital deployment for projects that do not meet established criteria.
  • Process Design & IT Collaboration for Automation: Serve as the business lead for automating the capital allocation lifecycle. Design the underlying financial logic and business requirements for investment review, phase-gate approvals, and post-investment tracking, and partner with the IT team to execute the system development.
  • Lifecycle Tracking & Financial Analytics: Define the metrics and frameworks to continuously monitor actual capital efficiency, sunken costs, and realized IRRs against initial financial models. Guide the IT/Data teams in building real-time executive dashboards that provide C-level leadership with logical, data-driven insights.
  • Phase-Gate Management & Kill Decisions: Institutionalize a strict Phase-Gate system to filter out unviable projects early. Enforce objective "kill" decisions based on data, and work with IT to digitize these approval stages to minimize manual or emotional bias.
  • Change Management: Bridge the gap between corporate strategic directions and local operational teams. Enforce corporate capital standards and overcome resistance from local teams accustomed to manual, exception-based reporting by championing the newly designed, standardized workflows.


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management, PE/IB, or Corporate Strategy within a holding company or global energy firm.
  • Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of the U.S. power market, renewable energy (Solar, BESS), hybrid generation, and PPA structures.
  • Financial Acumen (Must-Have): Advanced financial modeling skills (P-IRR, E-IRR) across the project lifecycle. Exceptional ability to structure complex financial data into logical investment criteria and strategic narratives.
  • Transformation & Automation (Strongly Preferred): Proven track record of identifying process inefficiencies and partnering with IT, Data, or external vendors to translate financial business requirements into automated systems (e.g., ERP, BI tools, or custom dashboards).
  • Leadership Skills: Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills. Proven ability to enforce rigorous financial discipline and lead change management across diverse subsidiaries.


COMPENSATION: $210,000 - $250,000 salary

Attention external recruitment firms, we will not accept any unsolicited resumes at this time. Please do not contact any internal member of our company to discuss the position or to solicit candidates.

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