Job Description:Reporting to the VP Finance, North America the
Sr Director Finance, Filler Metals is responsible for being the senior finance leader for ESAB's Filler Metals business, a manufacturing segment generating approximately $400M in annual revenue. This is a full P&L role combining manufacturing finance, commercial finance, and strategic business partnership with plant and commercial leadership. The role owns financial close, FP&A, and budgeting for the business, and serves as a lead finance partner on ERP implementation and broader transformation initiatives. This is a highly visible role with direct influence on the performance of a major ESAB business unit.
Primary DutiesFull P&L and Business Partnership- Own the full P&L for the Filler Metals business (~$400M in revenue), from revenue and margin through conversion cost and SG&A.
- Serve as strategic finance business partner to plant and commercial leadership, influencing decisions on pricing, mix, capacity, and investment.
- Translate operational and commercial performance into clear financial narratives and recommendations for business and executive leadership.
Manufacturing Finance- Lead standard costing, conversion cost, and manufacturing variance analysis across the business's manufacturing operations.
- Partner with operations on capacity planning, cost-out initiatives, and productivity tracking.
- Support inventory management, reserve policy, and capital project evaluation.
Commercial Finance- Partner with commercial leadership on pricing strategy, deal economics, and customer/channel profitability.
- Support funnel and growth reviews, ensuring financial rigor in forecasting commercial performance.
Close, FP&A, and Budgeting- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with company policy and US GAAP.
- Lead annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and long-range planning for the business.
- Drive EBITDA management and margin improvement initiatives, including product/SKU rationalization efforts.
- Deliver consistent, action-oriented KPI reporting and governance routines to leadership.
Transformation and ERP- Serve as a lead finance stakeholder on ERP implementation, ensuring the system supports costing, close, and reporting requirements for the business.
- Support data migration, process design, and finance-team readiness/training as part of the ERP rollout.
- Identify and drive process standardization opportunities as part of the broader finance transformation agenda.
Leadership- Build, lead, and develop a finance team supporting the Filler Metals business, including site controllers and FP&A analysts.
- Establish consistent governance, KPI reporting, and review cadences.
- Act as a change agent, driving alignment to common financial processes and reporting standards.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience in a manufacturing/industrial environment, including plant or site-level finance ownership.
- Demonstrated experience owning a full P&L and serving as a strategic business partner to operations and commercial leadership.
- Strong background in standard costing, manufacturing variance analysis, and conversion cost management.
- Experience with FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close processes.
- Experience supporting or leading ERP implementations (SAP preferred).
- Strong communication and executive presence, with the ability to influence plant, commercial, and senior leadership stakeholders.
Working Conditions- Remains in a stationary position 50% of the time and involves additional physical demands such as ascending/descending stairs, walking stooping and standing.
- Must wear Personal Protective Equipment 'PPE' when working/visiting manufacturing and plant locations.
- Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery including but not limited to printer, tablets, cell phones.
- Moves transports, puts, or removes equipment weighing up to 50 lbs.; pushes, pulls products weighing up to 200 lbs. using provided safety tools.
- May be exposed to varying weather during travel.
- Domestic travel required approximately 25%.
