Job DescriptionThe Vice President, Finance serves as the strategic finance leader for the Packaging & Food Technology (PFT) platform - a multi-business, multi-geography portfolio with operations across North America, Europe, UK and Asia. Reporting to the Group President, this role is the financial conscience of the division, driving performance, enabling decisions, and elevating the quality of financial management throughout the organization.
With a strategic focus on organic growth and operational efficiency, the VP Finance builds the financial architecture to translate enterprise objectives into operating actions - creating accountability, improving decision quality, and expanding the financial capability of business leaders across PFT.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIESEnterprise Financial Leadership & Performance Management
- Own the financial performance management system for PFT, including monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting cadences across multiple business units, geographies, legal entities, and currencies.
- Build and maintain robust KPI architecture, driver-based forecasting, and scenario planning capabilities to drive decision quality at every level of the organization.
- Create visibility from enterprise strategy to operating actions, ensuring financial management is consistent and effective across the decentralized PFT platform.
- Balance local operating requirements with enterprise performance objectives, maintaining discipline without compromising divisional agility.
- Partner closely with the Group President and divisional leadership teams as a trusted financial advisor and strategic thought partner.
Strategic Finance & Enterprise Value Creation
- Translate shareholder expectations and enterprise growth algorithms into operational financial targets and
resource allocation decisions. - Lead capital allocation planning - ensuring investment decisions reflect ROIC discipline, strategic
alignment, and value creation potential. - Build deep understanding of PFT's value creation drivers, cash generation dynamics, and CRI metrics to
enable timely and effective decision making. - Act as a strategic advisor to the Group President on growth investments, geographic expansion, capacity
deployment, and portfolio decisions. - Develop and lead enterprise scenario modelling to stress-test strategic assumptions and assess portfolio
risk and return profiles.
Financial Planning & Operational Efficiency
- Lead the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process across PFT, aligning divisional plans with enterprise
objectives and ensuring financial commitments are rigorous and achievable. - Drive operational efficiency initiatives through financial analysis, identifying opportunities to reduce cost,
improve margins, optimize working capital, and deploy capacity effectively. - Ensure strong financial close processes, governance, compliance, and internal controls across all PFT
entities. - Oversee resource allocation, including SG&A management, operational spend, and capital deployment, to
maximize return on invested resources. - Support pricing strategy, margin management, and capacity planning across diverse manufacturing
environments including engineer-to-order, configure-to-order, and make-to-stock businesses.
M&A and Portfolio Management
- Lead financial analysis and evaluation for potential acquisitions, including investment thesis development,
white paper creation, due diligence, and valuation. - Oversee integration processes post-acquisition, including financial systems alignment, synergy tracking,
and performance reporting. - Evaluate strategic alternatives and portfolio fit for existing and prospective business units.
- Partner with corporate M&A, legal, and operational teams to ensure rigorous and timely execution of
transactions.
Finance Talent Development & Business Partnership
- Build a high-performing finance organization across PFT - elevating business unit finance leaders from
scorekeepers to strategic business partners. - Develop and coach divisional finance teams, creating deep bench strength and expanding financial
capability throughout the operating organization. - Establish consistent financial standards, tools, and best practices across all PFT divisions to enable
scalable growth. - Foster a finance culture grounded in accountability, transparency, and value creation.
Recurring Revenue & Business Model Innovation
- Support the development and financial architecture of recurring revenue streams including service
businesses, parts, and subscription-like models. - Quantify and communicate the valuation and resiliency benefits of aftermarket and lifecycle revenue to
operating leaders and the Group President. - Evaluate risk/return profiles of new business models and growth initiatives, providing clear financial
frameworks for leadership decision-making.
Organizational Design & Value Creation Partnership
- Partner with HR and operating leaders to evaluate organizational structures, span of control, shared
services, and make/buy/partner decisions through a financial value creation lens. - Provide financial analysis supporting outsourcing, restructuring, and capability deployment decisions.
KEY DELIVERABLES- Enterprise financial performance management system - KPIs, forecasting, and reporting cadence across
PFT - Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and quarterly reforecast processes
- Capital allocation framework and ROIC reporting for divisional investments
- Scenario planning and strategic financial models supporting growth and portfolio decisions
- M&A financial analysis, integration playbook, and synergy realization tracking
- Finance talent development plan and business partner capability roadmap
- Recurring revenue and aftermarket financial frameworks
- Year-over-year improvements in margin, working capital efficiency, and ROIC
QUALIFICATIONSEducation
- Post-secondary degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
- CPA, CFA, or MBA designation strongly preferred.
Experience
- 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, including senior-level roles within complex, multisite,
multi-currency global businesses. - Demonstrated experience leading finance across decentralized, multi-business platforms - industrial,
manufacturing, or technology-driven environments preferred. - Proven track record in strategic finance and performance management: KPI architecture, driver-based
forecasting, capital allocation, and scenario planning. - Strong understanding of enterprise value creation, growth algorithms, ROIC, cash generation, and
shareholder return metrics. - Hands-on M&A experience across the full deal lifecycle: investment thesis, due diligence, valuation,
integration, and synergy realization. - Experience across diverse manufacturing models (engineer-to-order, configure-to-order, make-to-stock)
and their implications for working capital, pricing, and margin management. - Track record of developing high-performing finance teams and elevating business unit finance leaders as
genuine strategic partners. - Experience with recurring revenue models, aftermarket businesses, or service-based revenue streams is
an asset. - Board-ready communication skills - ability to distill complex financial issues clearly and succinctly for
senior executive and board audiences.
