Head of Commercial Finance, Americas

• Provide end-to-end finance business partnering support to senior management across several functions both internally and externally with our clients in Americas
• Work alongside regional and global commercial teams influencing strategic and operational decision making and providing insights that drive better business performance and grow value for the company
• Lead in engaging, partnering and building relationships with the Americas Commercial team (Commercial SVP, Market Directors, Business Development and Account Management)
• Providing value-added financial insight and support, driving continuous improvement in business performance
• Provide constructive challenges back by financial models with varied sensitivity analyses towards business plans, client deals and forecasts, proactively identifying risks and opportunities, whilst supporting functional leads to find solutions
• Provide and present clear advice on financial management, due diligence and strategy to ensure informed decisions can be made
• Demonstrate leadership and influencing of senior management throughout
• Work with operational finance to deliver insight through continuous improvements in planning, reporting and detailed performance analysis
• Working with functional leads and Group FP&A to agree financials forecasts and plans and provide robust explanation to senior finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Collaborating with other finance business partners and finance teams across Collinson to build a finance community that delivers effective and value-added support to the business
• Providing effective challenge on spend and costs to ensure Collinson maximizes return on investment, creates value for money and eliminates waste
• Fully engaged in new client opportunities or existing client renewals to ensure best outcome for Collinson
• Lead role in supporting Americas requirements as we transition Collinson Finance systems and grow the Americas proposition particularly in Latin America
• Supporting various business initiatives and projects as required
• Providing ad-hoc analytical support to as required
• Monthly business and executive reporting
• Budgeting, forecasting and business planning process
• Internal analysis and cost management (including recharges)
• Business analysis and decision support leveraging robust financial models for new and existing client opportunities
• Risk and opportunity management
• Finance lead for growth and investment opportunities across Americas
• responsible for business cases, investment management, finance due diligence
• Product, project and initiative financial modelling
• Responsible for ensuring the commercial financial governance of Americas and working with other functions to ensure local legal compliance

• Experience in a similar group level role, ideally at a complex multinational matrix corporation
• Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation and influencing skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills up to C Suite Level stakeholders
• Ability to interpret data, analyze using appropriate tools, and present in a clear and concise form
• Excellent spread sheet, PowerPoint and modelling skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration with a minimum of 10 years PQE
• MBA or qualified with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent would be a plus
• Commercially aware, understanding the needs of operations, finance and management
• Understanding of risk, working with ambiguity and able to form and support opinions
• Collaborative and persuasive manner

MBA or qualified with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

• 100% employer paid medical, dental, life & LTD insurance for employees
• 100% match to your 401k deferrals (limited) with 100% vesting at 6 months
• Supplemental Insurance including STD, additional Life
• Priority Pass Membership
• Global Mentoring Program
• Wellness Programs
• Lifestyle Benefits