Date: Apr 23, 2025
Location: Ontario, CA, US, 91761
Company: Datwyler
In billions of syringes and in every second car worldwide, Datwyler components make an important contribution to the safety of patients and drivers. The high-tech company focuses on high-quality, system-critical elastomer components and holds leading positions in attractive global markets such as healthcare, mobility, connectivity, general industry and food & beverage. With over 25 production sites on four continents, sales in more than 100 countries and over 8,000 employees, the company, headquartered in Switzerland, generates annual sales of more than CHF 1,000 million.
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Finance Director IS, US
Overview
As the Finance Director, you are a trusted partner to the business, steering business decision-making, prioritization and resource allocations. You enable long term, profitable growth of our business and optimized value for our customers. In your capacity, you will lead the Finance Teams of several US production sites, in California, Texas and Louisiana. You report into the Site Director of the Site in California.
Your Responsibilities
- As Finance Director, you enable our strategic objectives, through creating understanding within the business for the drivers behind financial performance; identifying strategies for revenue growth, cost savings and cash improvements; and driving implementation
- You support critical decision-making and prioritization of limited resources, through fact-based analysis, actionable insights, business cases, end to end value stream analyses and internal control systems
- With your team you execute period-end (month and year) closings according to group reporting requirements (Swiss GAAP), local GAAP (statutory requirements)
- You have a strong local and national US taxes background and have experience in working with tax consultants and the IRS
- As member of the site leadership team, you drive value creation through investment effectiveness and operational efficiencies, whilst observing and safeguarding the highest levels of compliance as a non-negotiable
Additional Responsibilities
- You embrace enabling technologies and agile ways of working
- You drive standardization and simplification in our processes and deliverables
- You are effectively able to balance business and finance interests, short term and long term perspectives, as well as local and global interest
- You support talent development across the local Finance organization
Your Profile
- You have a university or equivalent degree in Finance, Accounting or a related discipline, and minimally 10 years of work experience in leading a manufacturing Finance organization
- You have a strong understanding of the markets we are playing in
- You are self-driven and have a strong delivery orientation
- You have an entrepreneurial mindset and are curious
- You build trustful relationships allowing you to challenge the business
- You are able to effectively inspire, mobilize and persuade others
- You are a good negotiator
Additional profile items
- You are structured in your approach, have strong analytical skills
- You are able to convey the main story represented in the numbers in ways that the business understands
- You have experience working in an internationally operating, dynamic, matrix organization
- You are fluent in English; Spanish, or German, is an asset
Our Offer to you
- A dynamic and challenging role in a global company
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth
- Ability to leave your mark
- Competitive compensation package
- Collaborative work environment
- Health and wellbeing benefits
- Life insurance, company paid and voluntary
- STD and LTD benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Holiday pay
Datwyler Competencies
Be yourself at Datwyler
We are convinced that people make the difference. At Datwyler, you will experience diversity and a wide range of career opportunities that only an international company can provide. Together, we are increasing our agility, accelerating digitalization and fostering sustainability. For motivated and talented employees, we offer interesting development opportunities with training and assignments in a global environment. With us, you can contribute with all of your creativity and all your ideas.
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