.**Job Summary**- This role is responsible for leading and advising on critical business initiatives, overseeing analysts across finance sub-functions and geographies/organizations. The role is responsible for driving financial management by analyzing, reporting, and reconciling financial and operational results. The role drives process improvements, provides expert counsel, represents the business unit/organization, and mentors lower-level employees, contributing to operational and strategic success.**Responsibilities**- Leads and advises on the most crucial business initiatives, leading several analysts across sub-functions within finance and across geographies/organizations.- Supports the business in ensuring that capital strategies are operationally supported and strategically focused to secure the greatest return on investment for the global company.- Performs highly complex financial analysis for a financial function or business, utilizing a unique understanding of the business to achieve objectives effectively.- Collaborates with business leaders to guide and influence long-term and strategic decision-making.- Drives process improvements and policy development initiatives that impact the function globally.- Provides information and counsel in the areas of controls, budgeting, and planning, return on investment decisions, and the development of overall business plans and strategies.- Represents the business unit during cross-regional or cross-functional planning processes.- Contributes innovative ideas and may lead large cross-functional teams, exercising independent judgment to solve unique and complex problems impacting the business.- Acts as a functional manager within area of expertise, developing strategy and setting functional policy and direction.- Provides mentorship and guidance to lower-level employees, thus ensuring the realization of operational and strategic plans.**Education & Experience** Recommended**- Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.- Typically has 10+ years of work experience, preferably in financial management, internal audit, accounting, or a related field