Associate Director Industrial Finance B&W SC and Monterrey Lead Controller

Key Reponsibilities:

• Lead B&W Industrial Finance across the manufacturing network, connecting cost, volume, CPT, savings and risks & opportunities into one clear performance view.
• Lead Finance and Controllership for Monterrey, strengthening financial governance, controls and ways of working as the site continues to scale.
• Own production cost performance, including cost reduction plans, waste, forecasts vs. actuals and weekly volume and cost tracking.
• Lead network CPT and savings performance, translating factory results into clear insights and actions for the business.
• Partner with Factory Directors and Planning on capacity, RCCP, performance and major operational decisions.
• Ensure strong MEC governance, fixed asset compliance and appropriate allocation of factory costs.
• Partner closely with Transformation Finance and PMO to deliver the financial commitments behind Captain America and Reimagine, including savings, cost and business case performance.
• Lead, develop and connect Finance talent across the network while influencing senior stakeholders across B&W, Supply Chain and Finance.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong Industrial Finance, manufacturing Finance or Controllership experience, with a deep understanding of production costs, forecasting, cost accounting, controls and P&L drivers.
• The ability to move comfortably between the factory floor, detailed financial analysis and senior leadership conversations.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams while building strong relationships across sites, functions and geographies.
• Strong judgment and the confidence to challenge operational and financial assumptions, identify risks early and drive issues through to resolution.
• Ability to turn complex operational and financial information into a simple story, clear choices and decisive action.
• Strong business partnering skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across Finance and Supply Chain.
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving transformation environment where priorities, volumes and network assumptions continue to evolve.
• A bias for action, curiosity and ownership, with the ability to create structure and clarity in moments of complexity.
• Experience operating across cultures and geographies. Fluency in English & Spanish strongly preferred.

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