Director of Finance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Tennessee.

📋 Description

• Act as a strategic analytical collaborator with Kele’s finance and business leadership teams.

• Utilize data and financial insights to pinpoint opportunities and facilitate informed decision-making.

• Examine intricate and ambiguous business queries and formulate data-driven recommendations.

• Spearhead strategic analytical initiatives from defining problems to analysis, recommendations, and implementation.

• Assess growth opportunities related to new markets, facilities, distribution capabilities, customer segments, and investments.

• Evaluate the financial and strategic implications of significant business decisions.

• Leverage Kele’s data and technology resources to identify trends and enhance business performance.

• Create financial analyses and business cases for investment decisions.

• Analyze pricing, marketing, and commercial strategies, encompassing marketing ROI, customer economics, and commission structures.

• Collaborate across functions with finance, operations, sales, marketing, IT, and other departments.

• Assist in M&A and strategic initiatives, including acquisition assessments and transaction analyses.

• Identify areas for improvement in processes, systems, and analytical capabilities.

• Develop a repeatable analytical framework to prioritize strategic opportunities and investments.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years of post-MBA consulting experience, or over 2 years at the pre-MBA level, at a prestigious strategy consulting firm.

• Proven track record of performance excellence.

• Direct experience supporting distribution and/or industrial clients either within or outside of consulting.

• Experience in managing large cross-functional projects across various domains, including transformation, commercial and operational initiatives, and post-merger integration.

• Exceptional critical thinking abilities, encompassing problem definition, data collection, fact establishment, and deriving valid conclusions.

• Proficient in executing and managing highly complex quantitative analyses with precision.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey data-driven insights effectively.

• Intellectual curiosity and a demonstrated passion for learning.

• Capability to thrive in a high-demand, performance-oriented environment.

• Ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Strong leadership qualities and the ability to build credibility with colleagues and senior management.

• Capacity to function as both an individual contributor and a team manager (Player/Coach).

• Ability to deliver results within tight timelines and meet deadlines.

• An open and honest communication style that fosters trust and respect.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.

• HSA FSA (medical and dependent care).

• 401(k) plan with employer match up to 4% and immediate vesting.

• Employer-funded short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Employer-covered basic life and AD&D insurance.

• Supplemental life insurance available for employees and dependents.

• Paid time off and holidays.

• Tuition reimbursement program.

• Paid maternity leave.