Associate Director, Global Procurement Finance - Business Cycle & Analytics

Manage and coordinate the company's financial function, including general accounting, cost management, budgeting, and payroll, in accordance with corporate policies and procedures to meet the company’s business requirements. This is the top finance position for a specific location, but it is governed by policies and frameworks established by the larger corporation.

Job Summary:

The Associate Director, Global Procurement Finance — Business Cycle & Analytics is accountable for leading the global financial business cycle and analytics agenda for the Procurement function, enabling data-driven decisions and performance transparency across zones and categories. This role partners closely with Global Procurement leadership, Risk Management, Zone Procurement Finance teams, FP&A, and Data/Analytics teams to drive standardization, automation, and insight generation that improves value delivery, decision quality, and execution rigor. A primary responsibility of this position is to:

Define, cascade, and oversee implementation of global Procurement Finance business cycle programs and strategic initiatives aligned with enterprise priorities Establish and deploy global methodologies, standards, and tools that simplify, unify, and automate procurement planning, forecasting, and performance routines Build a culture of analytical excellence by developing and deploying advanced analytics capabilities, actionable insights, and self-serve reporting

Key Responsibilities:

Business Cycle Leadership (Plan/Forecast/Actuals): Lead the design and execution of global procurement finance routines that connect long-term strategy with annual planning, monthly forecasting, and performance tracking. Establish clear calendars, templates, assumptions governance, and ways of working to ensure alignment across global and zone teams. Performance Analysis & Decision Support: Deliver regular performance insights that connect procurement outcomes (e.g., savings, productivity, price/mix, compliance, working capital, risks/opportunities) with financial impact. Provide executive-ready analytics, variance analysis, scenario/sensitivity assessments, and clear recommendations to support resource allocation and trade-off decisions. Value Delivery Analytics & Reporting: Own the global analytics approach for procurement value delivery, including definitions, measurement standards, and reporting for savings/productivity pipelines and realized results. Drive visibility to gross savings vs. net impact, timing/phasing, and risks to delivery; enable action planning with procurement leaders. Process Standardization & Automation: Establish global standards for procurement finance analytics and business cycle processes, partnering with Digital/Data and Finance transformation teams to automate data flows, reduce manual reporting, and improve data quality and control. Cross-Functional Coordination: Coordinate with Global Procurement, Zone Procurement Finance, FP&A, Supply Chain Finance, and Data/BI teams to ensure analytics and routines meet stakeholder needs and enable consistent decision-making. Facilitate alignment on KPIs, definitions, and ownership across teams. Function Transformation & Capability Building: Build and execute a procurement finance analytics and business cycle roadmap (tools, data model, reporting suite, governance, training) that strengthens capability across the network and embeds continuous improvement and change management.

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required; MBA/Master’s preferred 10+ years of relevant finance experience; procurement finance, supply chain finance, FP&A, or transformation experience strongly preferred Strong analytical skills (financial modeling, scenario analysis, performance management) with ability to translate data into decisions and actions Demonstrated experience building standardized processes and routines across complex, multi-stakeholder/global environments Strong executive communication skills; able to synthesize complex topics into clear, decision-oriented messages Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and BI tools (e.g., Power BI/Tableau) preferred Comfortable working under pressure and managing deadlines with a practical, ownership-oriented mindset