Vice President Finance (North America)
Company: C.H. Robinson Europe BV
Location: Eden Prairie
Posted on: January 25, 2023
Job Description:
Do you have the skills, experience and leadership to own the
finance functions of a multi-billion dollar transportation
division? If so, the North America Surface Transportation (NAST)
division of C.H. Robinson is currently looking for a Vice President
of Finance. In this role you will direct all the finance function
including maximizing the return on financial assets by establishing
financial policies, procedures, controls and reporting systems. You
will be responsible for the strategic leadership of NAST's
transformation strategy and lead finance processes for P&L and
Balance Sheet business analysis and forecasting/budgeting. You are
also responsible for the review and analytics of month end
consolidated financials, customer and product analysis, key growth
initiatives and be active in the quarterly forecast and annual plan
submissions. This role will participate in acquisition due
diligence and lead finance integration activities with newly
acquired companies. The VP of Finance reports to the NAST
divisional president and be the strategic partner to the corporate
CFO.Responsibilities:
- Build a culture of financial accountability through monthly
actuals review, in-quarter assessments, quarterly forecasts, annual
budgets and long range plan processes
- Lead the creation of simple, clear consolidated key metric
dashboards that link financial and operational metrics.
- Lead the development of data and reporting that supports
operational flexibility. Build operational reporting that is
connected to the P&L and supports varying incentive,
leadership, and business hierarchies.
- Build business cases and facilitate prioritization discussions
for spending requests incorporating impact to the
budget/forecasts/actual results
- Advance analytics and insights to influence strategies and
financial results by driving adoption of and leading the
development of
- Customer centric models detailing the impact customers have on
profitability
- Service line models to show the impact of changing business mix
on overall profit and rate
- Fixed and variable cost models
- Lead the analysis of current and past trends in key performance
indicators and provide insights into variances between actual and
expected financial results; develop financial insights that are
clear, compelling and actionable to drive awareness of business and
financial results.
- Optimize personnel expense by leading the development of tools,
processes, and metrics to better understand and staff for the
expected workload.
- Create and define sustainable productivity metrics and
reporting (fixed vs. variable, cost/shipment, etc.)
- Build and implement operational staffing plans incorporating
variance to financial plans (volume at 8% in financials, but
operationally planning to 4%)
- Partner to develop strategic operating structure and lead the
strategy to incorporate it into reporting, incentive programs and
the financial processes
- Partner with internal teams and leaders to continually build,
educate and drive adoption of new insights and concepts
- Consults as advisor to NAST senior leadership team in ideation
and working to assess and improve functional and cross-functional
effectiveness towards goals and KPI's
- Consults with functions and shared services group to drive and
champion process change, ensure work in flight is driving necessary
results
- Responsible as a primary liaison or business sponsor to
finance, HR, product org, and other shared service groups in
execution of NAST support
- Collaborate with HR and Compensation teams to align business
goals and decisions for merit, equity grants, and incentive pay
design across the division
- Establish and deliver budget based on growth goals and expense
limits; ensure budget is met with greatest efficiency
- Continuously innovate modeling, tools and reporting to
accurately reflect financials in a rapidly changing
environment
- Lead long term financial planning with business leadership to
integrate into overall corporate financial planning routines
- Manage and develop a high performing team that consistently
delivers outstanding results and build team skills through
coaching, mentoring and ongoing training and development
- Manage the team's reward and recognition strategies, including
appropriate and consistent compensation administration, year-end
compensation planning, periodic compensation adjustments as
necessary, and implementing other general employee recognition
activities.Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- Minimum 10 years of Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis
and/or relevant business experience
- Minimum 8 years of people management experience; proven success
developing talent
- Ability to travel up to 20% (domestically and
internationally)Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong leadership skills in a global, decentralized,
multi-site, growth-oriented company
- Strong strategic planning and critical thinking skills with the
ability to evaluate broad impacts of work
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong
cross-functional relationships and a team-oriented approach
- Demonstrated ability to drive change, influence senior
leadership and build consensus
- High level of comfort consulting, challenging and presenting to
senior executives
- Successful influencer who can interact and build relationships
with a diverse group of stakeholders and drive action in a complex
organization
- Strong ability to organize, prioritize and manage competing,
high priority demands
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written and presentation
skills with the ability to tailor messaging to the audience
- Values a diverse and inclusive work environmentQuestioning if
you meet the mark? Studies have shown that women and people of
color may be less likely to apply unless they match the job
description exactly. Here at C.H. Robinson, we're building a
diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel they
belong. If this position excites you, we welcome you to apply
whether you check all the preferred qualifications or just a few.
You may just be our next great fit!Equal Opportunity and
Affirmative Action EmployerC.H. Robinson is proud to be an Equal
Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We believe in equality
for all and celebrate the diversity of our employees, customers and
communities. We believe this increases creativity and innovation,
drives business growth and enables engaged and thriving teams.
We're committed to providing an inclusive environment, free from
harassment and discrimination, where all employees feel welcomed,
valued and respected.Affirmative Action
Employer/EOE/M/F/Disabled/VeteranBenefitsYour Health, Wealth and
SelfYour total wellbeing is the foundation of our business, and our
benefits support your financial, family and personal goals. We
provide the top-tier benefits that matter to you most, including:
- Two medical plans (including a High Deductible Health
Plan)
- Prescription drug coverage
- Enhanced Fertility benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account (including employer contribution)
- Dental and Vision
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Paid and floating holidays
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off to volunteer in your community
- Charitable Giving Match Program
- 401(k) with 6% company matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Plus a broad range of career development, networking, and
team-building opportunitiesDig in to our full list of benefits on
page.Why Do You Belong at C.H. Robinson? Standing out among the
world's largest logistics platforms, C.H. Robinson solves logistics
problems for companies across the globe and across industries, from
the simple to the most complex. For 100+ years, our global suite of
services has innovated trade to seamlessly deliver the products and
goods that drive the world's economy. With 20 million shipments
annually for 100,000 customers, and millions of dollars contributed
to support causes that matter to us, our people and technology
literally move the world.As a FORTUNE 200 company, FORTUNE has also
named C.H. Robinson one of the World's Most Admired Companies 2022.
Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, we are proud to be
recognized as one of LinkedIn's Top Companies in Minneapolis-St.
Paul 2021. And we're not stopping there--- Join us as we
collaborate, innovate, and work as one global team to make life
better and more sustainable for our customers, communities, and
world.
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