Senior Director, Finance - Operations

Accountabilities

• • Set the strategy, vision, and direction for finance support across cost-of-revenue and operational functions, aligning priorities and resources with enterprise growth, profitability, and scalability objectives.

  • Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to executive leadership on operational strategy, financial performance, operating-model decisions, risk, and long-term value creation.

  • Own long-range planning, annual budgeting, forecasting, and performance management for cost of revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, and capital investments across supported functions.

  • Transform and develop the operations finance and cost-accounting organization by assessing capabilities, clarifying accountability, developing talent, and establishing scalable ways of working.

  • Provide hands-on oversight of cost accounting, including close processes, standard costing, inventory accounting, reconciliations, controls, documentation, analytics, and business partnership.

  • Partner with Finance, Accounting, Internal Audit, and external auditors to maintain a strong control environment for inventory and cost of revenue, including SOX-compliant processes.

  • Lead finance integration activities for acquired businesses, covering cost structures, inventory, supply continuity, operating metrics, forecasting, reporting, and opportunities to improve gross margins.

  • Build scalable finance capabilities for new products, services, and business adjacencies, including planning, reporting, cost allocation, operational readiness, and performance visibility.

  • Strengthen sales and operations planning by connecting demand forecasts with capacity, labor, inventory, supply, service levels, and financial outcomes.

  • Develop forward-looking financial models, dashboards, and operating metrics that connect business activity with cost, capacity, productivity, and gross-margin performance.

  • Partner with operational leaders to identify and track productivity, sourcing, automation, network, and process-improvement initiatives, including benefits realization and delivery risks.

  • Provide timely analysis of actual performance, forecast variances, risks, and opportunities, translating findings into clear recommendations and corrective actions.

  • Personally engage in critical models, data analysis, close issues, integrations, and special projects while simultaneously building the organizational capabilities required for long-term scale.

  • Identify and sponsor enterprise-wide opportunities that cross functions, business units, and geographies, aligning stakeholders and driving initiatives that improve performance and long-term value.

  Requirements

  • At least 15 years of relevant professional experience with a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline, or 12 years with a Master's degree, or equivalent experience.

  • 7–10 years or more of finance leadership experience, with a demonstrated ability to build, stabilize, and develop high-performing teams.

  • Deep expertise in cost accounting and operational finance, including inventory, standard costs, manufacturing variances, cost of revenue, financial close processes, and related controls.

  • Significant experience providing strategic financial leadership within complex manufacturing and operational environments.

  • Experience leading finance organizations in regulated industries such as medical devices, healthcare services, medtech, or related healthcare environments.

  • Public-company finance leadership experience, including working with internal and external auditors and supporting SOX-compliant processes and controls.

  • Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, operational finance, cost accounting, inventory accounting, financial controls, planning, forecasting, and executive performance management.

  • Proven ability to translate complex financial and operational information into practical business strategies and recommendations.

  • Demonstrated experience serving as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, constructively challenging assumptions, and influencing decisions without relying on direct authority.

  • Experience improving finance organizations, processes, controls, systems, analytics, and reporting in complex, fast-growing, or changing environments.

  • Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to connect operational data to financial implications.

  • Enterprise-minded leadership style combined with strong ownership, sound judgment, discretion, and the ability to operate effectively at both strategic and tactical levels.

  • Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, navigate ambiguity, balance competing demands, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, financial planning tools, ERP systems, and data and reporting platforms.

  • Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring employment visa sponsorship.

  • Experience with QAD or a comparable manufacturing ERP is preferred.

  • Experience integrating acquisitions, developing finance capabilities for new products or services, improving sales and operations planning, or working with globally distributed or shared-service teams is advantageous.

  • Willingness to travel frequently to key operational sites and other company locations as business needs require.

  Benefits

  • Estimated base salary range of $206,000–$268,000, with actual compensation determined by job-related factors including knowledge, skills, experience, and work location.

  • Remote U.S.-based position.

  • Opportunities to contribute to meaningful healthcare solutions and support improvements in cardiac health.

  • Leadership opportunity with broad enterprise visibility and influence across finance and operations.

  • Inclusive work environment that values diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills, and perspectives.

  • Professional growth and career development opportunities within a rapidly growing organization.

  • Reasonable accommodations available throughout the application process for qualified individuals with disabilities.

  • Frequent collaboration with executive leadership and cross-functional teams across operational and corporate functions.