[Remote] Director of Finance

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kele Inc. is a distribution and solutions partner that provides parts and services to support automation and efficiency across diverse facilities. The Director of Finance will serve as a strategic analytical partner, leading data-driven financial analyses and strategic projects involving growth, pricing, marketing, operations, M&A, and capital investment. The role will develop recommendations, business cases, and analytical frameworks to guide investment and business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex, ambiguous business questions and develop data-driven recommendations that inform strategic and operational decision-making
• Lead strategic analytical projects from initial problem definition through analysis, recommendation, and implementation, often working on questions that do not have a predefined solution or playbook
• Evaluate growth opportunities across the business, including new markets, facilities, distribution capabilities, customer segments, and other investments
• Assess the financial and strategic impact of major business decisions, balancing quantitative analysis with qualitative factors such as customer behavior, competitive positioning, and operational considerations
• Leverage Kele's extensive data and technology resources to uncover trends, identify opportunities, and develop insights that can improve business performance
• Develop financial analyses and business cases to support investment decisions, including evaluating the expected return and broader strategic implications of potential initiatives
• Analyze pricing, marketing, and commercial strategies, including evaluating the ROI of marketing investments, customer economics, commission structures, and other drivers of profitable growth
• Partner cross-functionally with leaders across finance, operations, sales, marketing, IT, and other functions to gather information, pressure-test assumptions, and develop comprehensive recommendations
• Support M&A and other strategic initiatives, including evaluating acquisition opportunities and helping leadership understand the financial and operational implications of potential transactions. Kele expects to pursue approximately one acquisition per year
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems, and analytical capabilities as Kele continues to scale and professionalize its infrastructure
• Build a repeatable analytical framework for evaluating strategic opportunities, helping Kele prioritize its significant pipeline of potential initiatives and investments

Skills

• The ideal candidate will have 2 years of post-MBA consulting experience (or 2+ years at the pre-MBA level) at a top-tier strategy consulting firm with a strong track record of performance
• The ideal candidate will have direct experience supporting distribution and/or industrial clients in or outside of consulting
• The ideal candidate will have experience working on large cross-functional projects across multiple areas in consulting, including transformation, commercial and operational initiatives, post-merger integration, etc
• Superior critical thinking skills are critical to this role, including the ability to identify and define problems, collect data, establish facts and demonstrate a “nose for value” to discern what is important and draw valid conclusions
• This person must possess the ability to run and manage highly complicated quantitative analysis in a defect-free manner to support strategic recommendations
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate data-driven information, verbally and written, in a manner that inspires confidence
• The candidate selected for this position will be a creative, out-of-the-box thinker who is intellectually curious with a demonstrated interest in learning
• This person will also need to be a self-motivated, high-energy individual who can easily function in a high demand, performance-driven environment
• He/she must be accustomed to working on multiple tasks in parallel
• This professional must demonstrate strong leadership skills, best demonstrated by the individual's ability to gain credibility with team members and senior management
• Be modest in nature, recognizing the accomplishments of the team before the individual
• Be highly motivated and possess vision and enthusiasm
• Be comfortable acting as an individual contributor and as a team manager (Player/Coach)
• Understand how to deliver on short time frames and be committed to meeting deadlines
• Communicate in an open and honest way that quickly builds trust and respect

Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• HSA
• FSA (medical and dependent care)
• 401(k) with employer match up to 4% with immediate vesting
• Employer-paid short- and long-term disability coverage
• Employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance; supplemental life for employees and dependents available
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid maternity leave

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