Senior Director, Financial Business Services

Company Description

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We’re focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

At Fortune Brands, we’re building something big. We’re advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We’re delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we’ve transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

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Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Credit, Pricing Administration, and Finance Business Excellence (Lean) functions. This role is a key driver of the company’s financial transformation agenda—designing the operating model, optimizing global resourcing, and delivering world‑class service to business units across the enterprise.

This leader will play a central role in executing the company’s outsourcing strategy, overseeing the transition of critical FBS processes to our offshore partner and ensuring strong governance, service quality, and continuous improvement. Reporting to the Chief Accounting Officer (CAO), the Senior Director will champion standardization, digital enablement, and a culture of excellence across the Controllership organization, positioning FBS as a high‑performing, scalable, and efficient global capability.

Position location: This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule based in Deerfield, IL (Flexibility to work from home Mondays and Fridays)

RESPONSIBLIITIES:

• Provide overall leadership to the Finance Business Services (FBS) organization , overseeing Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit, Pricing Administration, T&E, and related shared services functions while driving operational excellence, service quality, and strong internal controls.
• Lead the global outsourcing (BPO) strategy for AP, AR, Credit, and related processes , ensuring strong partnership, service delivery, and alignment with global FBS initiatives.
  • Continue the multi-year transformation of the company’s order-to-cash and procure-to-pay processes , targeting best‑in‑class benchmarks, end‑to‑end visibility, and improved customer (internal and external) and vendor experiences.
  • Drive process harmonization, standardization, and technology enablement by aligning internal teams and the BPO partner on both the order-to-cash and procure-to-pay processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
  • Serve as the senior escalation point for all FBS functions, driving accountability with the offshore partner to ensure timely issue resolution, consistent service delivery, and adherence to performance and control expectations.
• Lead and develop the Finance Business Excellence (FBE) team , embedding a Lean mindset across the entire Controllership organization in building a culture of continuous improvement and waste elimination.
  • Ensure the FBE team drives critical CAO‑sponsored projects and transformation initiatives , delivering against department priorities, improving process outcomes, and strengthening governance and control structures.
• Serve as a strategic partner to Accounting, Finance, Sales, IT, and cross-functional leaders , ensuring timely communication of issues, enabling rapid decision-making, and support business priorities.
• Maintain a strong internal control environment through clear policies, documented procedures, and ongoing monitoring to ensure SOX compliance.
• Continuously evaluate opportunities to expand our offshore partner’s scope of services by assessing feasibility, value creation, cost optimization, risk, and control implications; provide recommendations and build business cases for transitioning additional processes to the BPO model.
• Establish KPIs for critical functions, set out clear goals for team at the beginning of the year, and measure the team’s performance against the KPIs.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; a Master’s degree in Business Administration is preferred.
• CPA or comparable non-U.S. certification is required.
• 10-15 years of related Business, Accounting, and Finance experience. 15+ years of experience preferred.
• 8+ years of management/people leadership experience required.
• ERP system experience required.
  • Proven knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, along with demonstrated ability to analyze financial information and provide solutions to issues.
  • Demonstrated experience in leading process re-engineering, program management and technology implementation.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with non-U.S. statutory accounting and/or International Financial Reporting Standards is preferred.

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $150,000 USD - $264,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits, adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging for all associates.

Fortune Brands is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within the high-growth categories of water, outdoors and security. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments, with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury, contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. To learn more, visit our website at fbin.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Fortune Brands is an equal opportunity employer. Fortune Brands evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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