Director, Finance and Business Operations – Commercial Finance

Panduit

Director handling finance and business operations at Panduit to drive profitable growth through pricing and decision-making. Leading commercial operations, forecasting, governance, and performance management.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeTinley Park • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead end-to-end pricing strategy, optimize deal flow and cycle times, and serve as the escalation point for complex pricing decisions.
Lead partner programs, rebates, and incentive structures across channels and distributors, ensuring alignment and consistent adoption.
Lead sales reporting and analytics by ensuring data accuracy, enhancing reporting tools, and delivering insights that enable data-driven decision-making across sales teams.
Own pricing, rebate, and reporting systems, partnering with IT to drive enhancements while ensuring scalability, governance, and business alignment.
Lead commercial forecasting and planning processes, including monthly and quarterly forecasts, AOP development, and long-range planning.
Deliver business performance analysis, providing executive leadership with actionable insights, recommendations, and clear explanations of key performance drivers.
Ensure financial integrity and compliance by maintaining strong internal controls, adhering to accounting policies and standards, and supporting audit requirements.
Establish and enforce commercial governance frameworks, pricing guardrails, and decision rights to ensure compliance with financial, legal, and profitability objectives.
Serve as the final decision authority for complex pricing, rebate, distributor, and non-standard commercial matters, resolving disputes and approving exceptions as needed.
Provide deal structuring and advisory support to Sales, driving margin protection and profitable growth while guiding trade-offs between growth, pricing, and profitability.
Act as a cross-functional connector across Sales, Product, Finance, and Supply Chain to resolve deadlocks, accelerate decision-making, and influence outcomes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, or economics required; MBA preferred.
12-15 years of broad finance and business experience with commercial operations, pricing, and cross-functional decision making.
5+ years in a Sr Manager or Director role with proven ability to lead a team, drive change, develop team skills, and positively impact morale.
Strong problem-solving skills, accuracy, and attention to detail.
Excellent communication skills and ability to convey financial messages to senior leadership in a succinct, compelling manner.
Strong customer focus with the ability to manage expectations and solve disputes.
Ability to work within a global, matrix organization and handle shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to travel up to 20% in North America region.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Enjoy a robust Total Rewards Program that includes health, financial benefits, and more.
Flexible work options to help you achieve the perfect work-life balance.
Take advantage of our generous vacation, sick days, holidays, plus a volunteer day to give back to the community.
401(k) match, profit sharing, and abundant growth and development opportunities to help you advance your career.
Parental Leave: Because we care about your family and your future.

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Hard Skills & Tools

pricing strategysales reportingdata analyticsfinancial integritycommercial forecastingbusiness performance analysisdeal structuringinternal controlscompliancefinancial policies

Soft Skills

problem-solvingattention to detailcommunicationcustomer focusteam leadershipchange managementinfluencing outcomescross-functional collaborationexpectation managementdecision making

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in financeBachelor’s degree in businessBachelor’s degree in economicsMBA