What are the responsibilities and job description for the Global Commercial Finance Leader position at Original Composites and Fibers?
About Us
Original Composites & Fiberglass is a member of the Praana Group portfolio of businesses and a leading global provider of solutions matching the differentiated needs of the growing composites industry. Nearly 90 years ago, as part of Owens Corning, the business pioneered the modern composites industry. Today, we leverage a powerful combination of material science, manufacturing excellence, and deep market and customer knowledge to serve the global wind, building and construction, thermoplastic compounding, and composites specialty markets. With more than 4,000 employees and operations in 10 countries, the company generates annual revenues of approximately $1.3 billion.
About the Role
The Global Commercial Finance Leader will lead Commercial Finance for Original Composites & Fiberglass, serving as a key partner to regional Commercial leaders, Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance. This leader will strengthen reporting, forecasting, performance visibility, and decision support across volume, revenue, margin, pricing, and profitability. The ideal candidate brings the financial discipline, business partnership, and change leadership needed to create structure in a global business environment and enable data-driven decisions as the company continues to evolve within the Praana Group portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate is a collaborative, commercially oriented Finance leader who combines strong financial acumen, sound business judgment, and the ability to create structure in a changing global environment. They are energized by building scalable processes, developing high-performing teams, challenging assumptions, and translating complexity into clear business insight. This leader will play an important role in modernizing Commercial Finance capabilities and helping the business make faster, more consistent, and more data-driven decisions.
Original Composites & Fiberglass is a member of the Praana Group portfolio of businesses and a leading global provider of solutions matching the differentiated needs of the growing composites industry. Nearly 90 years ago, as part of Owens Corning, the business pioneered the modern composites industry. Today, we leverage a powerful combination of material science, manufacturing excellence, and deep market and customer knowledge to serve the global wind, building and construction, thermoplastic compounding, and composites specialty markets. With more than 4,000 employees and operations in 10 countries, the company generates annual revenues of approximately $1.3 billion.
About the Role
The Global Commercial Finance Leader will lead Commercial Finance for Original Composites & Fiberglass, serving as a key partner to regional Commercial leaders, Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance. This leader will strengthen reporting, forecasting, performance visibility, and decision support across volume, revenue, margin, pricing, and profitability. The ideal candidate brings the financial discipline, business partnership, and change leadership needed to create structure in a global business environment and enable data-driven decisions as the company continues to evolve within the Praana Group portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Commercial Finance support for the global Commercial organization, partnering with regional Sales and Commercial leaders to strengthen business performance.
- Own recurring reporting, forecasting, and performance management processes across volume, revenue, margin, profitability, risks, and opportunities.
- Build scalable finance processes, reporting routines, operating rhythms, and management systems that support business transformation and SAP deployment.
- Translate financial results, market dynamics, and regional business drivers into clear insights, recommendations, and actions.
- Partner cross-functionally with Commercial, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance stakeholders to align assumptions, priorities, forecasts, and business decisions.
- Improve Commercial decision-making through stronger performance visibility, pricing discipline, margin analysis, and consistent business reviews.
- Lead, develop, and coach the Commercial Finance team by setting clear expectations, decision rights, operating cadence, and accountability for execution.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.
- Minimum of 7 years of progressive Finance experience, including Commercial Finance, FP&A, Business Finance, or related roles in a global manufacturing, industrial, or materials-based business.
- Experience leading reporting, forecasting, planning, or performance management processes that inform business decisions.
- Strong analytical capability with the ability to connect financial data, business drivers, and market dynamics into practical recommendations.
- Proven ability to partner across functions, influence stakeholders, align priorities, and drive improved business outcomes.
- Ability to operate effectively in a complex, multi-region environment across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
- Experience building or improving finance processes, reporting routines, management systems, or operating cadences.
- Experience supporting commercial excellence, pricing, sales effectiveness, revenue management, or commercial enablement.
- Experience with finance transformation, ERP implementation, reporting redesign, process standardization, or business intelligence tools.
- Experience leading, coaching, or developing finance professionals.
- Experience in manufacturing, industrial, materials science, or composites environments.
- Exposure to AI, automation, advanced analytics, or business intelligence tools that improve finance processes, insights, or decision-making.
The successful candidate is a collaborative, commercially oriented Finance leader who combines strong financial acumen, sound business judgment, and the ability to create structure in a changing global environment. They are energized by building scalable processes, developing high-performing teams, challenging assumptions, and translating complexity into clear business insight. This leader will play an important role in modernizing Commercial Finance capabilities and helping the business make faster, more consistent, and more data-driven decisions.