Summary Description
At The Gorilla Glue Company, we're passionate about building strong brands with our fantastic team of employees. We believe in promoting a culture of excellence that empowers, engages, and connects people.
The Senior Director, Gorilla Brand Finance serves as the senior Commercial Finance leader supporting the Gorilla brand portfolio and its long-range profitable growth agenda. This role operates at the intersection of finance, brand strategy, commercial planning, pricing, innovation, analytics, and enterprise resource allocation, translating business strategy into clear financial choices, investment priorities, and performance expectations.
As a strategic thought partner to Brand, Sales, Commercial Strategy & Planning, and Finance leadership, this role leads enterprise-level financial planning, brand investment governance, pricing strategy, margin expansion, marketing effectiveness, innovation economics, and portfolio decision support. The Senior Director is accountable for shaping the financial strategy that enables sustainable revenue growth, brand equity, and disciplined return on investment.
This position is expected to influence senior leaders, challenge assumptions, build executive-ready recommendations, and drive alignment across functions and regions. The role requires both strategic judgment and strong operating discipline, including the ability to lead complex analyses, guide cross-functional decision-making, develop finance capability across the organization, and ensure strong internal controls while maximizing enterprise value.
What’s in it for you?
Gorilla Glue has been recognized as a top place to work for 16 years in a row, thanks to our commitment to creating a supportive and engaged workplace culture. We offer competitive compensation packages, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and other perks and incentives to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.
Joining the Gorilla Glue family means being part of a team passionate about building strong brands and promoting a culture of excellence. As an employee, you'll be able to help create high-quality products and build brands that people love. Join us in an inspiring workplace where you can belong, grow, and make a difference.
Duties will you be Responsible for:
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Set the financial strategy for the Gorilla brand portfolio. Lead long-range financial planning, annual planning, forecasting, and performance management across the brand P&L, ensuring alignment to growth, margin, cash, and enterprise value creation priorities.
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Serve as the senior finance advisor to commercial and brand leadership. Partner with Brand, Sales, Commercial Strategy & Planning, and Finance leaders to evaluate strategic choices, challenge assumptions, and recommend financially sound paths forward.
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Lead investment governance and ROI discipline. Establish the financial framework for trade, marketing, innovation, and brand-building investments; evaluate effectiveness; and recommend reallocation decisions to maximize return and brand equity.
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Own pricing strategy and financial governance. Partner with cross-functional leadership to develop annual and multi-year pricing strategies, leverage advanced analytics, and establish governance across major portfolios and offerings.
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Shape innovation and portfolio economics. Lead financial analysis for new product launches, product development, portfolio optimization, and strategic initiatives, ensuring plans are commercially compelling, financially viable, and operationally executable.
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Identify enterprise value creation opportunities. Use market trends, competitive insights, margin analytics, cost-to-serve, and scenario modeling to uncover opportunities to accelerate profitable revenue growth and reduce complexity.
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Lead executive-level decision support. Develop and present concise, executive-ready financial recommendations, business cases, forecasts, and scenario analyses to senior leaders to support enterprise decision-making.
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Drive cross-functional transformation. Lead complex, high-impact initiatives across Brand, Sales, Finance, and Operations that require influence, prioritization, change leadership, and sustained execution.
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Build financial capability across the matrix. Coach and train cross-functional leaders on financial drivers, marketing investment effectiveness, pricing discipline, and decision-quality analytics.
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Maintain strong financial discipline and controls. Ensure planning, investment management, and reporting processes are accurate, controlled, and aligned to company standards while supporting agile business decision-making.
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Lead special projects and strategic analyses. Sponsor and lead high-priority projects that may span brands, functions, regions, or enterprise priorities, translating complex data into actionable business strategy.
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Develop talent and leadership capability. Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to finance team members or matrixed partners; model enterprise thinking, accountability, and strong business partnership.
What will you bring to the table?
Education
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B.S. degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field required.
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MBA or advanced degree with a Finance, Marketing, Strategy, or Analytics focus preferred.
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CPA, CMA, or other relevant professional certification preferred but not required.
Experience and Background
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10+ years of progressive finance, commercial finance, FP&A, strategy, or related CPG experience; senior-level brand, commercial, or portfolio finance experience strongly preferred.
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Demonstrated success serving as a strategic finance partner to senior commercial, brand, sales, and/or executive leadership.
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Proven ability to lead enterprise-level financial planning, portfolio strategy, pricing strategy, marketing investment governance, and ROI-based decision-making.
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Strong experience building business cases, scenario models, investment frameworks, executive presentations, and recommendations that influence senior-level decisions.
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Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives with demonstrated results in profitable growth, margin expansion, cost optimization, or investment effectiveness.
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Advanced analytical, quantitative, problem-solving, and storytelling skills; ability to translate complex analysis into clear business action.
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Strong executive communication skills with the ability to present credibly, influence constructively, and challenge respectfully at senior levels.
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Demonstrated ability to build relationships across functions and regions, operate in a matrixed environment, and align stakeholders around enterprise priorities.
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Advanced proficiency in Excel and data visualization / analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or similar platforms.
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Experience with enterprise planning systems such as Oracle preferred.
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People leadership, coaching, or matrix leadership experience preferred.
Core Competencies / Skills
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Enterprise Influence: Communicates with clarity and impact, builds trust across Finance, Brand, Sales, and Commercial leadership, and influences decisions without relying solely on authority.
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Strategic Thinking: Connects market, consumer, customer, operational, and financial insights to shape long-range strategy and prioritize the highest-value choices.
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Financial Leadership: Balances growth, margin, investment, risk, and controls; brings disciplined financial leadership to complex commercial decisions.
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Executive Presence: Creates concise, executive-ready recommendations and demonstrates confidence, judgment, and credibility with senior leaders.
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Business Acumen: Understands the drivers of brand, sales, portfolio, marketplace, and operational performance and considers broader enterprise implications before recommending decisions.
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Change Leadership: Leads through ambiguity, aligns stakeholders, and moves cross-functional teams from analysis to action.
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Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Uses data, experience, and external perspective to challenge current thinking, improve processes, and unlock new sources of value.
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Drives Results: Acts with urgency and accountability, makes sound decisions, and delivers outcomes through disciplined prioritization and follow-through.
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Talent and Capability Building: Develops others, raises financial acumen across the organization, and models strong leadership behaviors aligned to company values.
Company Values
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Must adhere to The Gorilla Glue Company's Core Values that ensure everyone works together to exceed expectations.
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Have fun, be passionate and show it!
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Act with integrity and respect in all relationships.
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Communicate openly and appreciate the effort of others.
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Embrace knowledge, growth, and change.
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Strive for excellence in what we do every day!
