Director and Finance Partner, Core Autonomy

Hexagon Autonoumous Solutions Business Area is looking for a Director and Finance Partner, Core Autonomy Division who will serve as a key strategic leader, instrumental in shaping the future direction of our Core Autonomy Division. In this capacity, you will drive financial performance and deliver critical strategic insights that underpin informed decision-making across the Core Autonomy Division. You will collaborate directly with the Division President, as well as Senior Vice Presidents responsible for Roadtrains, Sensors, and Perception Technology.

This is a highly global role, encompassing governance and operational responsibility for project accounting, R&D accounting, logistics and operations finance, and FP&A. In partnership with the Global Finance Centres (GBS Shared Services – Accounting and Operations), you will ensure seamless end-to-end process harmonisation and uphold the highest standards of financial excellence. Given the international scope of this position, a flexible approach to working hours across multiple time zones is essential.

A core operating principle of this role is to champion “The Hexagon Way” by exemplifying Speed, Accountability, and Transparency in all aspects of financial leadership. You will embed these values into daily operations, fostering a culture of swift action, clear responsibility, and open communication, ensuring they are reflected across all financial processes and stakeholder interactions.

The Location: Hexagon is a global company with offices around the world. The role may be based in either Perth, Australia or North America.

As our Director and Finance Partner, Core Autonomy Division, your responsibilities include:

Strategy & Planning:

• Collaborating with division and SBU heads to develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and financial plans aligned with strategy for the Core Autonomy Division.
• Partnering with cross-functional teams to provide financial insights and guidance on business strategies.
• Conducting risk assessment and management activities, identifying potential financial risks and developing mitigation strategies.
• Linking R&D to offer launch and P&L impact.
• Building a cash conversion and reoccurring revenue culture across the Division.

Project & R&D Accounting:

• Governing and operating end-to-end project accounting across the Core Autonomy Division globally, ensuring revenue recognition, cost allocation, and reporting comply with relevant standards.
• Overseeing R&D accounting including capitalisation policies, grant management, and compliance with applicable standards.
• Ensuring project portfolios are supported with rigorous financial oversight, enabling successful execution of initiatives.
• Partnering with engineering and PMO to maintain financial integrity across the project life-cycle.
• Maintaining rigor in engineering and innovation, ensuring lifetime use justifies the investment.

Logistics & Operations Finance:

• Governing logistics and operations finance for the Core Autonomy Division, ensuring cost efficiency and transparency.
• Gross margin accountability, in concert with supply chain, ensuring pricing models reflect market opportunity whilst covering cost.
• Enabling supply chain optimisation through excellence in sales forecasting.
• Building a culture of opex leverage, taking advantage of scale, systems, tools and playbooks to enhance profit through reuse of resources.

FP&A:

• In concert with finance operations, developing and maintaining financial models to support decision-making and strategic initiatives.
• Conducting ad-hoc analysis to support key business initiatives and identify areas for improvement.
• Introducing Hoshin style goal setting across the scope appointed.
• Performing variance analysis and providing explanations for financial performance against budget and forecast.
• Actively driving cash conversion performance.
• Assisting in the preparation of management reports and presentations for senior leadership.
• Managing sales and non-sales bonus processes, including development of bonus structures, calculation methodologies, and performance tracking.

Governance:

• Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and internal policies and monitoring changes in regulatory requirements.
• Championing internal controls as per Key Control area.
• In concert with legal – ensuring compliance to sales order contract risk tolerances, anti-competition constraints, fraud and bribery controls and gift and hospitality policies.
• In concert with Export Control – upholding necessary controls and boundaries as required for controlled goods.
• In concert with Credit Control – upholding the credit risk tolerances, activity work to improve aged receivables.
• Championing cyber and physical security, data privacy, data governance, compliance.
• Acting as custodian of the Autonomous Solutions Governance, Accountability and Autonomy Matrix for the Core Autonomy Division, ensuring divisional adherence to all applicable policies, standards, and regulatory requirements and that sub-delegations are maintained, filed, and aligned with Business Area functional dotted lines.

Stakeholder Experience:

• Acting as a trusted advisor to the Core Autonomy Division President and SBU Senior Vice Presidents (Roadtrains; Sensors & Perception Technology).
• Prioritising stakeholder needs and enhance their experience.
• Building strong relationships with internal and external partners globally.
• Ensuring alignment between corporate services and stakeholder expectations.

Supporting Others & GBS Shared Services:

• Working with the Global Finance Centres (GBS Accounting & Operations) to enable end-to-end harmonisation of business processes in line with the divisional strategy.
• Providing recommendations for process improvements and efficiencies to enhance financial performance.
• Environment, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) as required.
• M&A closing and post close follow up aligned with PMI practices.
• Partnering with corporate services (quality, HR, IT, Legal & Compliance, Real Estate) to ensure customer and employee satisfaction.
• In concert with strategy, supporting the M&A pipeline from LOI through DD to PMI rigorously applying both commercial and financial logic.
• Transformational projects across Corporate Services as needed.
• Collaborating with other Divisional VP Finance leads to share best practices, aligning on cross-divisional initiatives, and maintaining consistency in financial governance across Autonomous Solutions.

Building Skills, Talent, and Bench Strength (Corporate Services)

• Skill Development: Building programs to encourage continuous learning and skill enhancement. Training programs, certifications, and mentorship.
• Talent Acquisition: Building corporate services processes that attract top talent who share our vision. Recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds and expertise.
• Succession Planning: Identify high-potential employees and groom them for leadership roles. Build a robust bench strength for all corporate services functions.

Key Performance Metrics:

• Role model of “The Hexagon Way”
• Laser focused on partnering the business to build sustainable revenue growth, from idea to offer, from brand to order and from quote to cash.
• Gross margin accountability, in concert with supply chain ensuring that pricing models reflect market opportunity whilst covering cost.
• Enabling supply chain optimisation through excellence in sales forecasting.
• Maintaining rigor in engineering and innovation, with projects based on market needs, and customer demand ensuring that lifetime use justifies the investment.
• Building a culture of opex leverage, taking advantage of scale, systems, tools and playbooks to enhance profit through reuse of resources.
• Partnering with corporate services (quality, P&C, IT, Legal & Compliance, Real Estate) to ensure customer and employee satisfaction.
• Representing the regional and business areas fairly.
• In concert with strategy, supporting the M&A pipeline from LOI through DD to PMI rigorously applying both commercial and financial logic.

Must-Have:                        

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; CPA / CA preferred; MBA or similar advantageous.
• At least 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant FP&A, project accounting, and business partnering exposure.
• International experience with a solid understanding of multi-jurisdictional finance operations and global shared services models.
• Experience governing R&D accounting, logistics/operations finance, and project cost management.
• M&A experience, Due Diligence and Integration practices.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior divisional and SBU leaders (VP level and above) across complex, matrixed organisations, including collaboration with other Divisional VP Finance leads.
• Experience operating within or stewarding governance and delegation authority frameworks (e.g. approval authority matrices, policy and controls environments) in a complex, multi-divisional organisation.
• Experience working with Global Business Services / Shared Services finance models preferred.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required. Flexibility with global working hours given the global scope of the role

Key Success Factors:  

• Strategic Vision: The ideal candidate should have a strong strategic mindset, capable of envisioning the future landscape of autonomous solutions. They must be able to define and communicate a clear vision for the division's growth and transformation.
• Storytelling: The ideal candidate should have an excellent ability to build compelling and easy to understand stories in terms of performance, strategy and outlook. Advanced desktop publishing skills such as PowerPoint, Canva, and Tableau required.
• Industry Expertise: A deep understanding of the software, hardware, and emerging technology landscape in a multi-national, global context.
• Transformation Leadership: Demonstrated experience in leading organisational transformations is crucial. The FBP should have a track record of successfully driving change, optimising processes, and achieving business outcomes.
• Business Acumen: Strong business acumen is necessary to make informed decisions, allocate resources effectively, and drive profitability. This includes financial analysis, market insights, and risk management.
• Collaboration and Influence: The FBP will work closely with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and external partners globally. Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills are vital.
• Change Management: Ability to navigate complex organisational changes, address resistance, and ensure smooth adoption of new strategies and processes across a globally distributed team.
• Technical Understanding: While not necessarily an engineer, the FBP should grasp the technical aspects of autonomous solutions. Familiarity with technologies from brands like NovAtel, AutonomouStuff, Veripos, and Antcom within Hexagon's Autonomy & Positioning division would be advantageous.
• Results-Oriented: The FBP must be driven by results. Setting measurable goals, tracking progress, and adjusting strategies as needed are critical.
• Global Mindset & Flexibility: This is a global role requiring the ability to operate across multiple time zones. Due to the nature of the scope, working hours may not be typical and flexibility is essential.

If you require any special accommodation, please email our team at hrrecruitingteam.ap@hexagon.com and we will be pleased to follow up with you. Please do not send cover letters or resumes to this address. 

The Company: Hexagon is a global leader in measurement technologies. Think of a super sophisticated measuring tape. From measuring tiny parts in machines to whole cities and nations – our technology provides the confidence that vital industries rely on to build, navigate, and innovate. You’ll be joining over 24,000 people in 50 countries on the leading edge of your field.  

This position is with our Core Autonomy Division which focuses on enabling safer, more productive, and sustainable operations through cutting edge autonomous technology, accelerating the autonomous journey with drive-by-wire controls, positioning systems, perception sensors, and software.

Applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at hrrecruitingteam.ap@hexagon.com.