Job Description:
At Pentair, you will work alongside passionate problem-solvers who are committed to the future of our planet. We put our mission into practice, helping the world sustainably move, improve and enjoy water, life's most essential resource. From our residential water filtration to industrial water management to pool products and more, our 9,000 global employees serve customers in more than 150 countries, working to help create a better world for people and the planet through smart, sustainable water solutions.
Pentair is seeking an accomplished finance executive to serve as Group Chief Financial Officer for Commercial Water Solutions (CWS). Reporting to the Group President, the Group CFO will be a key member of the CWS leadership team and a trusted partner in shaping strategy, driving profitable growth, and improving business performance. This role also has a dotted line to the Pentair Chief Financial Officer. The Group CFO will lead finance across a global, multi-site business spanning Commercial Ice and Filtration, supported by two Controllers embedded within the respective businesses. The role encompasses financial and strategic planning, commercial and manufacturing finance, controllership, capital allocation, and performance management.
This is a business leadership role with deep financial accountability. The Group CFO will combine strong financial expertise with commercial judgment, manufacturing experience, and a growth mindset. As a senior CWS executive, this individual must have the judgment and presence to represent the business effectively with Pentair's Executive Leadership Team and communicate a clear, concise, and transparent view of performance, opportunities, risks, and actions.
You will:
Strategic & Growth Leadership:
•Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic thought partner to the Group President and CWS leadership team.
•Help shape business strategy, long-range priorities, investment decisions, and resource allocation.
•Bring an independent business perspective to key decisions, balancing growth, profitability, cash, returns, and execution risk.
•Partner with commercial, product, and engineering leaders to accelerate profitable growth through pricing, innovation, strategic accounts, channel expansion, and portfolio management.
•Develop strong visibility to customer, product, and channel profitability to improve commercial decisions and investment priorities.
•Lead financial evaluation of major strategic investments, partnerships, and M&A opportunities.
Manufacturing & Operational Leadership:
•Provide financial leadership across multiple global manufacturing and operating footprints.
•Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to improve productivity, cost, capacity utilization, inventory, working capital, service, and capital effectiveness.
•Bring strong knowledge of manufacturing economics, including costing, material and labor performance, absorption, sourcing, inventory, and plant utilization.
•Provide financial leadership for footprint, capacity, sourcing, automation, make-versus-buy, and other significant operating decisions.
•Drive disciplined capital allocation and connect operational performance to financial outcomes.
Financial Performance & Governance:
•Lead CWS financial performance, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, forecasting, annual operating plans, and long-range planning.
•Establish a rigorous performance-management cadence with clear visibility to commitments, risks, opportunities, and actions.
•Lead monthly and quarterly reviews with accurate forecasting and concise, insight-driven analysis.
•Partner with commercial and operations leadership through SIOP to align demand, supply, capacity, inventory, and financial expectations.
•Ensure strong financial controls, governance, compliance, and integrity of results while continuously improving finance processes and analytics.
Executive & Organizational Leadership:
•Represent CWS with Pentair's Executive Leadership Team and other senior stakeholders with credibility, transparency, and command of the business.
•Distill complex business and financial performance into a clear executive narrative: what is happening, why it matters, and what actions are being taken.
•Surface risks and opportunities early and constructively challenge assumptions and decisions when appropriate.
•Lead and develop the Controllers for Commercial Ice, Filtration and future acquisitions/brands, while building an integrated, high-performing CWS finance organization.
•Strengthen Finance as a proactive business partner focused on influencing future performance, not simply reporting results.
•Build talent, succession, accountability, and continuous improvement across the finance organization.
•Partner well with the corporate finance organization including Tax, Treasury, FP&A and Chief Accounting Officer
Key Qualifications:
The successful candidate will be an experienced finance executive with business acumen, manufacturing credibility, leadership maturity, and executive presence to operate as a senior leader of CWS.
•Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred.
•12 years of progressive finance leadership experience, preferably within a global industrial, manufacturing, or engineered-products organization.
•Demonstrated experience as the senior finance partner to a President, General Manager, or significant P&L leader.
•Strong multi-site manufacturing and operations finance experience, including productivity, costing, inventory, working capital, supply chain, and capital investment.
•Demonstrated experience enabling profitable growth through commercial finance, pricing, customer and product profitability, portfolio management, and strategic investment.
•Strong financial planning, forecasting, controls, performance management, SIOP/S&OP and ERP/system migration capabilities.
•Experience evaluating acquisitions, integrations, and other significant strategic investments.
•Demonstrated success leading through others and developing senior finance talent in a global, matrixed organization.
•Strong executive communication skills with the ability to simplify complexity, establish a clear business point of view, and communicate with transparency and credibility.
•Commercial foodservice, water treatment, filtration, industrial equipment, or related manufacturing experience preferred.
Leadership Profile:
The ideal candidate is a business leader with deep financial expertise who demonstrates:
•Strategic and commercial judgment with a clear perspective on growth and value creation.
•Manufacturing and operational credibility and an understanding of the drivers behind business performance.
•Executive presence and communication, with the ability to simplify complexity and tell a concise, fact-based story.
•Emotional maturity and sound judgment, including the confidence, create alignment beyond logic, challenge constructively and operate effectively under pressure.
•Transparency and integrity, surfacing issues early and avoiding surprises.
•Bias for action and accountability, turning insight into decisions amid ambiguity for and measurable results.
Success in the Role:
•Success will be measured by the Group CFO's ability to ensure strong financial stewardship while also shaping strategy, improving decision quality, strengthening operational performance, allocating capital effectively, and accelerating profitable growth.
•The Group CFO should be a leader the Group President can trust to represent CWS at the highest levels of Pentair, articulate a clear and transparent view of the business, and help determine what the organization should do next.
Compensation:
For this full-time position working at this location, the anticipated annualized base pay range will be from $178000- $330600 / year. At Pentair, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the pay range. Pentair considers various factors in determining actual compensation for this position at the expected location. Actual compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, work location, and other relevant business or organizational needs. This position may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as, annual incentive bonus and/or long-term incentives.
Benefits:
As a Pentair employee, you would enjoy a wide array of benefit options to help keep you and your family healthy and protected, health benefits, a generous 401(k), employee stock purchase program, disability benefits, life insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, parental leave, caregiver leave, tuition reimbursement, plus paid time off and wellness programs to encourage a healthy work/life balance.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Pentair is an Equal Opportunity Employer. With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day.