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Director Finance

Location **PA, Malvern**

Department **Accounting/Finance**

Employment Type **Full Time**

Have you ever used the self-checkout in a Walmart or Target? Played the slots at a Borgata Casino? Maybe you grabbed a drink from a vending machine or paid to park your car? If you’ve answered with a resounding “YES”, then you’ve done so with the aid of one of the 10 million devices installed by Crane Payment Innovations (CPI).

We make thetechnology that powers your everyday life,enabling more than 4 billion transactions every week in more than 143 currencies worldwide. From cash and coins to cards and mobile, we keep the world of payments moving with smart validation devices and business management software.

Headquartered in Malvern, PA, CPI is supported by: >2,000 global associates, 7 manufacturing sites and 12 corporate offices and a national field service organization.

At CPI you will become a valuable part of an inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation with the support of over 2,300 associates working in one of our 15 offices across the world. If you want to have a hands-on global impact on payment solutions, we want you to join our team as a key business leader. This is a full time position based in our office in Malvern, just outside of Philadelphia, PA.

Primary Function

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Director of Margin Excellence to lead our efforts in pricing strategy, margin improvement, and 80/20 rationalization. This role will play a critical part in shaping the commercial success of the organization by delivering disciplined pricing, increasing profitability, and simplifying our product and customer portfolio to focus on where we win.

Reporting directly to the CFO, this individual will act as a key business partner to Commercial, Product Management, Operations, and Executive Leadership. They will be responsible for developing and operationalizing a best-in-class pricing framework that aligns with our value proposition and market strategy, while also implementing rigorous analytics to uncover margin leakage and cost-to-serve inefficiencies.

The Director of Margin Excellence will also lead cross-functional efforts to apply the 80/20 methodology across customers, products, and business processes—identifying complexity that does not drive value and recommending actions to drive focus and profitability. This role requires a unique blend of financial acumen, strategic thinking, commercial empathy, and change leadership.

The ideal candidate is passionate about turning data into insight, insight into action, and action into measurable financial results.

What you'll be doing

• Lead enterprise pricing strategy development and execution to ensure price discipline, competitiveness, and profitability across all markets and segments.

• Develop and manage pricing tools, frameworks, and governance to ensure pricing excellence and alignment with company goals.

• Partner with Sales, Product Management, and Finance to identify and capture margin improvement opportunities across product lines, channels, and customer segments.

• Drive 80/20 product and customer rationalization efforts to optimize portfolio profitability, reduce complexity, and focus on high-value offerings.

• Establish and track KPIs for margin excellence, providing regular performance reporting and insights to senior leadership.

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement through structured problem-solving, benchmarking, and pricing/margin best practices.

• Lead cross-functional team of BU finance and product management to drive initiatives to completion.

• Collaborate with the executive management team and the Hardware VP/GM to enhance forecast accuracy and foster accountability.

• Proactively anticipate and communicate significant potential impacts on financials, enabling informed decision-making.

Qualifications and Required Skills

+ 10+ years of experience in pricing, margin management, strategic finance, or commercial operations, preferably in an industrial or manufacturing environment.

+ Proven track record of leading pricing strategy and margin enhancement initiatives with measurable financial impact.

+ Deep familiarity with 80/20 methodology, cost-to-serve, and product/customer profitability analysis.

+ Strong analytical skills, including proficiency in financial modeling, Excel, and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).

+ Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills; able to influence at all levels.

+ Demonstrated leadership capabilities and experience managing cross-functional teams or direct reports.

+ Experience with **U.S. multi-national public company, ideally $1+Billion annual revenue with a global manufacturing firm.**

+ Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related degree, CPA or MBA preferred.

Key Attributes for Success

+ Positive energy, comfortable managing multifaceted projects alongside day-to-day activities.

+ Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, with the ability to quickly collect, interpret, analyze, and present financial data accurately and concisely.

+ Results and people-oriented with sound judgment, balancing other business considerations effectively.

+ Excellent organizational skills, enabling the management of multiple projects simultaneously and setting priorities under tight timeframes.

+ Demonstrated problem-solving skills and a bias for action, with a drive to innovate and not settle for the status quo.

+ Highest integrity and ethics, underpinning all actions and decisions.

+ Team player, able to work effectively in a matrix organization.

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

+ Up to 15% travel

We offer

• A key leadership role with visibility across the enterprise

• Opportunity to shape strategic decisions and drive measurable impact

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives

• Comprehensive benefits package

• A collaborative culture focused on innovation and growth

• Competitive salaries

• Community involvement

• Opportunities to travel and work at our global sites

Be a part of Crane Payment Innovations and Crane Co.

CPI is part of Crane NXT

Crane NXT is a premier industrial technology company that provides proprietary and trusted technology solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate what matters most to its customers. The company is a pioneer in advanced, proprietary micro-optics technology for securing physical products, and its sophisticated electronic equipment and associated software leverages proprietary core capabilities with detection and sensing technologies. Crane NXT has approximately 4,000 employees with global operations and manufacturing facilities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and Malta. For more information, visit www.cranenxt.com.

_Crane Payment Innovations is committed to hiring a diverse workforce. Applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law._

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