Director, Financial Solutions

Responsibilities

• The Director, Financial Solutions helps AHEAD structure strategic financing solutions, improve cash outcomes, support complex transactions, and enable financial selling across the business. The ideal candidate combines strong financial-selling experience with commercial judgment, analytical rigor, and the ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Attend quarterly business review (QBR) meetings at the request of sales leadership.
• Lead financial selling for product opportunities when needed, including total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis and creation.
• Respond to financing requests with

appropriate strategic

• solutions tailored to the opportunity and client.
• Provide tax and freight billing instructions for financed opportunities and complete final booking checklists in partnership with the
• appropriate teams
• Resolve
• terms
• mismatches using AHEAD’s internal resolution criteria, including considerations related to internal cost of funds, financing, manual invoicing, and distributor financing.
• Manage the unfunded report to minimize

days

• sales outstanding (DSO) for financed receivables.
• Maximize AHEAD’s cash advantage by pursuing financing for large software transactions whenever

appropriate

• Help manage credit limits with select suppliers during peak periods by reviewing and vetting large transactions.
• Support Accounts Receivable, when requested, with the collection of problem cash accounts. A key
• objective

appropriate

• Model and present Dell TLA opportunities to strategically position AHEAD with clients.
• Build trusted relationships with sales teams and business partners while serving as a subject-matter expert on financing strategy and execution.

Responsibilities

is to introduce financing as a more efficient collection solution when

Required Experience & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• MBA preferred.
• 10 or more years of experience in financial selling.
• Proficiency with Salesforce.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.

Professional communication and presentation skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Ability to collaborate effectively across sales, finance, accounts receivable,

manufacturers, and clients.

Commercial mindset with the ability to translate complex financial concepts into practical business recommendations.

The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.

Why AHEAD

Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.

We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.

USA Employment Benefits include

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid company holidays
• Paid time off

Paid parental and caregiver leave

Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.

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