Job Description
Job Summary:
The Senior Manager, Finance Operations, NA will assume a key role within the Americas Finance team by leading and building a team to maintain accurate financial records and provide timely and insightful management reporting, benchmarking, financial and variance analysis to support management decision making with respect to optimizing the NA operations and achieving corporate and financial objectives.
This role will report directly to the VP Finance, NA and Procurement, Global and partner with the VP, Spoke Operations, NA and their leadership teams to build plant specific performance reporting, benchmarking to relevant industries and provide recommendations for continuous improvement to processes and reporting. This involves working closely with the operational teams to develop financial forecasts on a monthly basis and explain the key drivers of variances to actual results. This role will define and track critical metrics for the business and lead teams to strategically react to business performance to optimize resource allocation.
We are seeking a talented and motivated top performer to join our team with a background in operational finance in a multi-plant environment. You will combine strategic thinking with a strong track record of driving financial excellence, performance and results. You will be a data-driven expert comfortable with building excel models, budgeting and forecasting, decision support analysis and resource optimization.
Primary Responsibilities:Accounting & Consolidation:
- Responsible for the NA Operations timely and accurate reporting of the P&L, inventory and capital assets
- Manage the month-end financial close process of NA in collaboration with local teams and support the Global Finance team ensuring integrity of the financial data according to US GAAP and reviewing accounts reconciliations and supporting documentation.
- Develop, enhance and execute accounting policies and procedures, in conjunction with Global Finance and ensure compliance with internal controls, corporate policies (Delegation of Authority) and SOX
- Responsible for P&L and Balance sheet analysis for key accounts, including inventory and preparation/or review of account reconciliations (fixed assets, revenue recognition) to validate results
- Develop inventory costing standards in collaboration with Global Finance
- Review cycle counts and partner with Inventory Controls Manager for inventory management reporting, and prepare analysis of obsolete provisions
Reporting:
- Review/prepare monthly management reporting with key highlights and analysis
- Perform Margins, P&L and Balance Sheet analysis and reviews together with local teams and VP, Finance, NA and Procurement, Global.
- Lead the monthly variance analysis of financial results and comparisons to annual budgets, forecasts and prior year, along with explanations of key drivers
- Build the storytelling that explains the Operational results and plans to the Executive Management team
- Financial tools and dashboard development to support operations
- Support Global Finance team with external reporting requirements and variance explanations
FP&A and Business Decision Support:
- Leads analysis of financial information to support effective business decisions
- Represent, manage and support the NA Operational team in the monthly integrated business planning and financial forecasting process and the annual budgeting process
- Support the development of a monthly forecasting process
- Analyze and interpret operating and financial results to identify trends and activities driving those results and make recommendations on potential changes, both operational and financial in nature, to improve performance
- Prepare and analyze material usage, cost statements, manufacturing statistics, and labor analysis
- Capital expenditure business case justification and analysis to support investment decisions
- Competitive benchmarking and optimization of company resources including resource allocation decision support
- Adhoc analysis as needed
Other:- Build and manage a team as part of a growing NA Operations
- Drive new working practices and focus on continuous improvement and streamlining of core operational analysis to steer the organization to the best quality outcomes and ensure that financial models are compatible with corporate/financial objectives
- Support finance related projects, i.e., ERP migration, internal and external audit requests, tax strategy planning, transfer pricing, etc.
- Cash management planning in collaboration with Treasury
- Responsible for training and development of the financial acumen of the plant leadership team
Job Qualifications:- Minimum 10 years of progressive FP&A and controllership/accounting experience working in a multinational publicly traded organization
- University Degree in Business, Economics or Accounting and a CPA designation
- Experience in manufacturing, resource recovery or battery industries is preferred
- Excellent organizational, planning and implementation skills
- High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts
- Ability to follow through and complete overlapping projects
- Able to identify key issues and creatively and/or strategically overcome internal challenges or obstacles to provide recommendations for solutions
Core Competencies:- Hands-on leadership skills with a desire to work in a dynamic, mission-driven environment
- High-level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation
- Ability to influence, be seen as a partner and challenge plant(s) leadership to drive performance
- Proactive self-starter with an 'owner's mindset', consistently delivers quality work on time
- Strong team player, motivated, methodical and optimistic
- Ability to think strategically and execute tactically with a strong attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- Exceptional oral communication, writing, editing and presentation skills
- High level of computer literacy, including effective working skills of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe products required
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