Manager, Finance

Overview

About Zep Inc. Zep Inc. is a leading manufacturer of cleaning solutions for businesses and consumers with operations across the U.S, Canada, and Europe. Our purpose is to make the planet cleaner, safer, and more productive. We focus on understanding and solving cleaning needs for consumers, as well as business customers across a variety of segments including transportation, industrial, institutional, and food & beverage.

We have a strong presence in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) segment, where we develop products to help consumers and businesses maintain a clean and safe environment. Our products can be found online and at retail shelves at outlets like Home Depot, Amazon, Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, Grainger, HD Supply, Walmart, and many others. We market our products under well recognized and established brand names, such as Zep, Enforcer, Misty, Time Mist, Time Wick, and Country Vet.

Zep was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. In 2021, Zep became the official cleaning partner of Atlanta United FC.

The Manager, Finance will be a key member of the Corporate FP&A team within Zep's Finance organization and provide direct analytical support to the CFO, Senior Director of FP&A, and Private Equity group. The Manager, Finance will be responsible for providing thought leadership and driving complete and timely execution of the consolidated budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting processes at the total company level, as well as serving as an effective business partner to the shared services functional leaders.

The Manager, Finance will work closely within the finance team and cross functionally to communicate enterprise performance to help inform decisions that enable the business to meet its financial expectations. The position will require close partnership with the Controller, Treasurer, and Accounting Team to produce high-quality financial reports, Management Discussion & Analysis (MD&A) narratives, and external Lender Reporting packages for banks and financial analysts.

The role requires a highly motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment, is a self-starter, eager to learn, demonstrates strong attention to detail, and has the ability to turn analysis into information that helps drive better decision making. The Manager, Finance will report to the Senior Director of FP&A with exposure to the CFO and others in the Zep senior leadership team.

• Provide thought leadership and play a key role in driving actionable analysis and management reporting across the total enterprise and business units by ensuring proactive communication between key stakeholders to understand drivers and levers of performance at a detailed operational level, anticipating the next steps of analysis in advance, and developing strategies to pursue information to a meaningful conclusion.
• Provide in-depth analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual performance versus budget and / or forecast and prior year by decomposing revenue, cost, and margin variances between key drivers such as volume, price, inflation, mix, unusuals, etc. to enhance leadership understanding of business results and actions to improve.
• Partner with Director, Finance to evaluate and design enhancements for current data, reporting, and systems processes/capabilities to better meet the needs of business leadership and the business unit finance teams. Partner with IT and project teams to align on data strategy and centrally deploy reporting to ensure consistency, repeatability, and efficiency.
• Serve as the owner of consolidated Price and Inflation reporting at the company and business unit level. Partner with key contacts in Supply Chain / Procurement to understand operational drivers of cost fluctuations in materials, labor, and overhead versus standard by commodity and business unit. Inform leadership of emerging trends and help identify actions and levers to improve. Track implementation of pricing programs and partner with the business units to identify drivers of variances and corrective actions.
• Lead and oversee the creation of standard monthly and…