Senior Finance Manager

The Sr. Finance Manager will have full P&L and B/S responsibility for the Engineered Products N. America business. The position will report to the Director of Finance for Engineered Products but with strong support to both the Commercial Director and Operations Director for EP N. America.

The Sr. Finance Manager will manage the commercial financial analysts, providing commercial controllership and internal controls, and will lead business pricing analysis along with profitability and market analysis. In addition, this position is to provide strong financial leadership to the operations function, which includes manufacturing, sales inventory and operations planning process and the sourcing function. Key financial analytics will be focused on optimizing overall operational performance and costs, with emphasis on driving and analyzing manufacturing and sourcing productivity and supporting operations initiatives.

This position will also provide strong focus around helping to manage inventory levels. Leads and develops the Operations Finance Manager and the North American Plant Finance Managers and Analysts, drives consistent financial processes and controllership across all plant operations, and ensures adequate internal controls exist to safeguard assets.

Leads and consolidates monthly, yearly, and long-term financial forecasting, planning, reporting and analyses for the business.

This position requires the ability to analyze and interpret complex financial and operational data and develop action plans to meet business objectives. The Sr. Finance Manager must also have the interpersonal skills and leadership abilities to successfully collaborate with others to implement recommendations and change initiatives.

• Full P&L and B/S responsibility for Engineered Products N. America business
• Commercial and operational controllership and controls, including pricing analytics, rebate agreements, market insights, and inflation coverage
• Drives ownership and organizational discipline to monitor and proactively optimize financial performance
• Oversight for sales compensation program tracking, reporting, and accounting
• Oversight for customer rebate program tracking, reporting, and accounting
• Oversight and accounting for all gross to net revenue factors
• Drive improved sales and profitability reporting
• Drive consistent reporting and tracking of productivity.
• Drive consistent financial processes across all plant sites including performance management, cost accounting, cost allocations, budgeting and inventory/product costing
• Works closely with SIOP team to manage sales planning process to optimize product mix and maximize efficiencies & financial performance
• Drive actionable performance improving analysis of monthly operating results through identification of sources of variability, pricing and cost controls, and business strategy
• Drives consistent financial models and decision support models across all operations, including capital financial analyses.
• Actively lead process simplification and assure compliant internal controls and SOX compliance requirements
• Leads and consolidates monthly, yearly, and long-term financial forecasting, planning, reporting and analyses for the business
• Identify appropriate performance based metrics
• Interacts heavily with EP Sales, Commercial and Operations leadership teams
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance with a minimum of 12 years of progressive financial management experience and 5 years in a financial leadership role
• MBA, CPA or CMA a plus
• Proven leadership ability and experience driving team performance
• Proven ability to drive performance improvements, and implement controls environment
• Strong decision support and modeling skills with experience applying to an operational setting
• Experience and proficient in the development and use of performance based metrics, scorecards, etc.
• Solid planning and analysis skills (AOP’s, forecasts, analyses, etc.)
• Strong people leadership and presentation skills
• Strong people development skills with a proven ability to develop financial talent, provide growth opportunities and optimize performance
• Demonstrated analytical abilities with strong decision making and problem solving skills
• Process mentality – building, leading and improving processes
• Strong experience with financial and operational ERP systems.
• Moderate travel required (11 – 29 days per year)
• May be required to lift, carry, push or pull up to and including 25 pounds
• Work environment is typical of an office setting