FP&A Manager, Latex Binders & Compounding

Overview

Trinseo is a different kind of global materials company - at the intersection of people, technology, and customers. We are a world leader in the production of plastics and latex binders. Our culture is built on passion and innovation.

A career at Trinseo presents a unique opportunity to work in a highly collaborative environment. Helping customers solve their most complex material challenges is the reason we come to work each day. We are seeking innovative thinkers - ready to tackle any challenge and passionate about delivering value.

As a global materials solutions provider focused on delivering innovative and sustainable solutions to our customers, we need people to feel respected and included so they can be more creative, innovative, and successful. We strive to create workplaces that reflect all communities and customers we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. That's why we're fully committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience to drive us forward every day.

Overview (Scope of Role)

Under the direction of the Global Finance Leader, Latex Binder, the FP&A Manager, Latex Binders & Compounding will play a critical role in ensuring the financial planning aligns with and supports the North American region's business objectives by providing actionable insights that drive rigorous and informed decision-making across the business unit with a focus on accountability, quality, timely results, and risk management.

The position will collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams, providing valuable recommendations to optimize profitability through productivity and sustainable growth initiatives. This position combines rigorous financial planning with hands‑on business partnering and a collaborative mindset throughout the North American region to deliver successful business performance outcomes with speed, accuracy, innovation, and proactive problem solving.

As an FP&A Manager:

• Develop and manage the NAM region's end-to-end financial planning process, including annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and analytics in support of the sales & operations planning cycle. Align the financial plans with the overall strategic initiatives and provide actionable insights.
• Extensively partner with the NAM business and functional teams to understand internal and external factors impacting sales and profitability, formulate action plans that address gaps and track its achievement, and implement opportunities to grow business performance, while ensuring forecast assumptions are timely populated with completeness and accuracy.
• Drive the completion of actual and forecast income statements and working capital for the region, ensuring data integrity and seamless loading and integration into the reporting system.
• Drive the region's monthly business reviews with the NAM business management teams, delivering insightful explanations for major variances between actual results, budget, and forecast, facilitating better decision‑making processes and corrective action plans.
• Synthesize the region's actual monthly results across various dimensions such as volume, pricing, cost, variable margin, and fixed cost in comprehensive reports, and developing recommendations for improving the business performance.
• Support the preparation and monitoring of business excellence and synergy initiatives, encompassing areas such a new business development, new product innovation, commercial excellence, and business KPI dashboards.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and analytical capabilities in concert with the data input and analysis.
• Support ad hoc project financial analysis and valuation to support the region's strategic business initiatives and business development opportunities, providing valuable insights for decision making processes.
• Ensure the integrity of historical financials and related profitability analysis for the NAM region and customers, acting as both a steward and creator of value through business and finance strategies.
• Acting as both a steward of value and a creator of value by…