Role Summary:
Provide both operational and strategic support to business partners & functional leadership. Supervise team of analysts and act as the primary financial spokesperson for the represented business partner. Reports to and directly assists the Finance Sector Lead and functional business partner on all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to budget management, cost benefit analysis, accounting, and administrative operations, forecasting needs and cash/funding management.
We are looking for a highly motivated, results driven, organized self-starter with strong Managerial, Finance and technical skills. Requirements include independent judgment of process and scheduling, developing forecast analyst, accuracy, creativity, and initiative.
Responsibilities:
Develops and lead a small group of direct reports
Optimizes business plans to drive business results based on sound overall business judgment
Owns Relationship with Plant & Finance HQ Staffs
Provides robust internal and/or external financial analysis, consultation and decision support, ability to translate analysis (80/20 rule)
Ability to lead people within and outside group
Willingness to listen to various opinions / issues
Keeps abreast of current product developments and trends in areas of expertise
Solves problems and develops new methods of analysis to streamline decision making
Searches out and corrects inconsistent data; finds and fixes root cause of inconsistencies, understands the drivers
Collaborates and coordinates information flow with other staffs and business units for optimal corporate decisions
Prepares, analyzes, and selects the best methods of presenting various data (reports, charts, diagrams). Summarize findings in concise and creative ways.
Develops and presents data and well thought out recommendations to key members or the organization, including executive management.
Develop and utilize financial analysis tools to evaluate financial and business risks
Effectively communicate up and down the organization
Work with sense of urgency to finish the assignment
Qualifications:
Bachelors degree(s) with a major in finance, accounting and/or business- related degrees or equivalent experience. MBA preferred.
5+ years of corporate or plant finance experience
Understanding of the manufacturing business
Strong MS Office (Excel, etc) and Hyperion preferred
Desired Skills:
Dealing with ambiguity, building relationships, focus on results, ability to influence without control
Critical thinking and inquisitive mind
Problem solving and analytical abilities
Strong interpersonal skills and commitment to teamwork and partnerships
Strong oral and written communication skills (effective communications up/down/across the organization)
Ability to prioritize assignments/projects and multi-task within restricted time constraints (Fast/Responsive)
Ability to network and collaborate cross-functionally
Comfortable presenting to Senior Leadership
Ability to perform under tight deadlines
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