Finance Manager

About the role

The Finance Manager leads financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis for the General Industrial (GI) Division, serving as a strategic partner to Marketing, Business Development, and R&D. This role manages divisional budgeting and performance analysis, oversees incentive plan financials, provides business insights to support growth and profitability, and develops financial talent while driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Cook up all regional annual operating plans and monthly forecasts for General Industrial, including preparation of annual operating plan schedules and exhibits as assigned and bottom-up budgets for Marketing.
• Provide direct financial support to the Business Development and Marketing teams, including ah-hoc analysis, month end reporting, guidance on product profitability, and customer segmentation.
• Evaluation, recommendation and coordination/preparation of field budgets as it relates to Incentive Plans.
• Optimize and streamline the process along with the system and process changes taking place.
• Analyze and report on the Division’s financial results and provide monthly commentary on variances.
• Financial analysis and support for GI Incentive Plans
• Support management by developing and providing accurate and timely financial, statistical, and/or operational reports that are useful in making sound business decisions.
• Develop the Financial Analyst for future growth within the organization
• Participate in special projects as required (i.e. simplification, ROS initiatives, etc).
• Support R&D, providing relevant reporting, analysis, and guidance on productivity metrics. budgetary spending, and capital projects, as well as acting as the conduit between Marketing and R&D to help financially prioritize lab work requests and reporting on new product innovation.

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelor's degree in finance, or accounting.
• Must have five (5) years of finance experience.
• Must have coatings industry experience and knowledge.
• Must have reporting experience and knowledge.
• PREFERRED: Have performance coatings group knowledge.
• PREFERRED: Have experience with Sherwin-Williams financial systems.