Finance Manager

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The description includes intro about company, but we can treat "About the role" maybe not needed. We need headings for sections that have real content: Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections with real specific content. The posting includes salary range and benefits: "targeted salary range for this role is approximately $115,000-$130,000 USD plus annual bonus potential and a robust total rewards package including (but not limited to) competitive paid time off, medical, dental, and vision benefits, as well as 401k + a match." So we can have Pay section with salary range and bonus. Benefits section with PTO, medical, dental, vision, 401k match. Schedule: "This role is a 5 days per week onsite role in our Liberty facility." So schedule: 5 days per week onsite. So we can include Schedule section. Responsibilities: many bullet points under "How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock" with subheadings like Financial Planning & Business Performance etc. We need to extract duties as list items. Could group under Responsibilities. Requirements: "What You Need To Succeed" list of bullet points. Qualifications: "Preferred Qualifications" list. Skills: maybe we can extract from requirements: analytical, communication, Excel, etc. But we could also put skills under Requirements; but we need to follow instruction: use headings only when posting has real specific content. We have content for Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Skills maybe not separate; we could embed skills in Requirements or Qualifications. Better to have Skills section if we can extract explicit skill list: "Strong financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and accounting experience.", "Demonstrated ability to influence business decisions through financial analysis and strategic recommendations.", "Experience partnering with operational leaders and cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes.", "Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with attention to detail.", "Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-finance audiences.", "Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic manufacturing environment.", "Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial reporting systems.", "Ability to promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and safety." Those could be skills. But they are also in Requirements. However we can still make a Skills section; but we must not duplicate content? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. It doesn't forbid duplication, but better to avoid redundancy. We could put skills under Requirements and not have separate Skills section. But we need to decide which headings to include. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe combine Requirements and Skills into one section? But they ask to use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It suggests we can use those headings if content exists. We have content for Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Skills maybe not needed separately because it's covered in Requirements. But we could still include Skills if we extract skill-specific bullets. However that would split content; risk of duplication. I'd choose to include Requirements (includes experience and education) and Skills (list of skills). But we need to ensure we don't lose any info. If we split, we must ensure all bullets appear somewhere. Could allocate: Requirements: education, years experience, progressive experience, etc. Skills: analytical, communication, Excel, etc. That seems okay. Let's extract: Responsibilities bullets (from "How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock" sections): - Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and monthly financial reporting processes for assigned facilities. - Analyze financial and operational results, identify trends, and provide actionable recommendations to improve business performance. - Partner with plant and commercial leaders to evaluate opportunities for revenue growth, margin expansion, and cost optimization. - Monitor weekly and monthly performance metrics and communicate key insights to plant, area, and finance leadership. - Develop and maintain financial models that support business decisions and long-term strategic planning. - Serve as a trusted advisor to plant leadership by providing financial guidance and decision support. - Collaborate with operations and commercial teams to improve profitability through pricing, productivity, operational efficiency, and customer analysis. - Support workforce planning, productivity initiatives, and resource allocation decisions. - Facilitate discussions and action plans that drive sustainable performance improvements across the business. - Partner with site leadership to identify capital investment opportunities that support business growth and operational excellence. - Prepare financial analyses and return-on-investment models for capital projects. - Track investment performance and conduct post-implementation reviews to ensure expected business returns are achieved. - Support long-range planning activities that position facilities for future success, striving to understand the market and competitive landscape. - Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, accounting standards, and financial reporting requirements. - Oversee financial review processes, including inventory controls, balance sheet reviews, accruals, and fixed asset management. - Partner with accounting teams to maintain accuracy and integrity of financial records. - Identify opportunities to strengthen controls while maintaining operational efficiency and business value creation. - Drive initiatives that improve cash flow, inventory performance, and working capital management. - Support process improvements through technology, automation, and best practice sharing. - Leverage data analytics and reporting tools to provide meaningful insights and enhance decision-making. - Educate and support site leadership teams in understanding and utilizing financial information to drive results. That's a lot; we can keep as list. Requirements (What You Need To Succeed): - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field. - Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, or business analysis roles. - Strong financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and accounting experience. - Demonstrated ability to influence business decisions through financial analysis and strategic recommendations. - Experience partnering with operational leaders and cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with attention to detail. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-finance audiences. - Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic manufacturing environment. - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial reporting systems. - Ability to promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and safety. But some of these are skills; we might move some to Skills section. Let's decide: We'll put education and experience in Requirements, and skills in Skills. Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field. - Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, or business analysis roles. Skills: - Strong financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and accounting experience. - Demonstrated ability to influence business decisions through financial analysis and strategic recommendations. - Experience partnering with operational leaders and cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with attention to detail. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-finance audiences. - Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic manufacturing environment. - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial reporting systems. - Ability to promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and safety. Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications): - CPA and/or MBA preferred. - Experience within the paper, packaging, manufacturing, or industrial sectors and previous experience supporting multi-site operations preferred. - Experience with ERP and financial systems such as AS400, BPCS, Radius, Hyperion, or similar platforms. - Demonstrated success leading process improvement and operational excellence initiatives. - Experience managing, coaching, and developing finance or cross-functional teams. - Knowledge of customer profitability analysis, capital planning, inventory management, and manufacturing cost accounting. Benefits: - Competitive paid time off - Medical, dental, and vision benefits - 401k + match Pay: - Targeted salary range: $115,000–$130,000 USD - Annual bonus potential Schedule: - 5 days per week onsite role at the Liberty facility We also need to include maybe location? Not required as heading. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, drug screening, etc. Remove those lines. Now produce HTML fragment: use

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  Responsibilities

  • ...
  ...

  Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, or business analysis roles.

  Skills

  • Strong financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and accounting experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence business decisions through financial analysis and strategic recommendations.
  • Experience partnering with operational leaders and cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with attention to detail.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-finance audiences.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial reporting systems.
  • Ability to promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and safety.

  Qualifications

  • CPA and/or MBA preferred.
  • Experience within the paper, packaging, manufacturing, or industrial sectors and previous experience supporting multi-site operations preferred.
  • Experience with ERP and financial systems such as AS400, BPCS, Radius, Hyperion, or similar platforms.
  • Demonstrated success leading process improvement and operational excellence initiatives.
  • Experience managing, coaching, and developing finance or cross-functional teams.
  • Knowledge of customer profitability analysis, capital planning, inventory management, and manufacturing cost accounting.

  Benefits

  • Competitive paid time off
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • 401k + match

  Pay

  • Targeted salary range: $115,000–$130,000 USD
  • Annual bonus potential

  Schedule

  5 days per week onsite role at the Liberty facility

  Check for any duplicated content: we removed some from responsibilities that overlapped with skills? We kept responsibilities separate; we didn't duplicate skill bullets there. Good. We need to ensure we didn't miss any responsibility bullets: we included all from the sections. Let's double-check we didn't miss any: The responsibilities list we wrote includes all bullet points from the sections: Financial Planning & Business Performance (5 bullets), Strategic Partnership & Operational Support (4 bullets), Capital & Growth Planning (4 bullets), Financial Controls & Compliance (4 bullets), Working Capital & Continuous Improvement (4 bullets). That's total 21 bullets. Let's count our list: I'll count: 1 Lead annual budgeting... 2 Analyze financial... 3 Partner with plant... 4 Monitor weekly... 5 Develop and maintain... 6 Serve as a trusted advisor... 7 Collaborate with operations... 8 Support workforce planning... 9 Facilitate discussions... 10 Partner with site leadership... 11 Prepare financial analyses... 12 Track investment performance... 13 Support long-range planning... 14 Ensure compliance... 1