Finance Mgr- Business Finance & Accounting Leader

Description

The opportunity We are seeking a Business Finance & Accounting leader that will report to the Area Sr. Finance Manager – California. This individual will be responsible for the one or two manufacturing plants and will, demonstrating ability to influence plant personnel through fact-based analysis, provide insights into recommendations, analysis and drive improvements in operations, sales and the overall profitability of the plant. The Business Finance & Accounting Leader will be a business partner to the site General Manager and accountable for the bottom-line results of the facilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Management Science, Financial Engineering.
• Finance career progression in corporate/operations finance with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience in the paper and packaging industry or another manufacturing or operations environment is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing and exerting influence on diverse teams, with full responsibility for hiring, development and performance management.
• Strong analytical ability/perspective required along with willingness to dive into the details.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated experience as a business partner to operational leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including non-finance personnel.
• Must be a self-starter and completely self-directed, with a passion for continuous improvement and ambition to continue to grow to greater levels of responsibility.
• Strong PC skills in Knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, pivot tables and data mining.
• Prior Hyperion experience is desired.