FP&A Manager, Latex Binders & Compounding

About the Role

Under the direction of the Global Finance Leader, Engineered Materials, the FP&A Manager, Latex Binders & Compounding will play a critical role in ensuring the financial planning aligns with and supports business objectives by providing actionable insights that drive rigorous and informed decision-making across the business unit. This position focuses on accountability, quality, timely results, and risk management, collaborating closely with cross-functional and cross-regional teams to optimize profitability through productivity and sustainable growth initiatives.

This hybrid role is based in Wayne, PA, with one day per week in the office.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the end-to-end business unit’s financial planning process for all 3 regions, including annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and analytics in support of the sales & operations planning cycle.
• Align financial plans with overall strategic initiatives and provide actionable insights.
• Partner with business and functional teams to understand factors impacting sales and profitability, formulate action plans, and track achievements while identifying growth opportunities.
• Drive the completion of actual and forecast income statements and working capital by region, ensuring data integrity and seamless integration into reporting systems.
• Lead monthly business reviews with regional management teams, delivering insightful explanations for variances between actual results, budget, and forecast to facilitate decision-making.
• Synthesize monthly results across volume, pricing, cost, variable margin, and fixed cost into comprehensive reports, developing recommendations for performance improvement.
• Spearhead the preparation and monitoring of business excellence and synergy initiatives, including new business development, product innovation, commercial excellence, and KPI dashboards.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and analytical capabilities.
• Lead ad hoc financial analysis and valuation for strategic initiatives and business development opportunities.
• Ensure integrity of historical financials and profitability analysis by segment and customer, aligning business and finance strategies.
• Conduct in-depth monthly/quarterly performance analysis, prepare management reports for ELT and BOD, and support segment financial filings and external communications.
• Assist in value creation and capture, including financial baseline development, target setting, and project evaluation.
• Conduct functional performance evaluations, leveraging benchmarking insights to achieve industry-leading standards and identify optimization opportunities.
• Support the annual budget and long-term planning process, challenging assumptions and coordinating deliverables for ELT and BOD.
• Define and improve FP&A processes, driving standardization, consolidation, and enhancements in financial systems support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Finance, or Accounting (Master’s/MBA/CPA/CFA preferred).
• 5-7+ years of progressive experience in financial and business analysis, planning, and cost accounting.
• Financial Planning & Analysis experience in Manufacturing is required; Chemical/Specialty Materials industry experience preferred.
• Strong proficiency in financial systems and tools (Data Warehouse, SAP, BI tools, advanced Excel).

Skills

• Expertise in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Attention to detail with the ability to understand the big picture.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proactive issue resolution.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Financial accounting and business acumen.
• Ownership, accountability, and people leadership.
• Relationship-building across international teams.
• Knowledge of economic evaluation, mergers & acquisitions, and cross-cultural competence.