SR Global Finance Transformation Manager

About the role

The Sr. Global Finance Transformation Manager is responsible for providing value-added financial and business insights into current and future operational and strategic actions. Proving insight relative to alternative scenarios, cash flow/business case modeling from a short-term and long-term perspective, and current operations. The role will require an individual with skills related to data modeling using SAP Analytics Cloud (SAP BI), Excel and/or future data modeling software. Management reporting and influencing decisions with transparent sharing of data is critical for success.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Vice President of Finance, as well other senior executives within the Sealing Division on a variety of financial, system and business activities.
• Partner with finance organization to deliver real-time monitoring of performance.
• Focus on daily, weekly, monthly reporting compared to budget, prior year, quote and outlook.
• Evaluate results and project impact on full year operating plan.
• Provide data insights to help correct the root cause of problems.
• Leverage statistical tools/artificial intelligence/machine learning to improve the accuracy of the forecasting process and / or probability weight in decision making.
• Support the Global Sealing Finance teams in the development and review of annual operating budgets and long-range strategic plans.
• Develop complex valuation and financial models and key financial metrics for various strategic initiatives, capital allocation and product line strategy alternatives.
• Help ensure the best commercial, operational, and financial decisions are made through strategic business planning, cost management and optimization, historical performance analysis and forecasting.
• Foster a data driven decision making environment by actively sharing and building trust across multiple capabilities.
• In support with global business leaders, lead merger and acquisition (M&A) activities, acting as key interface with external advisors and investment banking partners.
• Support reviews and lookback assessments of significant strategic initiatives, capital investments, M&A and restructuring initiatives to validate appropriate returns.
• Support management with preparation and delivery of materials to Leadership team members, up to and including Board of Directors.
• Develop robust/rigorous framework for review/approval of various initiatives to be utilized by the CEO, CFO and Global Leadership Team (GLT).
• Support development of strategic vision for Finance systems and implementation of world-class tools and processes supporting the Finance community and beyond.
• Partner with team to eliminate manual reporting activity and focus on connecting transaction processing activity to financial statement results via SAP BI.
• Own the journey of analytics from report – analyze – predict – prescribe or data – information-knowledge-wisdom.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance, Data Science, Analytics or related field required.
• 5 years equivalent work experience required.
• Exposure to global manufacturing organizations preferred.
• Solid financial and operational accounting experience.
• Experience in strategic planning, forecasting, and consolidating financial results / performance in a large public entity.
• Robust financial modeling skills, including building DCF, IRR and WACC models.
• Knowledge and use of Data Analytics / BI tools such as SAP BI, MS Power BI, Qlick, Tableau, Alteryx.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills including modeling, formulas, data manipulation, high level functions, formatting and data manipulation including pivot tables.
• Experience with statistical software and the application to financial decision making.
• Ability to think analytically and strategically.
• Intellectual curiosity and ability to explain the “why” in addition to the “what.”
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem resolution skills.
• Experience re-engineering financial processes preferred.
• High degree of problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• High energy, self-starting, results oriented, with an exceptionally strong work ethic and bias for action.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on, highly engaged environment and willingness to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility.
• Strong interpersonal skills essential, with the demonstrated ability to collaborate, communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization.
• Presence and communications skills which command the respect of colleagues.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, including prioritization especially as related to month end closing activities and managing deadlines
• Acts with utmost integrity and transparency.

Position Type: Regular. Remote Status: Hybrid.