Sr. Manager, Global Reporting & Analytics

What You’ll Do

• Reporting Strategy & Architecture: Partner with senior finance leaders, FP&A, and Regional Finance to define the future state of financial reporting, management dashboards, and performance insights, supporting planning, forecasting, closing, and decision-making across the organization.
• Analytics & Data Storytelling: Lead the development of scalable reporting frameworks and BI solutions using Oracle Fusion, Hyperion/EPM, Power BI, and other enterprise tools, transforming complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for executive and business audiences.
• Metric Standardization & Governance: Define and govern global KPIs, metric definitions, hierarchies, and reporting structures to create a single version of truth across regions, entities, and functions, including gross margin, EBITDA, DSO, working capital, and product/customer profitability.
• Finance & IT Partnership: Collaborate with IT to design, simplify, and implement the reporting and analytics ecosystem, including data models, reporting architecture, governance, and tool strategy, translating business needs into technical solutions and vice versa.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with FP&A, Regional Finance, Product Platform, and Commercial teams to ensure reporting connects enterprise KPIs to regional, functional, product, plant, and customer-level insights.
• Process Innovation & Automation: Drive automation, AI-enabled financial insights, and self-service reporting adoption to reduce manual effort, improve speed, and increase transparency across the finance function.
• Team Leadership: Build and lead a team of Business Analysts, translating business requirements into scalable solutions, managing priorities, and ensuring strong delivery in partnership with IT and key stakeholders.
• Data Governance & Controls: Establish and maintain governance over master data, chart of accounts standards, KPI ownership, user access, and data quality controls across financial reporting and planning platforms.

What You’ll Need To Succeed?

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Systems, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in Finance, FP&A, financial reporting, or enterprise analytics
• Strong grounding in financial reporting, planning and forecasting, and performance management
• Hands-on experience with enterprise financial systems such as Oracle Fusion, Hyperion/EPM, or similar platforms
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with a solutions-oriented mindset
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence change without direct authority

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a global manufacturing, industrial, or product-based company
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex data and system concepts for senior finance and business audiences
• Hands-on experience building dashboards and reporting solutions using Power BI or Tableau
• Experience with ERP data structures, chart of accounts, cost centers, and multi-currency reporting in Oracle Fusion or SAP
• Familiarity with financial consolidation and planning tools such as Hyperion, EPM, HFM, or OneStream

Benefits

The Watlow Total Compensation Plan Benefits The health, well-being and financial stability of you and your family is a high priority to us.

The Watlow Total Rewards Plan includes competitive compensation and a full range of life and career enhancing benefits:

• Annual Incentive Program
• 401(k) plan that includes a company match on your contribution and an annual company contribution that is tied to company performance
• Wellness incentives
• Employee Personal Assistance Program
• Dental, medical, vision and short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Paid holidays, personal time, and vacation
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement

Diversity & Inclusion We proactively embrace diversity in all its dimensions across our company and cultivate a culture of inclusion and forward thinking that respects and reflects each team member’s individual strengths, views, and experiences.