USAC Finance Manager - AAD

About the role

The AAD USAC Finance Manager role is a key member of the USAC Area Leadership Team for the AAD business. This position collaborates with global portfolio, supply planning, R&D leaders, and connects closely with AAD division leadership teams. The role drives a culture of performance and continuous improvement, shaping operational strategies that align with both short-term and long-term objectives.

Responsibilities

• Be a business partner to Area Division Leader in USAC and provide financial leadership to USAC area team for AAD business.
• Drive robust financial planning and analysis processes to enhance business results, target attainment, and accountability.
• Facilitate regular discussions on forecast outlook with risks and opportunities, develop action plans with area and business teams, including weekly forecast updates and monthly forecasts.
• Accountable for Longview submissions for monthly estimates, operating planning, and support for long-term strategic plans.
• Leverage data across multiple systems and platforms to articulate sources of growth, performance variances, and alignment with plans and estimates.
• Connect operational actions to financial planning to drive accountability and execution.
• Partner with Key Account Leaders to provide financial leadership in joint business planning with customers and annual CIP negotiations.
• Influence area and business teams with analyses and insights to improve cash flow, including AR DSO, AR past due resolution, DIO, and NWI performance and attainment.
• Engage with Global Portfolio teams and other cross-functional teams to drive portfolio management, price, mix, and margin improvement, and return on investment optimization.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and financial procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)
• Seven (7) years of finance experience working in private, public, government, or military environment
• Additional qualifications include an MBA or graduate degree in Finance from an accredited institution, ability to manage multiple workstreams and conflicting deadlines, solid business knowledge and acumen, strategic thinking mindset, creative problem-solving, ability to translate data into meaningful financial insights and analysis, previous experience in a Business Finance role, self-starter with ability to drive change, strong verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational and prioritization skills, experience leading others and contributing to cross-functional teams, advanced Microsoft Excel skills, risk management analysis skills, experience with Longview, and experience with developing Power BI tools.

Qualifications

• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Work location

This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN. Travel may include up to 10% domestic/international.

Pay & Benefits

The expected compensation range for this position is $164,612 - $201,193, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Safety

Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.