Senior Manager, Commercial Finance Americas

At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.

We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.

Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World.

It’s Better with Bakelite.

Senior Manager, Commercial Finance Americas: The Impact You’ll Have On The Organization and World

• You will lead the financial reporting, analysis and planning activities for the Americas region and partner mainly with business director and his/her team, supply chain, R&D and procurement organizations to deliver profitable growth.
• Your key responsibilities will include providing financial analysis to support business decision and performance monitoring, guidance related to sales pricing and margin and insights on markets.

It's Better with Bakelite: Our Commitment Back to You

• You’ll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you’re part of a diverse, global population creating the next generation of the company and we expect you to put your fingerprint on it.
• We Champion Our Associates. At Bakelite, you don’t just climb the career ladder – you pave your personal path through continued learning and development.
• Together, We Will Protect the Planet. From our processes to our products, we are focusing on the opportunities that both grow our profitability as a company, and improve and protect the planet.
• Safety is a Core Value. At Bakelite, safety is a 24/7 mindset. We are all safe today to ensure we are able to show up tomorrow – for our families and friends, for each other and for our communities.
• We Care. Plain and simple, we care about our associates. From the top on down, we place a high value on our culture and the associate experience. We offer competitive compensation, robust benefits and support our associates every step of their career.

Life in Atlanta: Atlanta is Georgia’s capital, largest city, and home to Bakelite’s corporate headquarters.

• The city offers lots of activities. In addition to restaurants and a bustling downtown area, you can explore Zoo Atlanta, Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta Botanical Garden and more.
• Check out some of Atlanta’s famed sports teams, including the Braves, Falcons and Hawks.
• Atlanta is home to several the most colleges and universities in the southern U.S., including University of Georgia, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, John Marshall Law School and others.
• Love to travel? You’ll be close to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest airport in the world.
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What Does a Typical Day Look Like? Here are your primary responsibilities:

Reporting and Analysis

• Provide reporting for key performance indicators including volume and margin results, pricing actions, targets and opportunities and other strategic initiatives supporting margin performance.
• Create and manage effective financial metrics to provide insights to management to support decision making.
• Create ad-hoc analysis to anticipate any scenarios impacting the performance of the business.

Budget and Forecasting

• Manage financial budget cycles including processes, tools, timeline, and analytics for developing annual targets.
• Develop monthly volume and margin forecasts that drive visibility into near term and annual business performance.
• Preparing 5 year growth plan, including modeling for organic and inorganic (acquisition) growth.

Financial Systems and Data

• Leverage systems and data integrity processes to deliver financial information to users with accuracy to drive business decision making.
• Identify and implement business process changes and/or systems enhancements to improve data capture and support continuous improvement processes.

Accounting and Controls

• Perform month end closing procedures to deliver accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Manage regional product costing processes to maintain accurate cost data on all purchased and manufactured products.
• Support external audit requests on validation of financial statements.
• Maintain and implement controls to prevent control weaknesses and improve financial transparency.

What is Needed to be Successful in this Role (Required Skills/Abilities):

• Bachelor’s in Accounting or Finance.
• MBA in Accounting/Finance/Analytics preferred.
• 7+ years’ experience in financial reporting, including management reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Strong understanding of cost accounting within a manufacturing environment. Chemical manufacturing background a plus.
• Strong, established financial analysis skills and problem-solving ability.
• Excellent Analytical skills, ability to read and translate data into information.
• Self-starter with ability to complete projects start-to-finish.
• Must be trustworthy with confidential information.
• Strong communication skills; must be able to work effectively with peers and all levels of Company management.
• Team player with ability to interact effectively with cross functional teams.
• Proactive and well organized.
• Consistently meet deadlines in a dynamic work environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel modeling capabilities.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP a plus) and CPM ( OneStream a plus).

Are you ready to help us build a better tomorrow and put your fingerprints on the world? Apply for this exciting opportunity, and learn more about our hiring process, insights from our global associates, our robust benefits and more at Bakelite.com/careers.

We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.

In order to be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site, be at least 18 years or age, willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies.

Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. This company participates in E-Verify. For additional details, click HERE.

If currently an employee of the Company, you must have satisfactory work performance. Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to an employee about this position.

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