Business Finance Leader

Company Overview

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Position Overview

The Business Finance Leader is a high-impact finance business partner supporting assigned businesses within NA Building & Construction. This role owns forecasting, budgeting, monthly performance analysis, and commercial finance support, while delivering accurate, timely, and decision-useful financial insight in a complex operating environment. The position partners closely with Commercial, Operations, Procurement, and other cross-functional teams to support decisions related to profitability, growth, pricing, strategic planning, and other business issues. This role also supports the broader NA Building & Construction finance team and special projects as needed. Success in this role requires strong financial judgment, effective cross-functional partnership, and the ability to adapt quickly to evolving business priorities. 

Job Responsibilities

Commercial Team & Business Strategy Support 

• Provide financial analytics and decision support to Commercial teams to help maximize profitability and support strategic business decisions, including pricing, margin analysis, customer bid analysis, ROI analysis, make-versus-buy assessments, and other business case modeling. 
• Maintain detailed market models, planning assumptions, and related business support tools to support short- and long-term planning, commercial decision making, and ongoing business analysis. 
• Partner closely with Commercial leaders to provide timely financial insight, evaluate opportunities and risks, and support informed decision making. 

Planning / Analysis / Reporting 

• Lead and coordinate the annual budget and monthly forecast processes for assigned businesses, working across functions to develop accurate, timely, and actionable financial plans. 
• Own standard monthly reporting for assigned businesses, including variance analysis, EBITDA bridging versus budget, forecast, and prior year, as well as related month-end close support activities. 
• Analyze business results, perform root-cause analysis, respond to management questions, and provide clear financial insight to support understanding of performance drivers, risks, and opportunities. 
• Support NA Building & Construction and Corporate FP&A consolidation processes and other corporate reporting requirements. 

Ad Hoc Analysis / Special Projects 

• Respond to ad hoc business issues and data requests from various functions, providing timely financial analysis and decision support in a fast-paced environment. 
• Support implementation and continuous improvement of financial systems, planning tools, dashboards, and reporting processes, including Power BI, SAC-P, AI-enabled tools, and other financial software, to enhance data availability, analysis, and business decision support. 
• Support productivity and cost savings initiatives through financial evaluation, business case development, implementation support, and tracking of results. 
• Support M&A activities, including due diligence, data preparation, coordination with consultants and cross-functional teams, integration support, and go-live testing. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required 
• 15+ years of relevant experience 
• Prior FP&A experience required 
• Professional certification and/or advanced degree (CPA, CMA, MBA) preferred 
• Public accounting, manufacturing finance, and/or chemical industry experience preferred 

Skills / Competencies 

• Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to build and maintain complex financial models 
• Experience using SAP or similar ERP systems 
• Experience using Business Warehouse or other multidimensional relational databases 
• Basic understanding of standard costing processes for manufacturing companies 
• Demonstrated ability to organize data into meaningful and actionable information and communicate findings in a clear and concise manner 
• Demonstrated ability to assess assumptions, evaluate alternatives, and provide sound financial recommendations 
• Effective communication and listening skills 
• Self-motivated and able to perform effectively with minimal direct supervision 
• Strong analytical, communication, project management, and problem-solving skills 
• Ability to thrive in a matrix-based organizational structure 

Other

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

To be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site and, be at least 18 years of age.  Any offer of employment will be conditioned upon successful completion of a drug test and background investigation, as well as authorization for the Company to conduct 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. A prior criminal record is not an automatic bar to employment, and the Company will conduct an individualized assessment and reassessment, consistent with applicable law, prior to making any final employment decision.