VP, FP&A Leader to Chief Commercial Officer

Company Overview

Grounded by a history that is deeply rooted in innovation, Hexion is a global employer committed to building and protecting the future by producing innovative performance materials. Our materials are the building blocks for critical industries, including construction, agriculture, energy, automotive, and infrastructure protection. Everywhere you look, you will find our materials and people at work to help customers make products that are stronger, safer, and cleaner. When you work for Hexion, you’ll join a team that is committed to operating safely and with integrity to build a more sustainable future for all, our associates, our customers, and the communities where we live and work.

Position Overview

Serve as strategic advisor and trusted partner to Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and entire Commercial organization on business initiatives, growth, cost and productivity opportunities, business planning, M&A and overall strategic direction, including development, execution and optimization of the business strategy, tying activities to the overall Hexion growth strategy.

Job Responsibilities

Leadership:

• Key member of CCO’s leadership team and actively included in and involved to support key business meetings where major decisions are discussed and analyzed (SOR’s, strategic choices, etc.)
• Key member of CFO’s Finance Leadership Team, with accountability to CFO and overall Finance organization across all Hexion businesses
• Build capability and best in class FP&A capabilities across team.  Provide training, development and support to current Business Finance Leader team to drive continuous improvement and learning opportunities for all associates

Profit and Loss Management and Cash Flow Optimization:

• Financial owner of entire overall business unit P&L, maintaining working, financial expertise on the financial drivers of the business, including net working capital and growth capex
• Assertively challenge the business, business partners and cross functional business partners as necessary to achieve financial objectives of the organization

Data, Analytics and Reporting:

• Align business unit reporting, including developing new KPI’s and metrics with broader data and analytics effort to support business reporting, provide meaningful business insights and drive decision making
• Leverage new technologies to automate data and processes, providing more proactive analysis versus reactive data gathering
• Play key role in organization-wide S&OP processes

Budgeting and Forecasting:

• Coordinate and lead all budgeting and forecasting processes across Commercial Finance organization, driving process consistency, automation and forecast reliability across entire business unit’s results

HexionNEXT Transformation:

• Serve as Commercial Workstream Finance lead, partnering with CCO/Commercial Workstream Sponsor and Workstream Lead in achieving overall HexionNEXT transformation objectives

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong analytical skills, proficiency in data analysis and financial modeling
• Ability to clearly communicate and present ideas, perspectives both in writing and in conversation to all levels of the organization including the Executive Team
• Demonstrated experience in leading high- performance teams

Attributes

• Curiosity to understand business and explore/ offer new ways to improve the business
• Ability to scan business horizon and look for opportunities and risks to be proactively managed
• Manage work and team through leading FP&A practices
• Ability to vocalize new ideas or options; thought partner to CCO who challenges the status quo
• Ability to coach team

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Strategic Planning or Economics, MBA preferred
• 15+ years of relevant experience; chemical/ manufacturing experience a plus
   

Other

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 of 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.

If currently an employee of the Company, you must have current satisfactory work performance and in most cases, have been in your current role for 18 months.

Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet, or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.