Senior Financial Analyst - Clyde Manufacturing Plant
enior Financial Analyst - Clyde Manufacturing
This role in summary
You will lead and manage critical business and financial initiatives throughout the manufacturing plant. You will also influence business decisions through plant budget management, World Class Manufacturing Cost Deployment activities, product costing, and capital acquisition activities. While doing so, you will have the opportunity to apply finance skills, strengthen business acumen, and accelerate your professional career in a Fortune 200 consumer products company with a global presence. You will have an opportunity to work in various roles within the manufacturing plant while opening up opportunities across the broader company including treasury, corporate accounting, control functions or/and to supporting regional businesses in the areas of Sales, Marketing, Product Development, and Procurement.
This role sits in the Whirlpool Corporation Clyde Manufacturing Plant in Clyde, OH.
Your responsibilities will include
- Forecasting and Planning
- Provide near and long-range forecasting to enhance strategic decision making (strategy planning, annual profit plan, and monthly outlook)
- Review financial results in Annual Profit Plan to ensure reasonability and consistency with overall financial objectives
- Manage and drive process efficiency
- Deliver continuous improvements in the Annual Profit Planning and monthly outlook processes to drive simplification and overall reduction to the processing and cycle time of the planning process
- Utilize knowledge of processes and systems to advise cross-functional teams on appropriate data sources for analysis
- Drive improvements in key financial processes to optimize efficiency and quality of data
- Drive Analytical Insights for Process partner
- Deliver analytical insights and influence decision-making by influencing category and channel finance leaders
- Establish relationships with process partners in the finance organization that facilitate effective collaboration and drive positive change in our processes
- Influence and lead key business decisions
- Collaborate with individuals across North America finance organization to ensure effective and accurate financial reporting processes and internal controls
- Ensure adherence to all Sarbanes Oxley requirements and strict adherence to all Whirlpool manufacturing standards and methods.
- Serve as a leader within the supported operational team to ensure effective and timely decisions
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 3+ years experience in Finance or Accounting
Preferred skills and experiences
- Bachelor’s Degree in in Accounting or Finance
- MBA
- Strong Verbal and written communication skills
- Professional presence and proven ability to lead teams and influence others
- Ability to communicate and interact with all levels of the organization as well as cross-functionally
- Achievement oriented with the ability to work independently
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines
- System proficiency: SAP, BPC, Access, Business Objects, ERP system
- System proficiency: Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and Google tools (sheets & slides)
- Technical continuous improvement knowledge (LEAN, Six Sigma, WCM, or similar)