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Form of workDivision: Coating Solutions
Location: Cary, NC; Exton, PA or King of Prussia, PA
SITUATION IN ORGANIZATION
Position reports directly to the Finance Manager, Coating Resins.
Works closely with VP Finance Coating Solutions; Monomer FP&A and business team, Coating Resins FP&A and Business team, Sartomer business FP&A and business team, and RSA FP&A and Business team. BU global presidents, Coating Solutions Marketing team, Coating Solutions R&D team, and Colombes Headquarter Finance team.
No direct reports.
JOB DIMENSIONS
The Sr. Financial Analyst works across various parts of the Global Coating Solutions organization interfacing with people at all levels of the organization, up to and including the Senior Vice President, Coating Solutions, COMEX member. The majority of the work must be accomplished with influence skills. Weekly and monthly financial analysis with quick and efficient communication of results. Consolidation and analysis of monthly forecasts of full P&L (sales, margin, operating income) and key financial business indicators monthly and quarterly. Consolidation and analysis of output for budget and 5-year plans with necessary reconciliation analyses. Ad hoc analysis requests as needed.
Scope of revenues and sites:
- Countries of support: Americas, EME, NE Asia, SE Asia
- Manufacturing sites – 31
KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting and Analysis (60%-70%) – Scope: Global
- Develop and prepare monthly reporting metrics for Coating Solutions Segment, including dashboards and analysis reports. Ensure that results accurately reflect operational activity.
- Prepare the monthly Coating Solutions COMEX deck.
- Coordinate and optimize the process for collecting and presenting key financial and business indicators for monthly reporting and analysis, including the monthly preparation of the Coating Solution forecast and RCG Deck.
- Provide financial leadership to businesses; develop financial training as necessary for each aspect of the business.
- Lead effort to improve business processes, to allow for more value-added analysis versus reporting.
- Influence and Improve business decisions by providing financial analysis and new tools and techniques.
- Develop new automated tools to optimize reporting process, leverage One Stream, Power BI, etc.
- Liaison with cross BU businesses, functional and FP&A leaders to conduct financial analysis, identify area of variable cost or fixed cost improvement opportunity.
- Analyze data on working capital - AR and AP, payment terms as an example to drive AR ratio improvement.
- Ad hoc analysis when requested from s VP Finance Coating Solutions.
- Prepare Coating Solutions integrated P&L monthly, quarterly, budget and 5-year plan.
- Delivered quality reporting and analysis in term of accuracy, on time and completeness.
Planning and Budgeting (30%-40%) – Scope: Global
- Consolidate Coating Solution forecasts and budgets.
- Conduct analysis to identify cross segment EBITDA improvement opportunities.
- Monitor fixed cost – forecast and actual and provide guidance to BU ensuring fixed cost controls are in place.
- Prepare Integrated P&L for Coating Solutions segment for budget and 5-year plan.
- Assist in the preparation of Coating Solution annual budget, including slide deck for Senior Management.
- Assist in the Coating Solutions 5-year Plan preparation including COMEX slide deck.
- Ensuring data is correct and consistent between BU excel files / Deck to Coating Solutions consolidated files and Coating Solutions COMEX deck.
CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT
- The Sr. Financial Analyst must be objective at all times and is in a unique position to identify any financial issues that may not be consistent with Segment goals and / or that are not consistent with Financial Policy. The Sr. Financial Analyst is expected to bring this to the attention of the Finance Manager and help lead efforts to fix the situation and prevent re-occurrences.
- The Sr. Financial Analyst works directly with multiple levels in the organization as well as across multiple business units. The job requires that the Analyst be flexible and able to negotiate priorities.
- Many components of this job are time critical, particularly during the first 8-10 business days of the month to meet all reporting needs.
- Special project requests occur routinely that impact how the Business is run and must be carried out with complete neutrality and with sufficient detail to ensure the best decision for the company.
REQUIRED EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS / WORK EXPERIENCE
- BA / BS Degree in Accounting, Finance; MBA is a plus.
- Seven or more years in FP&A, finance / accounting experience required.
- Strong Proficiency in Excel, Powerpoint and Power BI - Strong analytical skills with ability to develop and maintain extensive and complex spreadsheets.
- SAP experience preferred.
- Structured approach to analysis methodology to ensure consistency of information.
- Team player, with ability to pull together necessary resources and resolve systematic problems.
- Experience documenting work processes to ensure consistency and repeatability of analyses and resulting output.
- Up to 5% travel may be required.
DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCIES
- Shows accountability in managing self and partnering with others to drive towards team goals. Shows capability and experience to mentor others in / outside of projects.
- Demonstrates ability to lead by influence.
- Structured approach to analysis methodology to ensure consistency of information.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to operate with strict deadlines. Demonstrated competency for prioritizing and balancing demands from multiple stakeholders.
- Arkema Inc. is a Chemical company and as such, all employees are expected to learn and champion Arkema’s safety culture, exhibit personal safety and as it pertains to this role, learn about products and execute daily work tasks to ensure product safety. Attends required safety training and meetings, and actively contributes to upholding our safety culture by living our safety values.
