Function Manager Sr-Finance

What you will do:

Analysis

• Lead and coordinate monthly/quarterly forecasting for the manufacturing center. This includes bottoms-up forecasting & analysis for the group, including identifying key issues, understanding of results, and collaborating with the leadership team on costs and key operational challenges.
• Proactively monitor evolving market landscape for opportunities to continuously improve mill performance and provide insights into potential optimization strategies and/or develop and recommend proactive countermeasures.
• Analyze and interpret trends and financial information, including cost metrics, asset optimization, service levels and working capital impacts.

Reporting

• Research, understand and communicate financial variance drivers.
• Evaluate mill performance via budget/forecast to actual analysis, material usage, use of comparative and trended data and evaluation of operating ratios.
• Ad Hoc Analysis -what if scenario planning as well as other analysis that occur through multiple areas of the business (focus on controllable costs, transportation, debottlenecking opportunities to improve productivity - align with scheduling on production planning decisions.
• Month end/quarter end specific reporting for machine costs at pm & converting, yield, waste, profitability, unplanned downtime vs planned downtown, maintenance costs, etc.

Continuous Improvement

• Communication at all levels of the site operations.
• Identify margin/profit opportunities and communicate to marketing, technical, product mgmt., supply chain. and mill leadership.
• Track, communicate and share in accountability of profit/cost improvement tracking.
• Work with all business groups at the mill (engineering, warehousing, safety, environmental, ops, fiber group, etc.) to ensure cost effective decisions and strategy.
• Provide timely accountability metrics for mill business teams.

Budgeting/Forecasting/Planning

• Provide support to the strategic capital planning process.
• Provide support and lead the budgeting process for the site for both balance sheet and income statement.
• Assist and support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasts related to revenue, operating costs, freight, and other supply chain costs for the site.

Corporate Responsibilities

• Maintain effective system of internal controls for area of responsibility that are validated with audits both externally and internally.
• Ensure compliance with company financial policies and guidelines.

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Strong understanding of critical processes; ability to develop and leverage data-based insights, cause & effect analysis to quantitively and analytically make business decisions and take smart risks.
• Confidence and comfort in thinking strategically and act tactically, hands on thinker and doer.
• Proven ability to identify, define and set site level strategic direction inclusive of identifying gaps and adjusting priorities in a fast-paced macro environment while maintaining a vision for a path forward.
• Technical and personal leadership courage to identify, communicate and bring to light opportunities and solutions.
• Personal resilience to lead a site through continuous process improvements developing and executing iterative plans.
• Confidence in dealing with ambiguity; bringing different perspectives to light and rallying others to aligned goals and objectives.
• Highly collaborative and objective when working through complex risks; identify and develop risk mitigation plans.
• High degree of business curiosity; quick learner with a proactive and agile mindset.
• Optimistically looks toward future for opportunities to innovate and improve.
• Ability to manage projects and interface directly with partners to accomplish defined objectives.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate with diverse audiences (ex: Mill & Executive Leadership Teams).

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics or Accounting, required.
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience in operations and financial analysis required.
• Proven site level finance leader (3-5 years) in a manufacturing environment, preferably at a tissue, containerboard/corrugated container or paperboard/folding carton site.
• Collaborative and consultative approach to build process discipline and organization understanding of strategy.
• Demonstrated relationship building skills with corporate business partners.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Word. In Excel, must be proficient with pivot tables, charting, formulas, and working with large data sets.
• Excellent communication skills conveying complex data in concise manners to broad audiences.
• Office environment; with limited exposure to manufacturing production mill environment-hot, dusty, humid, noisy, various environmental exposures.
• Some eye fatigue due to computer use and sitting for extended periods of time.
• Some domestic travel required (up to 10%).

Total Reward Details:
We prioritize an exceptional workplace experience, offering a comprehensive total reward package. Compensation ranges are estimates based on market data. Actual offers account for internal equity and the candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience. Benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and more, generally begin after 30 days. Our paid time off includes vacation days, personal days, and company holidays. For more on our compensation philosophy, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at Talent.Acquisition@clearwaterpaper.com.

Clearwater Paper will not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.