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Senior Manager, Supply Chain Finance

Venture Global Inc

Houston, TX

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Accounting, Analysis Skills, Automation, Billing, Business Administration, Business Case, Business Support, Coaching, Communication Skills, Contract Negotiation, Credit Analysis, Credit Risk, Cross-Functional, Decision Support, Demand Forecasting/Planning, Detail Oriented, Due Diligence, Economics, Expense Analysis, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Management, Financial Operations, Financial Procedures, Financial Reporting, Financial Risk, Forecasting, Inventory Management, Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), Maintain Compliance, Make-Versus-Buy Analysis, Materials Management, Mentoring, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Oil and Gas, Onboarding, Performance Metrics, Power BI, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Pricing, Problem Solving Skills, Procedure Development, Process Improvement, Procure to Pay/Purchase to Pay (P2P), Procurement Management, Procurement Strategy, Profit & Loss, Purchasing/Procurement, Quantitative Analysis, Rentals, Risk Analysis, SAP, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI), Sourcing Strategy, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Operations, Systems Analysis, Systems Maintenance, Team Player, Variance Analysis, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Selection, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Houston, TX
POSTED
20 days ago

Summary

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Supply Chain Finance who will be responsible to manage financial aspects of supply chain operations and strategic sourcing activities supporting Venture Global in achieving its goals of low-cost, reliable and safe operations. This role requires strong quantitative and analytical skills. The successful candidate will be eager to learn, demonstrate curiosity and high attention to detail, have passion to work on a fast-paced environment and be adaptable to a rapidly changing environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement Strategic Sourcing, Procurement and Contracting KPIs
  • Establish and implement a methodology for tracking Procurement-led savings; validate savings and associated P&L and cash impacts
  • Perform spend analysis by commodity and identify risks and opportunities for VG's supply chain
  • Conduct financial due diligence on critical suppliers; support supplier onboarding and performance by reviewing credit worthiness to ensure health of supplier base
  • Support contract negotiations focusing on payment terms, milestone payments, escalation calculations, volume rebates and performance-based incentives
  • Develop analytics to ensure compliance and effectiveness of controls within the procure-to-pay process (e.g. requisitions, POs, invoicing)
  • Maintain purchase price variance reporting and ensure these variances are highlighted to the procurement team for action or mitigation
  • Prepare financial reports and analysis of key supply chain and procurement performance indicators to provide insights and support decision-making
  • Support the forecasting of purchasing volumes in conjunction with Demand Planning and partner with procurement to develop pricing agreements with key suppliers
  • Identify and implement vendor-managed inventory opportunities to optimize materials management process and improve working capital
  • Support Rent vs Buy and Make vs Buy analysis; prepare new business cases supporting key strategic commercial deals
  • Support creation of procedures for VG Finance, Procurement and Materials Management
  • Develop mitigation strategies for financial risks associated with VG's supply chain
  • Coach and mentor junior team members
  • Assist in developing and maintaining systems and analytical tools where required; drive automation where possible to improve efficiency on reporting
  • Support ad hoc requests from Supply Chain and Finance Teams

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting or related field; MBA/Master of Finance is a plus
  • 5+ years of professional experience in Finance, preferably with exposure to operations and supply chain
  • Understanding of key financial concepts and the financial impact of operational decisions
  • Curiosity and ability to think creatively with high standards of accuracy and precision
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of MS Office (mainly Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI) and SAP; ability to quickly extract relevant data and convert into simplified analysis and communication is critical
  • Highly analytical with demonstrated experience in critical thinking and analytical problem-solving
  • Ability to collaborate with others and work cross-functionally
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written with the ability to simplify complex projects and concisely convey key insights
  • Passion for being a part of a dynamic team environment with rapidly changing assignments and priorities
  • Initiative and ownership of work with strong attention to detail
  • Ability to accurately prepare professional daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports
  • Flexibility to travel occasionally (~1x/month)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in the LNG/Oil & Gas industries preferred
  • Experience with SAP preferred

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Venture Global Inc