PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The Sr. Business Finance Analyst for Commercial Asphalt and Delivery provides financial leadership for the Roofing & Asphalt business. This role partners with internal stakeholders within the Roofing business unit, Transportation Logistics, Supply Chain & Sourcing organizations, and Corporate Finance functions to provide a comprehensive view of the segment's financial results, forecasts, long range plans and operations plans. It is a key liaison between FP&A, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Sourcing. This position provides valuable decision support analysis to drive business success.
Reports to: Shingles Commercial Finance Leader
Span of Control: Individual Contributor
Location: Toledo, Ohio (WHQ)
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Influence the financial performance of the External Asphalt business segment
- Provides objective insights, timely reporting, effective analysis and overall finance support to ensure productive management reviews, financial based decisions and proactive response to market conditions.
- Maximizes profitability, margin realization, cash flow, working capital and fixed asset utilization.
- Evaluate financial implications of specific business decisions/opportunities and advise management accordingly to ensure targeted financial performance achievement.
- Identifies risks and ensures accountable action plans to mitigate.
- Interfaces directly with sales, sourcing, supply chain, and business leaders to build robust operating plans and measure business performance.
- Partner with the Asphalt team as the lead financial support for the business.
Create accurate forecasts and plans while managing clear, controlled reporting and analysis
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Sourcing, Sales, and Manufacturing in developing actionable plans and forecasts for both Delivery and the Asphalt business
- Provides financial analytics and insightful reporting of Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Financial KPIs.
- Provides in-depth analysis on variances to plan, forecast, and prior year.
- Provides risk analysis for contingency planning.
- Maintains knowledge of the segment's competitive environment, market conditions, customers, and profit drivers.
Lead the continuous improvement of systems, tools and methodologies.
- Designs and owns an efficient and effective financial forecast process.
- Leverages investments in technology tools to continue to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of financial processes.
- Ensures compliance with OC Financial Standards and partners with Accounting to maintain proper controls environment.
Lead and influence across the Company, business unit, and Finance function.
- Influences cross-functional leadership teams to enable better decision making and drive business performance.
- Works cross-functionally to ensure Asphalt and Delivery assumptions are consistent across the enterprise.
- Teaches financial acumen and business information concepts to ensure that financial based decision-making occurs at every level of the business.
- Shares business and financial best practices across businesses and functions.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors degree in finance, accounting, or relevant discipline
- 5+ years of progressive financials analysis experience in a manufacturing/corporate environment
- Strong Microsoft Office Suite (Excel and PowerPoint) skills.
- Experience with SAP, PowerBI and AI tools.
- Experience with financial planning and forecasting.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Strong financial and analytical acumen.
- Understands corporate finance and manufacturing costing principles, understands P&L and balance sheet dynamics, principles of cost control/management.
- Able to leverage knowledge of customers, competition, and the market to drive business decisions.
- Able to connect multiple points of view and inputs to develop near and long-term actions.
- Effective listening skills, with flexibility in approach to solutions.
- Must be an initiative-taker, be an active participant within teams, and proactively meet with internal or external customers to meet their needs.
- Inquisitive mindset willing to challenge others.
- Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize workload appropriately.
- Ability to develop strong partnership / teambuilding relationships.
- Strong analytical capabilities with a continuous improvement mindset.
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