Manager of Analysis

Manager of Analysis

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking an experienced Manager of Analysis to join our Operations Finance team!

Our onsite Managers of Analysis support the organization by providing actionable manufacturing and financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and business partnering with our operations leaders, to create value and close gaps.

We are recruiting contribution motivated candidates with strong critical and entrepreneurial thinking skills who demonstrate initiative, natural curiosity, and are driven to transform. As an experienced Manager, you will be able to leverage your expertise to drive operational improvements and support strategic decision making. We serve as the primary financial business partners for our sites and our division. The Manager of Analysis will report to the site Operations Finance Leader and will be part of a larger finance team encompassing multiple consumer products locations.

Location:

Your team is located at our Naheola Paper manufacturing facility in Pennington, AL. While GP offers some work location flexibility, we have an approach that includes a weekly in-office presence. The individual in this role should be located in relative proximity to the mill in AL.

How You Succeed:
Build and develop trusted business partnering relationships. Bring a strong analytical mindset and challenge process. Help coach our operations partners on economic decision making and project support and help drive value through identifying, measuring and tracking our bets. Become a valued financial opinion for the site. Work with sister site(s) and peer group to identify shared opportunities and work as a unit.

Consumer Products | Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading makers of tissue, pulp, packaging, and building products. You may recognize our household brands, such as Brawny® paper towels, Quilted Northern® bath tissue and Dixie® cups and tableware.

What You Will Do

• Develop strong relationships with the operations team to better understand and anticipate their business needs
• Obtain a solid working knowledge of the primary drivers of operations and their impact on financial performance
• Provide financial and economic decision-making support through preparing and interpreting financial results, cost and variance analysis, operational gap analysis, capital planning, and other ad-hoc analysis while creating real, long-term value for the organization
• Execute operations bet tracking and performance analysis
• Perform internal and industry benchmarking
• Support site to create a short and long-term strategic plan
• Capital investment analysis and prioritization of key initiatives
• Contribute to the monthly forecasting and annual planning processes (Monthly P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cost Reviews)
• Use relevant internal and external data to improve forecast accuracy to better inform business and operations decisions
• Continuous financial performance assessment, outlook updates, and opportunity identification
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to seek and share knowledge, identify opportunities for improvements, challenge the status quo, and propose solutions
• Advance our Principle-Based Management® culture by applying and reinforcing the company's Core Values and Principles

Who You Are (Basic Requirements)

• Career experience in financial analysis, accounting, cost accounting, operations finance, or related role(s) that demonstrates understanding and application of financial concepts, economic principles, marginal analysis, variance analysis, IRR, ROI, and other valuation metrics
• Transformation focused:
  You are flexible and able to prioritize your work in a dynamic environment, embrace and lead change, and seek to improve processes
• Systems and Tools savvy:
  You have experience sourcing large volumes of data from multiple systems, performing analysis and developing a point of view
• Confident Communicator:
  You have experience presenting complex financial concepts to various audiences and you engage effectively with your stakeholders in multiple formats. You are comfortable being a key voice on the team
• Leadership:
  You have the ability to work independently and as part of a team; you have experience leading projects and mentoring/coaching less experienced team members
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance or Accounting
• Finance/Operations Accounting experience in a Manufacturing organization
• Advanced MS Excel capability (i.e. financial modeling, forecasting, graphs, charts, pivots, macros)
• Experience with data analysis/visualization tools (i.e., Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, VBA, Hyperion, SQL, etc.)
• Experience working with SAP, or similar ERP systems

(This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship)

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