Category Finance Manager, Commercial Filtration

Job Description

At Pentair, you will work alongside passionate problem-solvers who are committed to the future of our planet. We put our mission into practice, helping the world sustainably move, improve, and enjoy water, life's most essential resource. From our residential water filtration to industrial water management to pool products and more, our 9,000 global employees serve customers in more than 150 countries, working to help create a better world for people and the planet through smart, sustainable water solutions.

We have an opportunity for a Category Finance Manager, Commercial Filtration, to join our Golden Valley, MN team. You will drive short and long-term financial planning and analysis activities by partnering with cross-functional leadership across the category and provide financial consulting and strategic support to leadership including preparing financial presentations and ad hoc analytics. You will also develop robust, dynamic, and scalable models, as well as reporting that can be quickly adapted and updated to support our growth.

You will:
Be the key category operating and strategic partner to the Commercial Filtration General Manager and CFO Group, with full global P&L ownership. Manage a team of five, including direct management of three plants, pricing, and sales operations for the category. Lead the category short- and long-term budgeting and forecast processes, including process administration, reviews, risk analysis, and reporting. Continuously assess planning, forecasting, and reporting processes for opportunities for improved efficiency and effectiveness.

Review and approve quarterly rebates and other incentive programs, along with month-end accruals. Review and support the business unit sales incentive plans while partnering with Sales leadership. Produce and enhance business unit financial reporting packages for category leadership team. Develop and monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance in key financial statement items (i.e., revenue, margin, and operating expenses).

Contribute to preparation of monthly and quarterly business unit review presentations. Develop and refine forecast accuracy metrics at a BU and product category level. Complete review and provide monthly actual performance commentary for business units. Provide monthly and quarterly outlooks for business unit. Support and actively drive progress of certain decentralized finance activities occurring at business units to the segment level and track benefits of Group-level Transformation activities.

Actively support Pentair’s data analytics initiative through becoming knowledgeable in the use of necessary reporting/visualization tools and contribute to dashboard development and data validation. Special projects as required to support cross-functional CWS team (i.e., Product Management, Marketing, Sales, etc.).

Bachelor’s degree with Finance or Accounting major; MBA, CMA, or CPA desirable. Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Operational Finance, or Controllership within a manufacturing environment. Minimum of 5 years’ people management experience. Thorough understanding of general accepted accounting principles and financial/business processes. Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, as well as experience working with One Stream, Cognos, and/or PowerBI.

Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, with ability to complete necessary analytical reports and provide written commentary and interpretation. Demonstrated project management skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities under a tight deadline, with focus on continuous improvement mindset…