Business Manager

We are Pioneering Industrial Sustainability. Castolin Eutectic
is a global provider of surface protection applications and solutions. Since 1906, we have brought innovative products and solutions to our customers, challenging ourselves to extend useful life, reduce maintenance costs, and increase industrial productivity while upholding our deep-rooted belief in sustainability.

We employ a diverse team worldwide in over 25 countries who represent our core values of customer orientation, integrity, respect, team spirit, and trust. Our employees are part of a global family who work together to provide the best solutions for our customers.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Financial Analyst – Operations & Business Performance

We are seeking a highly analytical and business-minded Senior Financial Analyst - Operations & Business Performance to serve as a key finance partner to our Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, and Leadership teams.

This is not a traditional accounting role.

We are looking for someone who thrives in a dynamic manufacturing and service-oriented environment, enjoys digging into data, understands operational drivers, and can translate complex information into actionable business insights. The ideal candidate combines strong financial acumen with operational curiosity and has experience supporting decision-making through data analysis, forecasting, KPI reporting, and business performance management.

You will play a critical role in connecting financial results to operational performance, helping leaders understand not only what happened, but why it happened and what actions should be taken to improve outcomes.

This role offers broad exposure across financial planning & analysis, operational analytics, manufacturing performance, project profitability, cost management, and corporate reporting.

• Act as a strategic finance partner to Operations, Sales, Procurement, and Leadership teams.
• Provide business leaders with meaningful financial and operational insights that support data-driven decision-making.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Translate operational activities and KPIs into financial impact and performance drivers.
• Build financial models and scenario analyses that support strategic and operational decisions.
• Develop business cases for investments, capital expenditures, productivity initiatives, and commercial opportunities.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership and corporate stakeholders.
• Support monthly business reviews and performance discussions.

• Analyze operational performance using financial and non-financial KPIs, including:
  • Productivity and labor utilization
  • Capacity utilization
  • Equipment downtime and efficiency
  • Manufacturing throughput
  • Inventory performance
  • On-time delivery
  • Project and service profitability
  • Working capital metrics
• Identify trends, risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement across the business.
• Create and maintain dashboards, KPI scorecards, and management reporting tools.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve profitability, productivity, and operational effectiveness.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through data analysis and performance measurement.
• Challenge assumptions and provide objective recommendations backed by fact-based analysis.
• Improve data quality, reporting capabilities, and analytics processes to increase business visibility and decision speed.

• Analyze P&L performance and provide insight into revenue, margins, expenses, and profitability drivers.
• Evaluate product, customer, project, and service-line…