Plant Finance Manager

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants.
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Primary Purpose of this Position: The role forms part of two local manufacturing plants senior management teams and will contribute by delivering highly effective business partnership to our Operations team. In doing so this role will drive financial value in our operating costs being our future fuel for growth. All of the referenced responsibilities below relate to two manufacturing plants that this role will be responsible for supporting.

• Acts as a trusted business partner to the manufacturing plant leadership teams to support decision making and driving financial value in the form of EVA performance improvement
• In support of the above - monitor and tracks monthly, quarterly and YTD financial related KPI performance and conduct monthly business performance reviews with manufacturing plant management teams
• Analyse the month end financial close results and communicate results to the manufacturing plant operations teams (via standardized Ball Operational Excellence routines) and to the regional finance teams effectively, accurately and timely in standardized formats.
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    This role is NOT responsible for the accounting close of the financial books or associated journals / transactions, which are performed in a separate accounting / global business services (GBS) function. Partnership and collaboration with this function will be critical.
• Leads the local development cross functionally of the manufacturing plant spending forecasts for annual operating plan cycle (AOP) efficiently, accurately and timely in standardized formats
• Leads the local refresh cross functionally of the manufacturing plant spending forecasts for the quarterly refresh of the annual operating plan cycle (3+9, 6+6 & 9+3) efficiently, accurately and timely in standardized formats
• Leads the development of an "in month" monthly refresh of financial forecasts for the manufacturing plant (often referred to as the POV) efficiently, accurately and timely in standardized formats. This serves to drive action and understanding within the manufacturing plant senior management team, but also inform regional financial leadership of financial expectations in the near term.
• Management of local capital budgets, project control and reporting, including all local investment proposals (AFEs)– cradle to grave oversight from AFE creation to timely asset capitalization and project closure
• Support finance led regional, manufacturing plant based or otherwise initiatives to drive EVA performance improvement and standardization of processes
• Support non finance teams education at the manufacturing plant to build strong finance and business acumen around the key principles of how the business run, how we make money and how they can impact EVA each and every day
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    This role is NOT responsible for participating and coordinating physical inventories and reconciliation at manufacturing plant and associated local warehouses (finished goods, spare parts, materials or assets). These are supported by the appropriate local functional teams locally under the supervision of a separate accounting / global business services (GBS) function. Partnership and collaboration in suitable education around what “good looks like” locally at the plant from a controllership perspective will be required as part of the “educational” responsibilities of the role

• Broad training in a related field usually acquired through college or work-related experience
• Strong leadership, negotiation and influencing skills
• Systems literate including strong Excel capability
• Ability to organize, plan, and prioritize
• Ability to apply intensive and diversified evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard finance techniques, procedures, and criteria
• Working knowledge of finance and forecasting principles, general business principles, legal and accounting practices, Economic Value Added (EVA), manufacturing standard costing, financial modelling and generally accepted managerial practices and procedures
• Specific systems experienced preferred within Microsoft suite of applications, ERP systems (SAP, JDE, etc) and Hyperion Essbase (or equivalents)
• Working Manufacturing experience preferred
• Available to travel 25% of the time, i.e., one week per month (Saratoga Springs, NY)