Strategic Finance Manager

Overview

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Job Title:

Strategic Finance Manager

Shift: Monday‑Friday

Department:
Finance

Job Summary:

The Strategic Finance Manager’s primary responsibility is to provide strategic financial oversight and guidance to Executive leadership (MEBD, PECNA) relative to current and new initiatives as we look to continue to strengthen existing customer relationships and grow new relationships through our expansion activities.

Essential Duties:

• Support Commercial Team through:
  • Advanced financial modeling; developing scenarios taking into account mixes of factories, product form factors; customer mixes, etc.
  • Develop/negotiate pricing strategy w/ comparisons based on cost structure
• Providing Competitor Analysis and Company Benchmarking;
  • Provide market analysis and guidance on where we should be positioned ourselves in the future
  • Identify weaknesses and strengths in financial structures
  • Develop pricing comparisons based on cost structure
  • Assess suppliers BOM cost vs market
  • Provide Customer Analysis, determining risks and opportunities
• Materials strategy
  • Involvement in supplier negotiations (review contracts)
  • Analyze inventory control/cash management
• New Site Modeling
  • Develop financial models for assessing strengths and weakness, areas of opportunity
  • Work with relevant individuals to build up financial study (FS)
  • Assist in developing approval processes
  • Assist in negotiating and analyzing Incentive packages
  • Build out scenario modeling
  • Participate in site selection process
  • Liaise with Consultants supporting Expansion initiative
• PEC
  • Assess cash generation impact
  • Provide Funding advice; i.e. Debt vs Equity Financing
• Ad Hoc analysis and Reporting

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a requirement for some roles at PECNA and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Education:

Basic/

Required:

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or associated field. Preferred:
None.

Essential

Qualifications:

• “Big picture” thinking, which is key to addressing top-level concerns and finding the best path forward from all available data.
• 10+ year experience in manufacturing business operations, with specific expertise in Financial Planning and Analysis
• Analytical skills and ability to work and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Handle multiple work assignments. Experience in solving and providing business insights and recommendations form data sets.
• Teamwork mentality and willingness to roll up sleeves to get the job done.
• IT integration, understanding and implementing technology needs and solutions to improve efficiencies and for cost reduction.
• Communicate efficiently in writing and orally.
• Proficiency in and Microsoft office suite, and other enterprise systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

None.

Preferred License(s):
None.

Preferred Certification(s):
None.

Physical

Activities:

• Sit: 40%
• Walk: 30%
• Stand: 20%
• Lift: 10%

Required Lifting and Carrying:

• Up to 10 lbs.:
  Occasional
• Up to 20 lbs.:
  Occasional
• Up to 35 lbs.:
  Occasional
• Team‑lift only (over 35 lbs.):
  Not Required

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