Finance Manager, NAM Operations

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Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America time type:
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R0025965

Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including consumer, industrial, institutional, food and beverage, and pool and spa water markets. Owned by Platinum Equity, the company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, and cleaners and disinfectants, as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems.

These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments.

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 69 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over 16,100 professionals in 130 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2024 US Best Managed Company, recognized fouryears in a row. For more information about Solenis, please visit . As Finance Manager, NAM Operations is a position on the FP&A team, located at the company’s global headquarters in Wilmington, DE, USA.

You will support the FP&A activities across the North America region and act as the main business partner to Operational Supply Chain leaders in the region. The primary objectives will include providing financial support for results/analytics/forecasting such as (but not limited to):
* Plant spending and production volume output
* Transportation and Warehouse network spending
* Project and productivity validations from a finance perspective
* Business partnering with operations and other counterparts to drive business results and meet financial targets
* Functional SG&A spending control
* Liaison with others in finance and commercial/product management to explain product costing trends/changes
* Participate in and enable successful M&A projects as they move onto our SAP platform

As Finance Manager, NAM Operations role you will have 2 direct reports and 1 indirect report that covers the NAM geography.

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Responsibilities Include:

* Oversee forecasting & budgeting processes
* Reporting at month end on drivers of business performance vs budget/forecast/PY
* Coordinate with controlling activity rates used to drive down costs into the organization (Plant manufacturing rates, warehouse rates, freight rates etc.)
* Liaison with commercial finance leaders to ensure alignment between commercial and finance and operations teams
** Qualifications
* ** B.S. in Accounting, Finance or related degree strongly preferred
* At least 5+ years of financial analysis experience, strongly desired from a manufacturing environment
* Past managerial experience is required
* Strongly prefer someone with SAP material ledger knowledge or ERP manufacturing experience
* Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and Power Point
* Knowledge of Tableau, One Stream and SAP is preferred
* Ability to work under tight deadlines
* Flexible and adaptable to changing business environment
* Effective communications skills at all levels of the organization, fluent in English
* Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated business partnering experience
* Must be customer-focused, seek continuous improvement, and highly self-directed

This is a hybrid role so will be based in office 3 days a week. The office is located in Wilmington, DE.We understand that candidates will not meet every single desired qualification.  If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.
* At Solenis, we understand that our greatest asset is our people. That is why we offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits which include medical, dental, vision & 401K, and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. So, if you are interested in working for a world-class company and enjoy solving complex challenges, whether in…