The Finance Business Partner Manager (m/f/d) works closely with the Plant Manager and the site and group leadership team to drive key initiatives and help the Company achieve its goals and maximize returns on investments. The role uses data and analysis as a strategic asset to provide decision support, accurate planning, forecasting, operational productivity and investment analysis. This position will ensure accuracy and completeness in the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement planning and forecasting as well as timely variance analysis.
The position reports directly to the Finance Business Partner Director with matrix responsibilities to the Plant Manager.
Your tasks:
- Provide business and financial analysis identifying important trends to assist Operations in achieving its objectives.
- Analyze key metrics and provide insights and value-added analysis to leadership regarding revenue, margins, competitive landscape, products, customers, capital investments, etc
- Develop financial models that support analysis and lead to business understanding and decision-making.
- Make recommendations for potential improvements and identify potential risks and opportunities to financial targets.
- Drive Financial performance management including the annual budgeting, monthly forecasts and communication of results
- Identify and develop key actions in partnership with the site team required to achieve forecast targets.
- Drive processes and initiatives to reduce primary working capital and maximize operating cash flow.
- Provide timely and accurate financial information in compliance with US GAAP and company policies, procedures and controls.
- Meet all reporting deadlines with accurate and complete data.
- Develop strong working relationships with colleagues and corporate functions and all levels of the organization.
- In collaboration with the management team, ensure actions are clearly identified, continuous improvement projects are executed and delivered to meet objectives. Provide regular updates on performance and actions to achieve objectives.
Your profile:
- You´ve got a Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting, or international equivalent and a minimum of 5 years Finance or Accounting experience.
- Despite deep Knowledge of US GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley 404, you´re also experienced with the SAP BPC - Business Planning and Consolidation tool, preferred with advanced Microsoft Office Skills (Excel).
- You bring strong analytical skills to the table and can multi-task in high pressure, time-constrained situations.
- You´ve got exceptional business and financial acumen with a drive for results.
- You´ve got strong interpersonal, collaboration and decision-making skills.
- You´re used to present your findings, data and reports equally in German and English.