Finance Manager

The EMEAI Finance Manager position is accountable for developing, implementing, and managing the financial controls, practices, and procedures that are consistent with Division and Corporate policy which provide management with timely information. This position will primarily support the Minerbio plant.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual operating budget for Minerbio Site. This includes working with the Plant Manager and Operating Groups to develop timely and accurate site budgets.
• Be responsible for the monthly close of financial data to the General Ledger. This includes timely and accurate entries to the General Ledger in accordance with Global Supply Chain Accounting Department's monthly closing schedule.
• Review and present monthly financial results and provide explanation on variances vs budget, forecast and prior year.
• Prepare and present in-depth analysis of monthly Opportunity Costs results.
• Maintain detailed and accurate site financial records.
• Prepare and present monthly financial forecasts.
• Partner with Plant Manager and Area Controller in setting goals, writing appraisals, and providing training requirements in a timely manner for finance team members.
• Onboard, develop, mentor, and coach finance team members.
• Provide training to non-finance team members on site’s financial operations where necessary.
• Serve as a Business Partner with site staff, Financial Shared Services, and PCG team.
• Participate in Management Review, Corrective Action, and Employee Communication Meetings.
• Provide return on investment analysis for all ROI capital projects and assist with the development of the annual capital plan.
• Reconcile capital spend by comparing subledger detail to planned capital spend; assist site maintenance/engineering staff in forecasting capital spend in PFP.
• Collaborate with plant Continuous Improvement resources and Project Leads to develop OP-16 savings and Schedule G execution.
• Organize and report-out key capacity project CAPEX spend at Minerbio plant.
• Perform annual standard costing process and ensure accuracy of standard cost throughout the year.
• Ensure inventory transaction accuracy, perform monthly reconciliations, and provision calculations.
• Manage annual physical inventory to maintain accurate stock levels.

Qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Must have at least 3 years of accounting/finance experience.
• Previous supervisory/managerial experience preferred.
• Previous experience as Industrial controller.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Fluent in English and Italian.
• Ability to work independently.
• Advanced level in Excel, proficient in other Microsoft Office applications.
• Extensive knowledge of Sherwin-Williams GSC systems (OneStream, Oracle cloud) preferred.
• ProJ/AS400 knowledge would be preferred.

About Us

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Eligibility to Work

You will need to provide proof of right to work. It is a condition of any offer of employment we make to you that you have the permission to work in the country for the role for which you are applying.

Equal Opportunity Employer

An equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, colour, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or any other protected characteristic prohibited by law.

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