Senior Finance Manager – Operations COE

Overview

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and fun workplace environment. If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We are searching for a Senior Finance Manager – Operations COE to join our team located at our headquarters in Lake Forest, IL.

Responsibilities

Your Role:

The Operations COE Sr. Finance Manager is an integral member of the operations finance COE team. This position will provide all aspects of financial reporting, analysis, and modeling of manufacturing costs. It also offers a unique opportunity to improve processes and profitability of the business. The successful candidate will be a detailed, accurate, and a highly motivated team player that has the potential and aspirations of developing as a Financial Leader within the organization.

 

You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!

• Partner with the Manufacturing COE to support Business Unit Operations teams with the identification and execution of cost and efficiency opportunities across our 17 manufacturing facilities.
• Engage with the Business Unit finance teams to ensure timely and accurate flow of information from centralized functions to facilitate planning, forecasting and reporting.
• Support overall budgeting and forecasting processes including quarterly forecasting and monthly analysis.
• Monitor manufacturing financial performance by analyzing results and identifying corrective actions to eliminate unfavorable plant variances and drive efficiencies.
• Support BU strategic cost reduction initiatives.
• Perform analysis on historical financial performance to identify trends and opportunities, at the company level as well as business unit and plants.
• Lead consolidation of monthly plant results and ownership of standardized reporting templates.
• Partner with BU Finance Operations/Plant Controllers to develop financial tools, processes, and analysis to improve manufacturing reporting in support of business goals and objectives.
• Coordinate, standardize and streamline reporting/forecasting processes.
• Complete ad hoc financial modeling and analysis as required for management.

 

You will love it here if…

• You put safety first, always
• You listen, learn, and evolve
• You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals
• You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity
• You are committed to improving our impact on local communities

Qualifications

We need you to have:

• 8-12+ years of related professional Accounting/Finance experience, preferably in a large manufacturing environment. 
• Prior people management experience. 
• Manufacturing experience. 
• Prior background as a Plant Controller or Finance Operations Manager. 
• Proficient in MS Office, with advanced proficiency in Excel, including ability to use array formulas, pivot tables and conduct financial modeling. 
• Highly proficient in SAP, as well as automated financial systems such as Hyperion and SmartView. 
• Demonstrated expertise with financial modeling. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization. 
• Self-directed with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and multiple internal customers. 
• Strong analytical and organizational skills. 
• Inquisitive, accurate and detail oriented, with strong problem-solving skills. 
• Exercise sound judgment with the ability to take calculated risks and make risk/return recommendations. 
• Solid project management capabilities with the ability to organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously from origin through execution. 
• Ability to be discreet with confidential information. 
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines.
• Must be team-oriented with the ability to work on high collaboration and performance teams. 

 

Icing on the cake:

• CPG experience.

 

If you answer yes to the following…we want to meet you!

• Intellectual Curiosity: Do you have an inquisitive nature?
• Problem Solving: Do you have a knack for tackling issues head-on? 
• Entrepreneurship: Do you enjoy taking ownership of your work?
• Customer Centricity