Finance Business Partnering Sr Manager (AC EMEA & AP)

Finance Business Partnering Sr Manager (AC EMEA & AP)

PPG Industries

The successful candidate could be based in a country across the EMEA region, close to a PPG site.

As a Finance Business Partnering Sr Manager, you will guide financial support and strategic analysis for the region. Your mission is to evolve our finance department into a strategic engine, providing the commercial knowledge and insights necessary to navigate the EMEA region. You will be a critical business enabler, driving profitable organic sales and EBIT growth through impeccable partnership and data-driven decision support.

You will report to the FP&A Regional Finance Director AC EMEA/AP.

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You will be an individual contributor.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Partner: Work directly with leadership teams in Commercial, Supply Chain, and Marketing to achieve our goals.

• Commercial Support: Identify opportunities to increase sales and margins by analyzing Pricing, Gross-to-Net (GtN), Rout to Market, and Marketing investments.

• NPD & Innovation: Act as the finance lead for New Product Development (NPD), ensuring new projects are profitable and aligned with strategy.

• Return on investment Focus: Implement a clear Return on investment-driven approach for Advertising & Promotion (A&P) spend.

• Complex Analysis: Manage the financial strategic analysis for a diverse footprint of over +25 countries, ensuring consistency and high-quality insights across multiple currencies and regulatory environments.

• Profitability Management: Promote the regional profitability agenda, performing "Cost to Serve" and portfolio reviews to find savings and margin gains.

• Control & Planning: Manage Commercial/Functionals Capex, Overhead (OVH), and A&P controls to ensure budget accuracy and financial discipline.

• Data & Digital: Improve reporting by using automation and tools like Power BI and Anaplan to turn data into relevant insights.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Management, Economics, or similar; MBA or professional certification.

• Experience: 10+ years of progressive finance experience in complex multinational corporations.

• Proactive Leadership: who excels in a matrixed organization.

• Consolidation Expertise: experience managing complex environments, specifically the analysis of 25+ countries with diverse business models and cultures.

• Demonstrated ability to transition from operational reporting to strategic "value-added" analysis and "What-If" modeling.

• Communication: fluent English with the ability to influence C-suite stakeholders and simplify complex regional financial movements.

• Systems Proficiency: knowledge of SAP/Oracle, Hyperion (HFM), and BI/Data tools such as Power BI, Anaplan.

How we work: At PPG, we bring teams together to accelerate collaboration and career development, with in-person work Monday through Thursday and the opportunity to work remotely on Flexible Fridays. Schedules may vary by location.

About us: 

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™ 

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