Senior Manager, Operations Finance

Position Overview

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together, we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

The Finance team, located in Atlanta, GA, is seeking a Senior Manager, Operations Finance. The Sr. Manager, Operations Finance serves as the finance business partner to Operations, Metal Procurement, and non-Metal Procurement for Novelis North America. The role provides financial leadership, analysis, and challenge to support operational performance, cost optimization, procurement strategy, capital allocation, and enterprise-wide decision making.

 

Through deep business acumen, strong cross-functional partnership, and disciplined financial analysis, this role translates operational and procurement priorities into clear financial insights and actionable recommendations. The position leads the regional finance interface for metal, non-metal, operations, opex, and capex topics, ensuring clear and consistent communications and reporting, and driving robust but efficient processes around RFAs, planning and reporting.  The position is the main finance point of contact for several key members of the Novelis North America management team.

 

Responsibilities

• Support functional heads to meet annual and strategic targets by providing quality and timely analysis of metal cost, operating cost, and Capex on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Support functional heads to make effective decisions to positively impact P&L and Cash Flow
• Coordinate across plants, procurement, supply chain, and finance to ensure consistent assumptions and clear communication of financial implications.
• Review and challenge non-commercial RFAs, including operational, procurement, opex, and capex-related requests, to ensure sound business rationale and financial rigor.
• Ensure RFA submissions include clear assumptions, sensitivity analysis, financial returns, risks, and alignment with Plan, Forecast, and Strategic Plan priorities.
• Provide recommendations to support leadership decision making and improve consistency of financial evaluation across the region.
• Lead the regional finance view of capex planning, tracking, and analysis, ensuring projects are financially evaluated and prioritized against business needs.
• Partner with Operations and engineering stakeholders to assess project economics, timing, cash flow, operational benefits, and execution risks.
• Support forecast, plan, and strategic planning processes by maintaining transparency of capex assumptions, approvals, and expected financial impacts.
• Build capability within the Business Finance team by coaching managers, strengthening business acumen, and creating clear ownership across metal, non-metal, opex, and capex finance topics.
• Establish scalable tools, standard processes, and consistent analytical frameworks to improve quality, speed, and transparency of decision support.
• Foster a high-performing culture focused on partnership, ownership, continuous improvement, and proactive identification of business opportunities and risks.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 7-10 years of progressive experience in Finance, including substantial period within FP&A
• Demonstrated experience in financial analysis for business partnering, decision support, forecasting, planning, and capital/procurement evaluation (P&L and Cash Flow impact analysis, NPV, payback, buy vs lease, procurement saving)
• Minimum 3 years of people management experience
• Work experience in manufacturing organizations, preferably in a multi-national environment
• Highly analytical mind and strategic thinking, with a bias for action and the ability to evaluate outcomes from multiple angles, while driving simplification and transparency
• Ability to influence and constructively challenge stakeholders without authority to ensure alignment and execution
• Ability to prioritize effectively under time pressure and manage complex topics simultaneously
• Ability to coach and develop managers / team members
• System fluency – either advanced experience or high adaptability across tools including MS Office, PowerBI, OneStream (Hyperion), and SAP

Preferred qualifications

 

• Experience in applying strategic frameworks and tools to business and