James Hardie · 5 days ago
Sales Finance Manager
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$122K/yr - $153K/yr
8+ years expJames Hardie is the industry leader in exterior home and outdoor living solutions, seeking a Sales Finance Manager to join their team. The role involves data analysis, rebate negotiations, and collaboration with sales teams to influence business strategies and manage financial operations effectively.
Building MaterialCivil EngineeringManufacturing
Responsibilities
Partner with the Builder and Dealer sales teams at both the national and regional level on rebate contract negotiations and trade expenditure, making recommendations and approvals of rates, bonus structures as well as contract terms
Prepare negotiated programs for RFP submissions, present total program values, product discount rates and year over year program changes
Own the annual contract negotiations, rate adjustments and contract renewal process and deal evaluation
Manage and Forecast/Budget of rebates/discounts providing variance explanations and recommendations to the business on opportunities and risks
Develop and maintain builder analytics framework to help drive the business strategy. This role will influence business strategy changes through profitability, volume and trend insights output from the analytical framework
Support Month End close, working with the accounting team on classifications and explanation of the results to forecast, general trends and insights. This role will have oversight of National and Regional Builders, IV and Installers
Manage a team or direct reports – The team will support the manager role on data analytics, rebate claims and deal evaluation
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
8 or more years of professional experience (quantitative degree, business, mathematics, engineering or equivalent)
Strong financial acumen with emphasis on working within the Finance or Pricing domain
Proven ability to think strategically, thoroughly understand complex business requirements, and high-level business case justifications
Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset and the ability to adapt to an evolving macroeconomic environment
Proven ability to negotiate and be persuasive internally, while also displaying the ability to effectively and professionally resolve conflict and a history of partnering with sales functions
Proven management skills with an ability to build and maintain relationships with cross-functional teams with the ability to coach and develop people through tough situations
Demonstrated ability to act independently upon information and make decisions that achieve optimal results
Results-oriented to ensure delivery of appropriate products and services in an accurate, complete, and timely fashion
Demonstrated ability to effectively take action to solve problems while exhibiting sound judgment and successful stress tolerance. JH moves quickly and often requires quick complex actions to happen
Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to work effectively under pressure and deal with multiple priorities
Demonstrated advanced skills with Microsoft Word and Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Access, Internet, and other proprietary software
Limited travel as needed
Knowledge of the manufacturing industry and ability to understand the business model
Benefits
Day-one health coverage medical, dental, vision, life insurance
Vacation and company holidays
401(k) with 6% match
Employee Stock Purchase plan (ESP)
Parental leave
Wellness programs
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Company
James Hardie
James Hardie Industries plc is a manufacturer of fiber cement products and systems for internal and external building construction
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.2B2025-06-17Post Ipo Debt· $1.7B
2025-05-30Post Ipo Debt· $3.5B
2001-11-02IPO
Leadership Team
Randeep Wasal
Head Of Information Technology APAC
Samara Toole
Chief Marketing Officer
Recent News
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