Edgewell Personal Care · 2 weeks ago
VP, Global Finance Operations
Shelton, CT
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$232K/yr - $348K/yr
15+ years expEdgewell Personal Care is a vibrant global community dedicated to personal care, serving people in over 50 countries. The VP of Finance for Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Innovation is responsible for driving financial excellence across these functions, partnering with senior leadership to optimize cost structures and enhance financial planning and analysis.
Consumer GoodsHealth CareManufacturingSales
Responsibilities
Serve as the principal financial advisor to the Global Supply Chain, Operations, and Innovation leadership, providing strategic guidance, business partnership, and decision support to enable the achievement of operational, innovation, and financial objectives. This includes managing finance support for all our plants across the globe including the establishment of a new Third Party Manufacturing finance team
Foster a culture of accountability, influence, and partnership across the organization, balancing business support with financial stewardship
Lead all financial processes supporting reporting, measurement, annual and strategic planning, and quarterly forecasting for the global supply chain, operations, and innovation/R&D organizations
Provide transparent and meaningful analysis of global COGS including all elements of manufacturing & sourcing variances, and make recommendations to the GSC leadership team on any appropriate remedial action to allow the GSC team to deliver more predictable performance and improved business results
Develop robust scorecards across all elements of our COGS platform and utilizes these scorecards to better track business performance, quickly identify opportunities and support heightened execution
Provide timely, robust and transparent forecast updates on COGS to the monthly and quarterly financial forecasting process to ensure costs are well understood and communicated
Drive the development and execution of cost savings and productivity initiatives, including project planning, business case development, and realization of strategic cost efficiencies
Oversee the financial evaluation of capital investments, ensuring disciplined ROI analysis and alignment with business priorities
This includes the development of a process to evaluate the financial viability of capital requests with robust analysis of business case assumptions working in partnership with the operations leadership team. Support capital business cases models (payback, NPV, IRR, working capital implications)
Enhance business analytics and insights by redesigning finance processes, integrating systems, and building robust data repositories
Lead continued efforts to improve the global S&OP process (EBP) to bring better visibility and discipline in how we manage the business to improve key supply chain and financial measures
Deliver transparent and actionable analysis of COGS, inventory, and working capital, supporting predictable performance and continuous improvement
Improve the measurement, tracking and forecasting of inventory, and ensure strict DOH management to optimize working capital efficiency across the business
Provide strategic financial leadership for Innovation and R&D initiatives, ensuring robust financial planning, analysis, and governance across all stages of the innovation lifecycle
Partner with Innovation and R&D leaders to evaluate new product initiatives, lead financial stage-gate reviews, and develop business cases that drive value creation and align with enterprise strategy
Lead and develop a high-performing global finance team (~50 people), focusing on talent development, role clarity, and organizational effectiveness
Evaluate where work is performed, strengthen role clarity and accountabilities, and ensure that the organization is efficiently and effectively structured in support of company objectives. Look for ways to simplify, streamline and automate transactional work to allow more time for critical thinking and analysis
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field
15+ years of senior-level finance leadership experience in a global, multi-location environment, with deep FP&A and operational finance expertise
Proven ability to lead and develop global teams, drive process improvement, and influence at all levels
Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills
Experience with business applications and systems integration is preferred
Travel to Plants as required
Preferred
Systems skills with a focus on business applications including SAP, Hyperion, HFM
Benefits
Participation in an incentive program linked to performance
Company
Edgewell Personal Care
Edgewell Personal Care manufactures and markets a diversified range of personal care products.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2015-07-01IPO
Leadership Team
Rod Little
President & Chief Executive Officer
Jessica Spence
President of Edgewell Personal Care’s North America Business
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