Smurfit Westrock · 3 days ago
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
Fresno, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$115K/yr - $135K/yr
10+ years expSmurfit Westrock is seeking a Business Finance & Accounting leader to oversee financial operations for manufacturing plants. The role involves budgeting, financial reporting, and providing insights for operational improvements to enhance profitability.
Packaging ServicesRecyclingSustainability
Hiring Manager
Susan Kelly-Gates
Responsibilities
Budget & Financial preparation and reporting
Prepares annual budget and quarterly forecasts in conjunction with the plant General manager with a goal of forecast accuracy
Utilize KPI’s and plant initiatives to project future plant growth opportunities, encourage going beyond just the traditional product cost
Collaboration with Commercial Business leads to challenge and validation of top line revenue expectations
The Business Finance and Accounting Leader should be able to effectively communicate the organization’s values
Creates simplified budget and reporting processes
Balances financial and non-financial indicators
Lead monthly results communication through routinary presentation and clear reports, articulating key impactful items to the business results
Monitor weekly results tracking, providing recommendation to drive actions to achieve or exceed targets. Timely communication with Plant/Area leaders and finance team
Serves as a consultant to business partners to help develop action plans for improvement
Cost Take out support, review and tracking
Strategic Planning (CAPEX)
Partner with the General Manger on future and long-range Capital needs to sustain and or grow the sites business opportunities
Understand competitor strengths and weaknesses
Timely closure of all capital projects after in-service date
Develop financial models for return generating projects. Make the plants accountable to deliver financial commitment after project completion, by tracking investment returns monthly to ensure project returns are achieved
Conduct post audits for the projects after maturity
Internal Controls
The Business Finance and Accounting Leader is accountable for overseeing all internal controls and failures of the site(s)
They ensure decisions are made by those with authority to do so
They ensure key processes follow documented company policies, such as non-compliant PCard / Travel & Expenses spending, inventory, AVM/RNV (automated voucher match / received not vouchered)
They ensure adequate control over the company’s local assets and financial reporting, performing quarterly balance sheet reviews with accounting
They find the right balance between effectiveness in value creation and control efficiency
Responsible for optimizing processes through IT improvement and implementation
Drive process improvements through the utilization of best practices across the organization
Annual fixed assets audit
Profitability Analysis
Leverage data systems to provide ongoing customer profitability analysis to help catch and correct margin erosion
Lead routinary analysis to ensure the customer level profitability analysis is aligned with overall plant performance and cost profile
Routinary assessment of customer and product outliers to drive corrective actions on cost models and allocations
Facilitate open discussion among business leaders on how to drive more margin through volume, price or operational changes
Provide or Review PAT (profit analysis tool) for current and new customers, including information for legal contracts and credit risk/payment terms approvals
Drive people staffing discussion to right size overtime, number of shifts and headcounts
Accounting
Actively review and validate plant WIP, Finished Goods and raw materials values
Creation and/or review of site monthly Journal Entries
Review P&L accounts and statistical data for the necessary reclassification
Facilitate and assist with plant inventory counts, count verifications and reconciliation processes
Monitor Customer rebates and/or cost take out commitment’s accruals for accuracy and consistency
Other tasks as deemed necessary
Working Capital/ Cash flow monitoring
Serve as the facilitator to their business partners on decision making processes that drive working capital improvements or that prevent negative impacts
Partner with accounts receivable team to remedy short-term issues and create plans to act on the route case problems
Provide guidance and support for plant personnel on the execution of purchase order and receipts procedures
Ad Hoc Analysis
Plant Comps in performance to other “like” plants or businesses
Profitability Improvement programs if the plant is on an improvement plan
Compiling and Delivering Plant visit decks to Senior leadership during onsite or Teams meetings
Continuous education of plant key personnel on the set of information available, and how to use the data such as reports, visualization tools, etc
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance or Business Administration
Finance career progression in corporate/operations finance with 10+ years of experience
Demonstrated experience managing and exerting influence on diverse teams, with full responsibility for hiring, development and performance management
Strong analytical ability/perspective required along with willingness to dive into the details
Strong verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated experience as a business partner to operational leaders
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including non-finance personnel
Must be a self-starter and completely self-directed, with a passion for continuous improvement and ambition to continue to grow to greater levels of responsibility
Strong PC skills in Knowledge of AS400, BPCS, Radius, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, pivot tables and data mining
Preferred
CPA and/or MBA preferred
Experience in the paper and packaging industry or another manufacturing or operations environment is strongly preferred
Prior Hyperion experience is desired
Benefits
Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence
Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential
A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
Company
Smurfit Westrock
Smurfit Westrock manufactures corrugated and paper-based packaging.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$750M2024-11-27Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2024-07-12IPO
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