Business Finance Leader

Hexion Careers•Worthington, OH

About The Position

The Business Finance Leader is a high-impact finance business partner supporting assigned businesses within NA Building & Construction. This role owns forecasting, budgeting, monthly performance analysis, and commercial finance support, while delivering accurate, timely, and decision-useful financial insight in a complex operating environment. The position partners closely with Commercial, Operations, Procurement, and other cross-functional teams to support decisions related to profitability, growth, pricing, strategic planning, and other business issues. This role also supports the broader NA Building & Construction finance team and special projects as needed. Success in this role requires strong financial judgment, effective cross-functional partnership, and the ability to adapt quickly to evolving business priorities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
15+ years of relevant experience
Prior FP&A experience required
Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to build and maintain complex financial models
Experience using SAP or similar ERP systems
Experience using Business Warehouse or other multidimensional relational databases
Basic understanding of standard costing processes for manufacturing companies
Demonstrated ability to organize data into meaningful and actionable information and communicate findings in a clear and concise manner
Demonstrated ability to assess assumptions, evaluate alternatives, and provide sound financial recommendations
Effective communication and listening skills
Self-motivated and able to perform effectively with minimal direct supervision
Strong analytical, communication, project management, and problem-solving skills
Ability to thrive in a matrix-based organizational structure

Nice To Haves

Professional certification and/or advanced degree (CPA, CMA, MBA) preferred
Public accounting, manufacturing finance, and/or chemical industry experience preferred

Responsibilities

Commercial Team & Business Strategy Support
Provide financial analytics and decision support to Commercial teams to help maximize profitability and support strategic business decisions, including pricing, margin analysis, customer bid analysis, ROI analysis, make-versus-buy assessments, and other business case modeling.
Maintain detailed market models, planning assumptions, and related business support tools to support short- and long-term planning, commercial decision making, and ongoing business analysis.
Partner closely with Commercial leaders to provide timely financial insight, evaluate opportunities and risks, and support informed decision making.
Planning / Analysis / Reporting
Lead and coordinate the annual budget and monthly forecast processes for assigned businesses, working across functions to develop accurate, timely, and actionable financial plans.
Own standard monthly reporting for assigned businesses, including variance analysis, EBITDA bridging versus budget, forecast, and prior year, as well as related month-end close support activities.
Analyze business results, perform root-cause analysis, respond to management questions, and provide clear financial insight to support understanding of performance drivers, risks, and opportunities.
Support NA Building & Construction and Corporate FP&A consolidation processes and other corporate reporting requirements.
Ad Hoc Analysis / Special Projects
Respond to ad hoc business issues and data requests from various functions, providing timely financial analysis and decision support in a fast-paced environment.
Support implementation and continuous improvement of financial systems, planning tools, dashboards, and reporting processes, including Power BI, SAC-P, AI-enabled tools, and other financial software, to enhance data availability, analysis, and business decision support.
Support productivity and cost savings initiatives through financial evaluation, business case development, implementation support, and tracking of results.
Support M&A activities, including due diligence, data preparation, coordination with consultants and cross-functional teams, integration support, and go-live testing.