Category Finance Manager

Pentair • Golden Valley, MN

1d • $95,500 - $177,300

About The Position

Pentair is hiring a Category Finance Manager for its Spray and Specialty category in Golden Valley, Minnesota. The role partners with cross-functional category leadership and provides financial consulting and strategic support, including short- and long-term financial planning and analysis, presentations, and ad hoc analytics. It owns the global category P&L and develops scalable financial models and reporting to support growth. The role also supports business-unit and segment finance activities and Pentair’s data analytics initiatives.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Operational Finance, or Controllership within a manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree with a major in Finance or Accounting.
• At least 5 years of people-management experience.
• Thorough understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial and business processes.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare analytical reports and provide written commentary and interpretation.
• Demonstrated project-management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• Continuous-improvement mindset and collaborative approach to problem solving.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CMA, or CPA.
• Experience working with OneStream, Cognos, and/or Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the key category operating and strategic partner to the Spray and Specialty General Manager and CFO Group, with full global P&L ownership.
• Lead short- and long-term category budgeting and forecasting, including administration, reviews, risk analysis, and reporting.
• Assess planning, forecasting, and reporting processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Review and approve quarterly rebates, other incentive programs, and month-end accruals.
• Review and support business-unit sales incentive plans in partnership with Sales leadership.
• Produce and enhance financial reporting packages for the business-unit and category leadership teams.
• Develop and monitor performance indicators; identify trends and analyze unexpected variances in revenue, margin, operating expenses, and other key financial statement items.
• Contribute to monthly and quarterly business-unit review presentations.
• Develop and refine forecast-accuracy metrics at business-unit and product-category levels.
• Review actual performance monthly and provide commentary for business units.
• Provide monthly and quarterly business-unit outlooks.
• Support and drive decentralized finance activities from business units to the segment level, and track benefits from Group-level transformation activities.
• Support Pentair’s data analytics initiative by learning relevant reporting and visualization tools and contributing to dashboard development and data validation.
• Complete special projects supporting the cross-functional WQM team, including Customer Service, Strategy, and Business Development.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• 401(k)
• Employee stock purchase program
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Caregiver leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Wellness programs
• The position may be eligible for an annual incentive bonus and/or long-term incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager