Commercial Finance Manager, Graphics

Avery Dennison•Mentor, OH

23h•Onsite

About The Position

As a key member of the LGM-NA finance team, the Commercial Finance Manager role serves as a key business partner to the Graphics organization, residing on the Graphics NA leadership team. This individual has full financial ownership for a key business segment within the Avery Dennison portfolio and is tasked with driving long-term value creation for the company. With one direct report, the day-to-day activities involve managing and prioritizing the tasks of the team, supporting career growth and development, and providing strategic, proactive business partnership to the cross-functional business teams. This role will have a heavier focus towards commercial finance during activities such as AOP, strategic planning, and monthly forecasting/R&O/close, but is also responsible for driving the long-term commercial rebate and pricing strategy with the pricing team.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting is required.
Minimum of 7 years of financial experience is required.
Experience in Financial Planning & Analysis – either at a Corporate, Divisional or Site level, including leading an annual operating plan.

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred
Experience in Graphics commercial (marketing or sales) strongly preferred
Manufacturing environment preferred
Experience managing and developing talent is preferred.
Mainstream ERP and financial systems (HFM, Oracle BI) experience preferred
Superior communication skills and ability to articulate business results & opportunities
Attention to detail (excellent analytic skill)
Fundamental intellectual curiosity and ability to anticipate the next question
Proven ability to collaborate across divisions and functions
Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize/re-prioritize workload (individually and for team/direct reports) to meet deadlines in dynamic business conditions
Desire to learn continuously and take initiative to act on data/intuition; provide proactive insights that drive action and execution, leading to results
Experience supporting functional leadership (Operations, Sales, and/or Marketing)

Responsibilities

Provide proactive financial and analytical leadership to the Graphics team, including short and long-term growth opportunity assessment, product/customer profitability analysis, business review support, investment/return analysis, compensation strategy insights & plan execution, as well as ad-hoc analysis that generates clear and actionable insight.
Full ownership of the Graphics financial results, ensuring consistent and accurate data flow, while bringing meaningful insights and analytics to the team.
Responsible for providing analytical insight across the entire P&L (top-line, manufacturing costs, SG&A expense) and Balance Sheet, continuing to drive incremental EVA for the company.
Accountable for timely and accurate daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly Graphics reporting diagnostics such as daily sales/order reporting, weekly sales analysis, pricing analytics (inc. Price-Volume-Mix analysis), product line & sales territory reporting, and full financial variance analysis.
Lead the coordination and execution of R&O process, monthly rolling forecast, quarterly forecast, and annual plan for the Graphics organization, including process improvements as we continue to drive improved visibility to this key segment of our business.
Drive continuous improvements across all processes, including optimization and oversight of Graphics BI reporting strategy.
Drive reporting improvements and work to utilize new capabilities of Oracle BI tools.
Continue to hone product line profitability analysis to improve understanding of business performance.
Work with appropriate functional teams to allocate resources and eliminate issues.
Identify and leverage best practices.
Develop, and retain a talented pool of employees, creating a solid succession pipeline.
Establish individual performance objectives for team members and manage their job performance.
Support activities related to Graphics-NA compliance initiatives and policies (SOX, Trade Compliance, External & Internal Audit, etc).
Identify compliance gaps and coordinate resolution activities with compliance teams.
Ensure all required deadlines are met and respond quickly to all follow-up questions.
Provide meaningful analysis to explain variances and other audit requirements as necessary.