Financial Analysis Manager II - Global Food & Beverage

Ecolab • Saint Paul, MN

5d

About The Position

As a member of the Global Food and Beverage division , the Finance Manager II provides FP&A and Strategic finance support to the Global F&B VP of Finance and Global F&B EVP & GM. This role is responsible for financial planning, reporting and analysis for the Global Food & Beverage Business including but not limited to annual budgeting, mid-year business reviews, monthly forecasting, gross margin analysis, and expense analysis. This position also leads key global business projects and will provide financial support to the Global Marketing/Digital function. This position serves as primary contact and support for the Food & Beverage regional finance teams. This leader will manage two direct reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field
• 7 years of experience in accounting and/or finance
• Ability to travel up to 10% as needed
• Immigration sponsorship not available for this role
• Must be able to support critical deadlines and aggressive reporting schedule
• Superb executive presence, communication skills
• Maintain flexible work schedule to accommodate global business partners (EMEA/APLA conference calls)
• Superb financial, analytical, and problem-solving skills—must be a quick learner and adaptable capable of thinking at a strategic level and translating this into recommendations and actions
• Deep experience in corporate business analysis and planning
• Demonstrated ability to interact and communicate with executives, finance leaders
• Front-line management experience—demonstrated project management and process improvement (LSS) skills
• Superb presentation and written communication skills
• Excellent PC and systems skills (Hyperion, MS Office, SAP, BI)

Nice To Haves

• MBA
• Experience in developing executive-level presentations

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of Global Division budgeting, mid-year business reviews, monthly forecasting, and related analysis and communication.
• Partner with Global Water Group Finance team and region teams to ensure coordination and transparent communication.
• Support the Global Marketing and Digital teams with innovation analysis and reporting.
• Preparation of monthly global reporting including development of the Global Division monthly business review presentation.
• Work closely with Global Division President and leadership team to prepare Annual Plan and Strategic Business review presentations.
• Support regional business analytics (sales growth, pricing, margin, expense and headcount) – including deployment of best practices.
• Execute global benchmarking/financial metrics.
• Spend significant time working with the regional finance teams to improve analytical processes.
• Serve as financial lead for selected business development and functional initiatives.
• Partner closely with global and divisional management to achieve related business objectives.
• Prepare cost center budgets, global allocation schemes and maintain global compensation data.
• Perform special projects to support the business and functions (marketing, R&D) as required.
• Represent Vice President Finance in regional and functional meetings as required.

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees