Mgr, Finance Business Partner

Newell Brands•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Manager, Brand Cost Finance reports to the Senior Manager, Brand Cost S&OP and serves as a finance partner to Supply Planning, Regional Finance, Corporate Accounting, and other cross-functional teams. The role leads global processes for inventory forecasting, S&OP finance support, excess and obsolete inventory governance, Accounts Payable forecasting, and related reporting and analysis. The Manager drives forecast accuracy, oversees centralized planning submissions and system loads, strengthens financial controls, and turns complex operational and financial data into clear leadership insights. Success requires technical finance capabilities, process ownership, cross-functional influence, and a continuous-improvement mindset in a fast-paced, flexible, highly matrixed environment. The role also manages recurring deadlines, resolves data and process issues, influences stakeholders across functions and regions, and leads through change.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance.
3–5 years of experience in finance or accounting.
Demonstrated record of continued career progression across broader, challenging roles.
Strong working knowledge of Excel and Power BI tools, including data transformation, reconciliation, and process automation.
Ability to take responsibility for delivering outcomes, act as a self-starter, and work independently.
Ability to build relationships and influence people across all levels in a matrix organization.
Comfort working with and influencing senior leaders.
Ability to assess risks and opportunities within complex business situations.
Action-oriented, resilient, curious, flexible, positive, and collaborative approach.
Strong project- and change-management capabilities, including process design, documentation, stakeholder alignment, training, implementation, and adoption.

Nice To Haves

Finance or accounting experience in a Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) environment, preferably with working capital experience.
Significant experience with SAP and Hyperion.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end centralized global inventory forecasting process, including submission governance, consolidation, validation, NBPlan load execution, regional financial-adjustment coordination, reconciliation, and executive reporting.
Partner with Supply Planning and Finance stakeholders to translate demand, supply, capacity, sourcing, and inventory assumptions into financial forecasts, scenario analyses, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
Develop and apply structured forecast pressure testing across DIO, implied purchases, inventory trends, capitalized variances, gross E&O, reserve rates, in-transit inventory, and other operational and financial drivers.
Support improvement in AP forecast accuracy, where applicable, including developing AP forecasting tools and loading forecasts into Hyperion.
Co-lead global E&O financial governance, including gross E&O and reserve forecasting, reporting standardization, dashboard development, data validation, process controls, and alignment with Brand Finance and Corporate Accounting.
Lead development and standardization of scalable Accounts Payable forecasting methodologies incorporating supplier terms, purchasing patterns, GR/IR, in-transit accruals, freight, business seasonality, and SAP and non-SAP data.
Deliver concise, executive-ready commentary and decision support explaining actual, forecast, and budget variances, including operational drivers, financial implications, risks, and opportunities.
Develop scalable analytical tools, dashboards, automation, and AI-enabled solutions to improve forecast accuracy, strengthen controls, reduce manual effort, and enhance financial visibility.
Lead global process-improvement and change-management initiatives, including standardized templates, calendars, roles and responsibilities, training materials, communication plans, and cross-functional ways of working.
Lead and develop finance team members through objective setting, coaching, feedback, technical development, workload prioritization, and ongoing capability building.
Support broader Brand Cost Finance initiatives, special projects, and ad hoc financial analysis as needed.