Manager, North America Finance

Xylem•Charlotte, NC

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, North America Finance is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and effectiveness of financial reporting and accounting processes for the North America Dewatering business. Based in Charlotte, NC, this role operates within a hybrid work environment (3 days per week in-office). This role partners closely with the Senior Finance Manager, Operations Leadership, Manufacturing teams, and business leaders to provide financial oversight, support forecasting and planning activities, drive operational insights, and ensure financial data is accurate and scalable in preparation for ongoing ERP transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings a strong accounting and controllership foundation, experience in manufacturing or operational finance environments, advanced SAP knowledge, and the ability to partner effectively across the organization while maintaining strong financial discipline.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance.
Minimum 5 years of progressive finance and accounting experience.
Minimum 4 years of accounting, controllership, or operational finance experience.
Strong understanding of financial statements, month-end close, general accounting, financial controls, and reporting processes.
Experience working within SAP in a finance or accounting capacity.
Experience supporting manufacturing, operations, industrial, or multi-site business environments.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
Proven ability to investigate financial issues, identify root causes, and drive resolution.
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing finance, plant finance, or controller experience.
Experience with inventory accounting, accounts receivable, and working capital management.
ERP implementation, system conversion, or finance transformation experience.
Power BI experience.
Oracle and OneStream experience.
Financial modeling and planning experience.

Responsibilities

Supports the overall branch forecast and budget process through understanding of market trends, revenue, margins, expenses, projects, investments, headcount, etc. ensuring clear understanding of all variances and critical evaluation of input.
Drive business and financial insights into the sales and operations team through data and analytics
Lead and monitor weekly bottoms up sales forecasting across the branch network and partner with management and manufacturing to understand delays and mitigation plans
Support overall coordination and execution of subdivision and branch PL’s and assist management in understanding variances YoY, vs budget, and vs model branch.
Provide weekly status update to senior leadership on financial results and comparisons to latest estimates and forecasts
Work closely with CI Leadership and provide savings guidance guidelines and present Productivity results to Senior Leadership
Support monthly regional business reviews
Implement standard processes and procedures to ensure data integrity and completeness
Ad hoc analysis as needed by management
Assist with month end close
Participate in upcoming ERP implementations