Ashland-posted 6 months ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Remote • Calvert City, KY
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Manufacturing FP&A Manager to join our Ashland Inc. business. This is an on-site position based at our Calvert City, Kentucky location with the option to work from home 2 days/week. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the Finance function.

  • Provide key decision support and business insight to Operations (manufacturing and supply chain) leadership team and overall Ashland executive leadership team.
  • Optimize the financial reporting process and effectively generate monthly, quarterly and year-end financial statements together with periodic reforecasts and detailed bridges and variance analytics to explain past and projected results.
  • Oversee plant financial operations, lead business planning, assist site manager with expense budgeting, calculate burden rates, and review/adjust allocations and assessments across multiple manufacturing sites.
  • Proactively take on challenges, drive investigative analysis, and implement actions to drive plant efficiencies and optimization.
  • Identify trends and areas for management attention, indicators of business activity, and other analysis and reporting to support executives and senior management.
  • Collaborate with plant management to improve manufacturing processes, identify cost savings opportunities, and increase profitability.
  • Lead economic evaluations of capital projects and other financial models as needed.
  • Participate in special projects.
  • Ad hoc reporting and analysis supporting internal customers as required.
  • BA/BS Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Management.
  • 7-10 years of progressive finance experience, preferably in Cost Accounting, FP&A or Business Analysis with an emphasis in Manufacturing Operations in a complex multi-plant, integrated global business.
  • Strong knowledge of general accounting and financial reporting.
  • Strong analytical skills, financial planning and analysis background.
  • High proficiency in MS Excel is required along with a basic knowledge of SAP, Microsoft PowerBI or similar ERP, analytical query applications.
  • Must demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to work under tight deadlines.
  • Strive for continuous improvement and be highly self-directed.
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally at all levels of the organization.
  • Experience with SAP and/or Qliktech.
  • CPA/ CMA/ MBA a plus.
  • Experience in manufacturing or cost accounting and SAP S4HANA preferred.
  • Industry competitive salary and benefits.
  • Pay-for-performance incentive plans.
  • Dynamic and challenging work environment.
  • Opportunities for development and advancement throughout the global organization.
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