Senior Finance Manager

Element Materials Technology•Plano, TX

About The Position

Element has an opportunity for a Finance Manager to join our growing team. The Senior Finance Manager will be the business partner for Element’s North America IoT Division responsible for maximizing performance of the division driving organic growth through productivity improvements, margin evolution and capital expenditure investments. In addition, leading planning and forecasting activities and managing month-end close and other reporting requirements. Element is a global provider of lab-based Testing, Inspection and Certification services, powering confident decisions in the most highly-regulated industries.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting with a minimum seven (7) years’ experience in accounting and/or finance, with a mix of both preferred.
Strong understanding of accounting and forecasting principles in order to make educated decisions
Demonstrated experience in partnering with a dynamic commercial structure to drive results throughout the revenue process
Experience in budget and forecasting cycles, including preparation and presentation of work products
Experience at a strategic or corporate level in performance monitoring and reporting, strategic and business planning and supporting organizational change
Strong written and oral communication skills, with excellent attention to detail. Ability to interpret, disseminate and present information to a variety of internal and external audiences in a way that informs and influences their decision making
Experience establishing and developing performance monitoring tools and reports for different audiences
Proven ability to think and plan strategically and achieve buy-in from the senior leaders in the organization
Experience working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. Able to work in partnership with people at all levels, demonstrating strong skills in constructive, challenge, facilitation, collaboration, networking and influencing
Strong analytical and organizational skills including the ability to balance and independently manage workload that includes multiple concurrent priorities. Self-motivated, able to set and deliver to deadlines
Advanced MS Office skills (Outlook, Word, Power Point and Excel in particular).
Ability to demonstrate credibility and proven success in driving operational improvement as a value added partner
An emotionally intelligent professional with excellent interpersonal skills and highly developed influencing and communication skills
Comfortable with working as part of a team and able to fit seamlessly into a team environment
Broad commercial understanding with the intellectual capability to develop ideas and translate into workable objectives and plans

Nice To Haves

Experience with OneStream a plus

Responsibilities

Business partnering for Division Director and General Managers through a deep understanding of their business challenges and opportunities
Monitor business performance improvement, challenging the management team through detailed financial analysis and recommendations in areas such as margin and productivity
Production of accurate and meaningful monthly reports and management information, adhering to reporting requirements
Proactively guide, support and challenge the Operational & Commercial teams to enhance performance, share insight and devise both strategic and tactical plans
Lead the ongoing business cycle of budgeting, re-forecasting, monitoring and delivering against targets and timelines for the division
Lead capital expenditure process ensuring timely and quality requests are progressed, expenditure is tracked and financial returns monitored
Play an instrumental role in supporting and evaluating appropriate initiatives to maximize EBITDA
Assure governance of the business including compliance with Element processes, procedures, control environment including delegation of authority framework