Business Performance Manager

Castolin Eutectic•Menomonee Falls, WI

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Castolin Eutectic is a global provider of surface protection applications and solutions, focused on extending useful life, reducing maintenance costs, and increasing industrial productivity while upholding sustainability. The company employs a diverse team in over 25 countries. The Senior Financial Analyst – Operations & Business Performance serves as a finance partner to Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Leadership teams. This is a business-oriented analytical role rather than a traditional accounting position, connecting financial results with operational performance and turning analysis into actionable insight. The position covers financial planning and analysis, operational analytics, manufacturing performance, project profitability, cost management, and corporate reporting. The role leads budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning; analyzes financial and operational KPIs; evaluates profitability and cost performance; develops dashboards, models, and business cases; and presents findings to leadership. It also supports ERP and reporting enhancements, reporting automation, data governance, month-end close, cost accounting, inventory valuation, audit and compliance activities, and global finance transformation and process improvement efforts. The position offers hybrid work and alternate work schedules.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, Engineering, or a related field.
5–8 years of progressive experience in FP&A, operational finance, business analytics, corporate finance, manufacturing finance, or business consulting.
Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, engineered products, project-based, service, or B2B environments.
Ability to connect operational performance metrics with financial results.
Strong understanding of P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, and business performance analysis.
Advanced analytical and modeling skills, including the ability to turn large volumes of data into actionable insights.
Experience developing KPIs, dashboards, and management reporting tools.
Strong business acumen and curiosity about how operations drive financial performance.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence leaders at all levels of the organization.
Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP and business intelligence or reporting systems.
Proactive, hands-on approach and comfort working in a lean, fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Power BI, OneStream, SQL, or advanced analytics tools.
Experience in management consulting or advisory services.

Responsibilities

Act as a strategic finance partner to Operations, Sales, Procurement, and Leadership teams.
Provide financial and operational insights to support data-driven decisions.
Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
Translate operational activities and KPIs into financial impact and performance drivers.
Build financial models and scenario analyses for strategic and operational decisions.
Develop business cases for investments, capital expenditures, productivity initiatives, and commercial opportunities.
Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership and corporate stakeholders.
Support monthly business reviews and performance discussions.
Analyze productivity and labor utilization, capacity utilization, equipment downtime and efficiency, manufacturing throughput, inventory performance, on-time delivery, project and service profitability, and working capital metrics.
Identify trends, risks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities across the business.
Create and maintain dashboards, KPI scorecards, and management reporting tools.
Partner with cross-functional teams to improve profitability, productivity, and operational effectiveness.
Support continuous improvement initiatives through data analysis and performance measurement.
Provide fact-based recommendations and challenge assumptions.
Improve data quality, reporting capabilities, and analytics processes.
Analyze P&L performance, including revenue, margins, expenses, and profitability drivers.
Evaluate product, customer, project, and service-line profitability.
Support pricing analysis and margin improvement initiatives.
Prepare monthly financial performance reviews and executive presentations.
Develop rolling forecasts and financial projections.
Monitor cash flow and working capital performance.
Support corporate reporting requirements and strategic initiatives.
Participate in global finance transformation projects and process improvement efforts.
Support ongoing ERP (Infor LN) and reporting system enhancements.
Standardize and automate reporting where possible.
Improve reporting processes, controls, and data governance.
Partner with regional and global finance teams to drive consistency and best practices.
Support audit and compliance activities while maintaining practical and efficient controls.
Support month-end close activities, including selected journal entries and account analysis.
Collaborate with accounting to ensure accurate financial reporting.
Perform cost accounting analysis and monitor manufacturing cost performance.
Analyze production costs, efficiency trends, labor variances, and cost-saving opportunities.
Support inventory valuation and manufacturing performance reporting.