Senior Manager, Finance (FP&A)

Kraton • The Woodlands, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Finance (FP&A) is a strategic leader and key business partner responsible for driving financial performance, strengthening FP&A capabilities, and influencing decision-making across designated business segments. Based at Kraton’s Global Headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas, the role provides senior-level financial leadership, oversees critical planning processes, and ensures excellence in reporting, analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to maximize organizational value.

Kraton is a global manufacturer of sustainable specialty polymers and biobased pine chemicals. This position works across planning, reporting, governance, leadership communication, and continuous improvement of financial systems and analytics.

Requirements

• More than 10 years of experience.
• Integrated business systems experience.
• High proficiency with personal computer technology and software including Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Power BI, BPC, and SAP.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Champion of Change.
• Priority Setting.
• Results Orientation.
• Customer Focus.
• Strategic Agility.
• Managerial Courage.
• Impact and Influence.
• Data Analytics.
• Financial Performance Analysis.
• Knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS.
• Asset Return Evaluations.
• Financial Indices.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Engineering, or a related degree.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CMA, or CPA.
• International experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting and Long-Range Planning process, ensuring cross-functional alignment, financial rigor, and strategic clarity.
• Direct the monthly forecasting process, including variance analysis, performance analytics, and insights that promote accountability and improved business outcomes.
• Evaluate complex business cases, including profitability strategies, asset viability assessments, and innovation investments, and provide financial recommendations to senior leadership.
• Develop and institutionalize KPI frameworks to enhance profitability, measure strategic progress, and inform executive decision-making.
• Promote standardization and best practices across finance processes to support global consistency, scalability, and organizational efficiency.
• Own the timely consolidation, review, and delivery of monthly Business Review Meeting materials, including business-unit P&L, working capital, and cash flow performance.
• Oversee quarterly MD&A analytics and contribute to Board of Directors reporting.
• Ensure compliance with corporate and local reporting requirements and maintain financial integrity.
• Safeguard data accuracy and enforce financial controls to prevent misstatements and uphold governance expectations.
• Advise senior leadership, including the CFO, business unit heads, and cross-functional executives, by presenting financial results, trends, and recommendations.
• Communicate proactively with stakeholders about events or activities that may affect financial performance, supporting visibility and risk management.
• Provide stewardship over SG&A cost structures, driving efficiency and alignment with strategic priorities.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights on business drivers, risks, opportunities, investments, and operational performance.
• Lead initiatives to improve budgeting, forecasting, and Long-Range Planning processes, optimizing efficiency, accuracy, and analytical capability.
• Advance reporting tools, dashboards, data warehouses, models, and templates to improve financial transparency and decision support.
• Oversee financial controls, advanced analytics, value-added reporting, and performance metrics to support sustained business improvement.

Benefits

• Medical insurance, including TeleDoc, with multiple plans and Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Health Advocate support to help employees understand coverage and answer questions, at no cost.
• Base life insurance coverage paid for by Kraton, with an option for additional coverage.
• 401(k) with matching contributions based on enrollment level.
• Employee Assistance Program provided at no cost.
• Accident, disability, and critical illness insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior