Sr Financial Analyst

Ecolab•Bedford Park, IL

7d•$85,900 - $128,900•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst supports the financial and operational performance and strategic business decisions for our manufacturing sites. This individual will provide supply chain finance leadership to one of the Ecolab North America plants. This role reports into a Sr. Finance Manager of Manufacturing and is part of a team supporting multiple facilities. The North America manufacturing team consists of 27 plants representing $600M in annual spend and key priorities include safety, quality, maintaining strong service levels to our customers, and driving productivity improvements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
5 years of experience in finance and/or accounting
Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, CMA
2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
2 years of experience in cost accounting
Proficiency in SAP, PowerBI, Hyperion, Blackline
TPM/Lean/Six Sigma knowledge and Green or Black Belt certification
Strong change management skill set and leadership capability
Strong understanding of accounting concepts and practices
Demonstrated ability to drive financial performance, influence management, and lead change
Demonstrated history of process improvement, project management, and critical thinking.
Strong agility in learning and operating in system/data environments to drive efficiency in process and decision support
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including Excel and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

Drive financial performance management, including monthly closing, adhoc reporting/analytics, monthly forecasts, and annual budgets
Leverage new reporting and forecasting tools to provide new insights and create efficiencies in existing processes
Prepare cost accounting analysis and maintain strong internal financial controls, ensuring compliance with SOX requirements
Lead annual standard costing updates for the site
Identify savings opportunities and return on investment, improve financial processes through automation and redesign
Partner with other Supply Chain teams across North America
Support capital investments to ensure appropriate return on investments
Support building a TPM Loss reduction culture that drives financial accountability and ownership throughout all levels of the organization
Act as a Financial Business Partner focused on driving strong financial acumen and decision support that results in financial metric improvement and profitable growth. Key business partners will be the plant manager and other plant leaderships
Drive tools and analytics locally to help business partners with areas of opportunity to improve costs and understand how projects/actions translate financially
Maintain a culture focused on policy adherence and financial controls to ensure appropriate monitoring of operations financially. Assure policies are being followed in accordance with SOX, GAAP, and Corporate Policy
Manage all accounting procedures related to operations (e.g., G/L maintenance, accruals, expense charge-off, journal entry preparation, payroll processing, capital equipment authorization, asset management, and inventory control including inventory reconciliations)
Support network-wide improvements by leading standard work and process development across the North America network focused on simplification and efficiency with leveraging shared services, consistent analytical tools, and metrics