Manager Financial Analysis
Posted on: 7 Dec 2022
St Paul, MN
Job Description
The Manager Financials Analysis I or II plays a key role in the Supply Chain organization for Ecolab Latin America. The primary responsibility is leading a team supporting all aspects of supply chain finance including procurement, manufacturing, and logistics. This position reports to the Director Supply Chain Finance International Markets and is a partner to the Supply Chain and Finance leadership within the LA region. The LA Region consists of 11 manufacturing sites, 44 warehouse locations, ~$1B in sales and ~$0.5B in total delivered costs.
What You Will Do:
You will lead a team of 2 direct reports (procurement finance) and 3 indirect reports (SC Finance)
Enhance existing and develop new reporting and analytics for providing insights into the supply chain owned costs impacting gross margin in areas such as raw materials, production, freight, warehousing, and other costs of sales
Oversee the monthly forecast processes for Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement, and other Supply Chain costs.
Analyze trends due to external factors such as feedstock changes and foreign exchange and internal factors such as volume and mix by market. Review, investigate and report on significant variances. Drive continuous improvement in understanding and transparency.
Partner with procurement and division teams to identify, track, and drive savings opportunities (e.g. net structural savings, gross margin initiatives, pricing)
Drive performance management across manufacturing and logistics networks
Lead and continuously improve the annual budget and standard cost processes for Supply Chain in the region
Facilitate business partnerships with Division Finance, Global Supply Chain finance, Commercial teams, and Procurement through accurate and timely analysis and reporting on SC drivers
Support Oracle Enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation in LA Region as needed
Serve as the main SC Finance contact for the region and provide ad hoc reporting and analysis as necessary
Collaborate with teams outside the LA Region to share best practices and continuously improve
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
Minimum 6+ years of direct accounting or finance experience
Fluency in Spanish or Portuguese and English
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with SAP, JDE, Oracle, Power BI, and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) consolidation tools
Understanding of the company P&L, and how/where Supply Chain can help to drive profitability
Forecasting and budgeting experience
Experience in managing large data sets and data extraction from various systems
Ability to effectively communicate complex information in a succinct and clear manner
A self-motivated and high energy individual that thrives in an environment characterized by growth, change and opportunity.
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Ecolab Inc.
St Paul, MN
Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and energy technologies and services worldwide. The company operates through Global Industrial, Global Institutional, Global Energy, and Other segments. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions primarily to industrial customers within the manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, primary metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, and commercial laundry. The Global Institutional segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, healthcare, government, education, and retail industries. The Global Energy segment offers the process chemicals and water treatment needs of the petroleum and petrochemical industries in upstream and downstream applications under the Nalco Champion name.
This segment also provides additives for drilling and well stimulation, corrosion inhibitors, oil and water separation, scale control, paraffin and asphaltene control, biocides, hydrate control, hydrogen sulfide removal, oil dispersants, foamers and anti-foamers, flow improvers, anti-foulants, crude desalting, monomer inhibitors, anti-oxidants, fuel and lubricant additives, and water treatment.
The Other segment offers pest elimination services to detect, eliminate, and prevent pests, such as rodents and insects in restaurants, food and beverage processors, educational and healthcare facilities, hotels, quick service restaurant and grocery operations, and other institutional and commercial customers.
This segment also produces and sells colloidal silica for binding and polishing applications in semiconductor, catalyst, and aerospace component manufacturing, as well as chemical industries. Ecolab Inc. sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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IndustryScience/Research
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No. of Employees49, 000
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