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Finance Manager

Employer
Ecolab
Location
Saint Paul
Salary
Competitive

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The Financial Analysis Manager I - Procurement Finance position is a key role within the North America (NA) Supply Chain Finance organization. This manager role's primary responsibilities are leading the monthly accounting, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting for North America Procurement-related costing and variation. The role interacts with Global and Regional Procurement, as well as Division Finance and Supply Chain leaderships to deliver accurate and timely analysis and reporting to support actions, as well as savings initiatives. The position has a direct report and is a part of a broader NA Supply Chain Finance team that focuses on improving processes and adding value to the businesses, while looking for opportunities to increase the company's earnings. Expected travel required up to 10% to support NA initiatives.

What You Will Do:
  • Manages monthly reporting, forecasting, and analysis, including purchase price variation (PPV) and Year-over-Year cost changes for both the US and Canada
  • Facilitates business partnerships through direct communications with Division Finance and Global Supply Chain finance around materials variance analysis, forecasting and Rate-Volume-Mix analysis
  • Oversees a variety of company's cost and inventory system updates (SAP) specific to procured materials, inbound freight, and 3rd party manufactured goods
  • Responsible for managing overall materials cost and PPV budgeting process, as well as supporting overall product cost standards budget analysis
  • Manages the coordination of the annual frozen standard cost roll process for in conjunction with his team and all functional areas, including IT
  • Interacts and participates with global and regional Procurement Finance teams to drive harmonization and process improvement
  • Leads ad-hoc projects and is business partner to NA Procurement function, including driving Net Structural Savings agenda, including focus areas of inbound freight, 3rd party contract manufacturing and internal cross-supply arrangements
  • Works extensively with Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and SQL databases as well as Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) consolidation tools expanding to SAP and Business Information (BI) data warehouses.


Location: St. Paul, MN or Naperville, IL

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
  • Minimum 7+ years of direct accounting or finance experience
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Access


Preferred Qualifications:
  • CPA and/or MBA
  • Forecasting and budgeting experience
  • Experience managing people and/or leading small teams
  • Experience with SAP and BI data warehouses
  • Experience with Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) consolidation tools (Planning, GSI, GSC)
  • Strong organizational, communication and team-building skills, coupled with the ability to work independently
  • Strong accounting and financial aptitude
  • Strong detail orientation


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Benefits

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US Federal Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate

Due to legal requirements applicable to federal contractors, applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated (i.e., 14 days past the final dose of a COVID-19 vaccine regimen) and provide proof of vaccination prior to their start date unless a religious or medical accommodation is requested by the applicant and approved by Ecolab.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Ecolab will provide reasonable accommodation (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with our application process upon request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require accommodation assistance in this application process, please call Ecolab Recruiting Support at for assistance.

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