Finance Manager

• Budget & Financial preparation and reporting.

• Prepares annual budget and quarterly forecasts in conjunction with the General manager with a goal of forecast accuracy.
• Utilize KPI's and plant initiatives to project future plant growth opportunities, encourage going beyond just the traditional product cost.
• Collaboration with Commercial Business leads to challenge and validation of top line revenue expectations.
• The Business Finance and Accounting Leader should be able to effectively communicate the organization's values.
• Creates simplified budget and reporting processes.
• Balances financial and non-financial indicators
• Clearly reports and articulates key impactful items to the business results.
• Serves as a consultant to business partners to help develop action plans for improvement.
• Cost Take out support, review and tracking.
• Strategic Planning (CAPEX)

• Partner with the General Manger on future and long-range Capital needs to sustain and or grow the sites business opportunities.
• Understand competitor strengths and weaknesses.
• Internal Controls

• The Business Finance and Accounting Leader is accountable for overseeing all internal controls and failures of the site
• They ensure decisions are made by those with authority to do so.
• They ensure key processes follow documented company policies.
• They ensure adequate control over the company's local assets and financial reporting.
• They find the right balance between effectiveness in value creation and control efficiency.
• Responsible for optimizing processes through IT improvement and implementation.
• Drive process improvements through the utilization of best practices across the organization.
• Profitability Analysis

• Leverage data systems to provide ongoing customer profitability analysis to help catch and correct margin erosion.
• Facilitate open discussion among business leaders on how to drive more margin through volume, price or operational changes.
• Accounting

• Actively review and validate plant WIP, Finished Goods and raw materials values.
• Creation and/or review of site monthly Journal Entries
• Review P&L accounts for the necessary reclassification of costs.
• Facilitate and assist with plant inventory counts, count verifications and reconciliation processes.
• Other tasks as deemed necessary
• Working Capital/ Cash flow monitoring

• Serve as the facilitator to their business partners on decision making processes that drive working capital improvements or that prevent negative impacts.
• Ad Hoc Analysis
• Plant Comps in performance to other “like” plants or businesses
• Profitability Improvement programs if the plant is on an improvement plan
• Compiling and Delivering Plant visit decks to Senior leadership during onsite or Teams meetings.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance or Business Administration; CPA and/or MBA preferred.
• Finance career progression in corporate/operations finance with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience in the paper and packaging industry or another manufacturing or operations environment is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing and exerting influence on diverse teams, with full responsibility for hiring, development and performance management.
• Strong analytical ability/perspective required along with willingness to dive into the details.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated experience as a business partner to operational leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Must be a self-starter and completely self-directed, with a passion for continuous improvement and ambition to continue to grow to greater levels of responsibility.
• Strong PC skills in Knowledge of AS400, BPCS, Radius, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, pivot tables and data mining. Prior Hyperion experience is desired.

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

WestRock