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Form of work H.B. Fuller is a leading global adhesives provider focusing on perfecting adhesives, sealants and other specialty chemicals across all industries throughout the world. While our products are virtually invisible, they play a vital role in ensuring the quality of modern life and we are committed to connecting what matters to solve some of the world's biggest adhesion challenges.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Your primary objective is to support Australia and New Zealand, contributing to the development and implementation of overall business strategy and the day-to-day operations of the business. The role also ensures the optimization of business financial results by proactively monitoring financial trends, performance metrics and responding with value-added analysis to facilitate decision making. Specific activities may also include development, implementation and continuous improvement of financial processes, systems, and internal controls as well as business cases preparation for strategic investments.
You report directly to the International Growth Market Finance Director and indirectly to the regional General Manager.
PRIMARY DUTIES
1. Finance Business Partnering (45%)
Provide monthly performance overviews, variance analysis and signal key trends, risks, and opportunities to the leadership team to allow commercial leadership team to make informed and prudent business decisions to improve the financial performance of the business unit / region.
Deliver comprehensive analysis of the financial results of the business unit / region following each reporting period so that the leadership team is clear about the status of the business (what is going well, what is not going well, and why), comparisons relative to budget, prior year, and previous period.
Give ad hoc support to the requirements of the business; Commercial contract support - key point person to initiate and execute all commercial contracts (supply, consignment, equipment, rebate, index, etc.); collaborate with sales organization, legal group, credit department, and others as necessary.
2. Forecasting, Budgeting, and Strategic Planning Support (25%)
Collaborate with business leadership teams to develop a financial outlook (forecast) for each business unit supported (updated monthly/quarterly); focus on outlook accuracy and determining the most likely scenario for the balance of the year; outlook should factor in changes in raw material costs, pricing actions, new business closes, changes in end-market conditions, etc.
Collaborate with business leadership team to develop a financial budget for each business unit supported (in conjunction with FP&A); ensuring the team understands where and how the business unit is expected to grow (price, new business, erosion, market growth, etc.); committing with the business unit leader to deliver the budget every year
Assist General Manager with building their 5-year Strategic Plan.
3. Operational and Business Reviews (15%)
Evaluate business performance to ensure consistency with business unit long-term strategic plan and the overall corporate strategy.
Provide data analysis for business unit / regional leadership team to assist in determining the root causes for metrics that are not meeting plan; collaborate with the leadership team to develop detailed countermeasure plan, e.g., Price increase.
Provide regular reviews of all critical initiatives that support achievement of current year financial plan.
Develop financial models for specific situations and purposes, e.g., customer profitability, manufacturing arbitrage, and capital expenditures to provide support for decision-making.
4. Projects and other special assignments (15%)
Support critical business projects and programs, as required by the General Manager and Finance Director.
Create modeling to enable the financial evaluation of special projects/circumstances facing the business.
Coordinate among peers to standardize and improve business processes, tools, and templates. Ensure commercial team understand and follow key control and operational processes.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
BA or BS degree with strong background in finance/accounting/business management discipline.
Hands on Commercial and/or Supply/Operations experience would be an added advantage.
At least 9 years of experience in finance or accounting (FP&A, Accounting, Corporate Finance, Commercial Finance, Internal Audit)
Highly proficient in the use of the Microsoft office tools, notably Excel and PowerPoint and affinity for analytic tools.
International experience, ideally working and living in different cultural and business environments.
At H.B. Fuller, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to providing all applicants and employees with equal employment opportunity. We subscribe to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) policy of employing and promoting individuals based on their merits, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status, or any other protected classification.
