Finance Manager II - Plant Controller

The Finance Manager II in Joliet, IL is a high visibility role that drives the financial performance and strategic business decisions for the largest volume manufacturing site in the world and associated warehouse network. Our Joliet plant is the largest volume producer in the blend supply chain operating 24/7 and supporting multiple divisions, product categories and complex packaging sizes. The Finance Manager will be a key member of the Plant leadership team and the NA Supply Chain Finance leadership team within Ecolab. This individual reports into the Controller of North America Supply Chain Finance who is based in St. Paul, MN.

The Finance Manager role has multiple finance support responsibilities which include procurement, logistics and manufacturing. This individual will have 3 professionals on their team and will be responsible for the monthly closing, adhoc reporting, monthly forecasts, annual budgets including preparation of cost accounting analysis, maintenance of strong internal financial controls including maintaining compliance with SOX requirements, and driving strong performance management across the manufacturing and logistics functions.

A strong candidate will be able to successfully support building a TPM Loss reduction culture that drives financial accountability and ownership throughout all levels of the organization, capital management through identifying savings opportunities and return on investment, improving financial processes through automation and redesign, and being a true partner and coach to the Supply Chain teams across North America.

What You Will Do:

• Financial Business Partner focused on driving strong financial acumen and decision support that results in financial metric improvement and profitable growth.
• Lead and coach team members to ensure they achieve their highest potential and performance through strong development and goal/expectation setting.
• Drive tools and analytics locally to help business partners with areas of opportunity to improve cost down performance and understand how projects/actions translate financially. Lead and support the TPM pillars financially.
• Implement standard work and processes that have clear inputs, outputs, and accountability that drive consensus messaging from the site leadership teams. This includes leading processes around plan, forecast, close, and cost accounting.
• Establish a culture focused on policy adherence and financial controls to ensure we have appropriate monitoring of our operations financially. Assure policies are being followed in accordance with SOX, GAAP and Corporate Policy.
• Manage individually and through their team 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)
• Drive 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field
• 8 years of experience in finance and/or accounting
• Previous supervisory experience
• Ability to travel up to 10% of time
• Strong change management skill set and leadership capability
• Solid 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 numerical aptitude, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong agility in learning and operating in system / data environments to drive efficiency in process and decision support

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA, CPA, CMA
• TPM/Lean/Six Sigma knowledge and Green or Black Belt certification
• 2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• 2 years of experience in cost accounting
• Proficiency in SAP, PowerBI, Hyperion, Blackline

Benefits

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Ecolab, we believe the best teams are diverse and inclusive, and we are on a journey to create a workplace where every associate can grow and achieve their best. We are committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants. We recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement on the basis of individual qualifications and job performance. In all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement, we will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran.

In addition, we are committed to furthering the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) through Affirmative Action (AA). Our goal is to fully utilize minority, female, disabled and covered veteran individuals at all levels of the workforce. Ecolab is a place where you can grow your career, own your future and impact what matters.

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