Director, Corporate FP&A

Great opportunity to make and impact to work for a leading, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our daily lives from life-saving medicines and vitamins to hand sanitizers and industrial materials used for cleaning, construction, and more

Director, Corporate FP&A:

The Director – Corporate FP&A supports the CFO, SVP Global FP&A, and VP Strategic Planning to deliver consolidated forecasting, reporting, and business analysis with integrity. This position designs and administers the process, consolidation, and review of the Global Forecast, Budget, Strategy, and Management Reporting.

The position is responsible for:

• Working across global finance teams and functional leaders to deliver key business insights and analysis to Excom, ownership, and the board of directors, including business results, outlook, M&A, and costs.
• Partners with finance-technology teams on use of forecasting tools across field FP&A teams.
• Partners with Executive Committee members and their direct reports on critical initiatives.
• Collaborate with multiple local and international teams, including Finance Leadership functions (business development, Tax, and Controllership), identify key drivers of success, and meet deadlines while living the mission and values of Univar Solutions. This position reports to the VP Finance – Strategic Planning.

Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting from fully accredited four year institution is required
• Minimum 8 years of relevant Business, Finance, and/or Accounting experience (CPA/MBA a plus) in addition to working for a Fortune 500 would be great.
• Minimum 5 years of report writing/development from multidimensional databases
• Extensive experience with Enterprise Finance Systems (Onestream, SAP)
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate with and influence executive and finance leadership
• Past experience working in a multi-cultural and global environment preferred

Where You'll Work:

• This is a hybrid based role that will report out of Downers Grove, IL or Webster, TX.

This job description is a complete list of all desired skills but not all are required. We strongly encourage candidates who have some of the skills to apply. We look forward to a conversation to learn more about you!