What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Manager position at Avient?
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Job Summary
The Finance Manager – Fiber-Line is a critical role on the business unit team. This global, broad-ranging position is responsible for the integrity of profitability in the business, as well as all financial planning and reporting. This position exists to guide the decision-making processes and positively impact the financial results of the business, while ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals.
Essential Functions
Partners with the Specialty Engineered Materials (SEM) Finance Director to provide leadership to ensure the profitability of business activities with pricing, purchasing, credit and other key functional areas to create accurate and timely reporting of business results. This includes leading the preparation of monthly/quarterly reporting and business review packages for senior business leaders.
Clearly communicates results, issues, trends and all other relevant financial issues to Management, including Executive staff and business partners.
- Effectively partners with the Fiber-Line general manager and business team leaders in decision making and actions, on a day-to-day basis as well as on a forecasting/planning basis.
- Completes annual and longer-range plans for the business.
- Develops, introduces and implements financial tools that drive key business metrics (margin management, freight costs, contract terms, inventory management, etc.).
- Acts as a liaison between business team and Corporate Finance functions, including leading implementation of new or revised reporting requirements.
- Special projects and further business integration as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field required
- Minimum 5 years' experience in the following areas: Financial systems, financial reporting, and financial principles
Additional Qualifications
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication abilities
- Time management and prioritization skills
- Ability to work collaboratively and form a strong partnership with the business
- Microsoft Office suite experience preferred
- Hyperion Financial Management experience preferred
- SAP experience preferred
- Tableau experience preferred
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We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.
By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.
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