FP&A Manager, Resins

Trinseo is a different kind of global materials company - at the intersection of people, technology, and customers. We are a world leader in the production of plastics and latex binders. Our culture is built on passion and innovation.

A career at Trinseo presents a unique opportunity to work in a highly collaborative environment. Helping customers solve their most complex material challenges is the reason we come to work each day. We are seeking innovative thinkers - ready to tackle any challenge and passionate about delivering value.

As a global materials solutions provider focused on delivering innovative and sustainable solutions to our customers, we need people to feel respected and included so they can be more creative, innovative, and successful. We strive to create workplaces that reflect all communities and customers we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. That's why we're fully committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience to drive us forward every day.

About the role:

Under the direction of the Global Finance Leader, the FP&A Manager, Resins will play a critical role in ensuring the financial planning aligns with and supports business objectives by providing actionable insights that drive rigorous and informed decision-making across the Resin business unit with a focus on accountability, quality, timely results, and risk management.

The position will collaborate closely with cross-functional and cross-regional teams, providing valuable recommendations to optimize profitability through productivity and sustainable growth initiatives. This position combines rigorous financial planning with hands-on business partnering and a collaborative mindset throughout the business unit to deliver successful business performance outcomes with speed, accuracy, innovation, and proactive problem solving.

This will be a hybrid position requiring 1-2 days per week at our Bristol, PA plant and some other office visits depending on group meetings as needed.

Develop and manage the end-to-end global business unit's financial planning process for all 3 regions, including annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and analytics in support of the sales & operations planning cycle. Align the financial plans with the overall strategic initiatives and provide actionable insights.
• Extensively partner with the business and functional teams to understand internal and external factors impacting sales and profitability, formulate action plans that address gaps and track its achievement, and implement opportunities to grow business performance, while ensuring forecast assumptions are timely populated with completeness and accuracy.
• Drive the completion of actual and forecast income statements and working capital by region, ensuring data integrity and seamless loading and integration into the reporting system.
• Drive monthly business reviews with the regional business management teams, delivering insightful explanations for major variances between actual results, budget, and forecast, facilitating better decision-making processes and corrective action plans.
• Synthesize actual monthly results across various dimensions as such volume, pricing, cost, variable margin, and fixed cost in comprehensive reports, and developing recommendations for improving business performance.
• Spearhead the preparation and monitoring of business excellence and synergy initiatives, encompassing areas such a new business development, new product innovation, commercial excellence, and business KPI dashboards.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and analytical capabilities in concert with the data input and analysis.
• Lead ad hoc project financial analysis and valuation to support strategic business initiatives and business development opportunities, providing valuable insights for decision making processes
• Ensure the integrity of historical financials and related profitability analysis by segment and customer, acting as both a steward and creator of value through business and finance strategies.
• Acting as both a steward of value and a creator of value by aligning business and finance strategy by managing financial performance through management reporting and business analytics.

• Bachelor's in Business Management / Finance / Accounting (Masters/MBA/CPA/CFA preferred)
• 10 years' of progressive experience in financial and business analysis and planning, as well as cost accounting
• Manufacturing company experience required
• Strong proficiency in financial systems and tools (Data Warehouse, SAP, BI tools, advanced Excel)
• Experience coordinating independent teams within Finance and service providers toward timely and quality deliverables
• Chemical industry experience preferred
• Attention to detail while understanding the big picture
• Financial accounting
• Business acumen
• Ownership and accountability
• People leadership & relationship building
• International management
• Economic evaluation
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Strong analytical ability
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Expertise in Excel and PowerPoint
• Attention to detail
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to recognize issues and proactively address them

Equity and Inclusion
With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives, experiences and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day. Race, gender, ethnicity, country of origin, age, personal style, sexual orientation, physical ability, religion, work and life experiences and many more factors contribute to this diversity. We welcome all applicants, regardless of their backgrounds, and are committed to a fair and inclusive hiring process.

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