Bunzl Hiring for Finance Manager Job at Morton Grove, IL Full Time

HYBRID WORK OPPORTUNITY!!!

At Bunzl, We Put People First.

• Bunzl was recognized as one of Forbes 2022 America’s Best Mid-Sized Employers.
• Bunzl is a global company that offers job stability and career growth.
• A full range of great benefits including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), educational assistance and much more to help employees take care of themselves and their family.
• A proud commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives driving awareness and creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture.
• A green company with specific programs to enhance and upgrade our business practices and procedures to reduce any harmful effects our activities have on our planet.

The Finance Manager will be responsible for providing financial expertise, business support and oversight for a designated business are to assist in achieving the key objectives. Guides management on financial-related matters and decisions. Manages daily financial inquires for designated business areas. Contributes to the development and implementation of business team priorities by participating in joint issue identification, analysis, and resolution.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business management to maintain a strong understanding of the key business drivers of the assigned area, specific business processes and priorities, and future strategic direction of the assigned area.
• Collaborate with business management and support teams to ensure strong execution, delivery of customer value and positive business results.
• Develop and foster a cross-functional team approach, providing financial management support to all levels of the business team.
• Lead the preparation of the financial forecasts and budgets, including the identification/quantification of risks and opportunities; involves facilitating the negotiation and agreement of key operational metrics and inputs.
• Perform periodic analyses of variances as compared to plan, forecast and prior periods. Prepares presentations and documentation of budget and forecast information.
• Address issues with appropriate teams to develop plan of action. Identifies opportunities to improve processes and practices. Works with business and functional teams to develop consistent management reporting and processes.
• Support monthly reviews and periodic business planning sessions. Involves evaluating financial and operational results, monitoring data, and contributing to the development of key initiatives.
• Identify and analyzes various investments and substantiates rationale for projects through business case developments.
• Directly manage team members including hiring, developing, motivating, and instructing people as they work, and manages teams indirectly across client and operational organizations (including assisting in the development, training, and assignment of work/projects to other members of the team).
• Participate in medium term and strategic planning for the assigned business area.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of experience in an analytical role in finance, accounting, business management, quantitative analysis, or economics
• At least 2 years of experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve issues and problems.
• At least 2 years of experience in applying analytics principles (Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Business Management, Economics or Finance).
• At least 2 years of experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
• Experience working as the financial liaison on a business team.
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
• At least 1 year of experience of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to 5% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

So, what are you waiting for? A new career awaits you with endless opportunities.

Bunzl is a global leader in the Cleaning & Hygiene, Food Processing, Grocery, Health Care, Non-Food Retail, and Safety industries. We have grown both organically and through acquisitions to sales in excess of $10 billion. Bunzl North America is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Bunzl North America owns and operates more than 100 warehouses and serves all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and parts of the Caribbean and Mexico. With more than 5,000 employees and 400,000 plus supplies, Bunzl is regarded as a leading supplier in North America.

Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full range of benefits including a 401k with a company match.

Bunzl Distribution has a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity. It is the established policy to attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status as provided by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)