Newell Brands Hiring for Sr. Manager, Finance Job at Atlanta, GA Full Time

*Preferred Internal Candidate*

Seeking senior financial manager to support and drive profitable growth in Newell’s Food Business Unit.

General Responsibilities:

• Provide thought leadership and analytical rigor to identify and support profitable growth strategies for the Food BU brand.

• Monthly Close – Provide explanations on key P&L drivers for the month versus forecast, budget and prior year including but not limited to: Customer and Product Volume/Mix, Trade Spend and Advertising and Promotions (A&P)

• Monthly Close – Work with Brand team to accrue Advertising and Promotional spend.

• Monthly Financial Brand Review – Lead full P&L review with cross functional teams.

• Monthly Forecast and Annual Budget – Work closely with Category Strategy Planning, Supply Chain and Brand to support and build bottoms up Customer and Product SKU P&L including the Invoice and Trade Spend, Standard Product Margin and Advertising and Promotion Spend.

• Product Innovation – Support and provide financial and business insight and rigor to new product development launch gate review process.

• Collaborate with brand and operations finance on plant productivity, SKU assortment, material input costs resin specifically for actuals, forecast and scenario planning.

• Provide Customer Profitability insights to Sales, Customer Planning and Brand teams to drive profitable growth and reduce risks.

• Ensure ongoing governance, control, and compliance with both Corporate and External procedures and audits.

• Key financial brand expert for organization including Food Executive Leadership team and Cross Functional teams.

• Foster positive and collaborative relationships within finance team, cross-functional and regional leadership.

• Identify gaps, and lead improvement projects, partnering with key stakeholders

Minimum qualifications for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or a Finance-related field of study (e.g. Accounting, Economics)

• 7-10 years of relevant experience in Finance with progressively increasing levels of responsibility

• Strong business acumen, interpersonal, and both written and verbal communication skills

• Understanding of plant financial operations, accounting and metrics.

• Ability to operate with a Customer-focused mindset to partner and collaborate achieving a common goal with cross functional business partners

• Results driven behavior acting with sense of urgency and with the ability to recommend and make decisions quickly.

• Ability to improve processes and apply continuous improvement-mindset to day to day activities

• Advanced Excel skills, highly analytical and detail oriented

• Comfort with ambiguity and a willingness to work with a high degree of autonomy

• Broad Based Business Acumen (FP&A, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain)

Preferred qualifications for this role:

• MBA or advanced degree preferred

• Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) knowledge

• Hyperion Ad Hoc Query and SAP

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Paper Mate, Sharpie, Dymo, EXPO, Parker, Elmers, Coleman, Marmot, Oster, Sunbeam, FoodSaver, Mr. Coffee, Graco, Baby Jogger, NUK, Calphalon, Rubbermaid, Contigo, First Alert, and Yankee Candle. For hundreds of millions of consumers, Newell Brands makes life better every day, where they live, learn, work and play. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal OpportunityEmployers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.