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At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers
GENERAL RESPONISIBILITIES:
This role will be the key finance decision support leader for the North America Go to Market strategy focused on supporting the 3 key channels (Direct, Key Accounts and Distribution) encompassing Equipment, Service & Parts & Consumable business.
The role will require the management and development of 4 direct reports
Provide the VP North America Sales and Channel Leaders with effective financial reporting, actionable information, analysis of past performance, and insights into key drivers of future performance, to enhance decision-making and budget management
Lead forecast, month-end financial reporting, and AOP process for North America Sales & Service organization by Channel, Area, Product and Customer.
Work closely with the Sales & Service organization to understand strategies, priorities, cost drivers, and benefits.
Support the North America sales organization to understand strategies, pricing, compensation models, rebates/discount schemes
Provide financial analysis support for business cases and investments with post implementation audits to track performance.
Provide analysis of key operational drivers to support financial analysis.
Deliver detailed gross and operating margin reporting on monthly basis.
Develop a strong collaboration with Sales Operations and Plant Operations to develop a transparent and more informative order to delivery communication model.
Develop strong working relationship with Marketing organization to ensure alignment and tracking of marketing initiatives implemented to support the sales organization.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s Degree with accounting or finance major. MBA a plus.
5 plus years of progressive finance experience primarily gained within Financial Planning, Operations Finance or Commercial Finance environment
Strong systems and technical knowledge preferably with SAP.
Advanced proficiency with Excel along with knowledge and experience with other management reporting applications
Strong process mindset. Lean Six Sigma certification a plus.
REQUIRED INTERPERSONAL & BEHAVIORAL SKILLS: In addition to the General Responsibilities, the following are requisite interpersonal and behavior skills of the position as well as:
Proactive and hands on individual who can operate at the highest professional and ethical standards at all time
Strong problem-solver.
Ability to concentrate on tasks, make decisions and work calmly and effectively in a high-pressure, deadline oriented environment.
Willingness to be flexible with time and adjust to a changing work environment.
Ability to build and maintain positive relationships, while maintaining a client service orientation.
Consistent attendance either onsite or remotely as needed by the business.
Ability to take direction and accept supervision.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, organize and accurately prioritize work, be detail-oriented, understand when urgency is required and use good judgment in varied situations.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, military service, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information (including family medical history), marital status, gender identity or expression, parental status, political or any other non-merit based factors protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.
