Yankee Candle Hiring for Finance Manager at Norwalk, Connecticut Full Time

Position : Finance Manager

Reports to : Director, Financial Planning

Organization : Corporate Supply Chain Finance

Location : Norwalk, CT / Atlanta, GA / Huntersville, NC

The Finance Manager functions as a business support lead to the Enterprise Procurement team for Newell Brands. Core activities include analytical efforts associated with understanding strategic decision support, pricing, supporting the monthly financial close, and cost reduction monitoring.

Works closely with sourced finished goods sourcing team, segment finance, and other key stakeholders to understand issues and how they impact the financial results as well as communicate with senior management.

The Finance Manager key responsibilities are as follows :

Monitor Material pricing and variance accounts for Sourced Finished Goods and Duties.

Prepare month end analysis of cost by product category.

Assist with annual cost standard setting process

Prepare journal entries for month end financial close.

Work with segment finance to provide accurate cost and variance forecasts

Perform make vs. buy analyses to support cross functional corporate and segment work streams.

Recommend, implement and monitor process improvements for the supply chain finance team.

Support internal and external audits.

Provide career development / coaching and mentoring to finance analysts

Provide strong leadership and communication to the business

Perform other related duties as assigned or indicated by responsibilities

Qualifications :

Analysis, Accounting experience (7-10 years) able to demonstrate with examples.

A Bachelor’s or MBA from an accredited institution

An ability to work with people at all levels of an organization and in a variety of disciplines

Strong Computer Skills with advanced to Expert level in Excel

Standard Cost Knowledge & Experience

Financial Analysis & Modeling Experience

Works Well in Teams – Strong communication skills

Proactive Team Player

Continuous Improvement Change agent

Cost Accounting experience

Preferred Qualifications :

SAP experience, a plus

Hyperion experience, a plus

Power BI experience, a plus