Westlake
Sr. Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis
US - Houston, TX · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 9 days ago
Data AnalysisComplianceFinancial ModelingAccountingForecastingBudgetingExcelSAPFP&ALeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingInternal AuditVariance Analysis
About the role
- Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- WORK ENVIRONMENT The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate as normally based in an office.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and communicate budgets, forecasts, financial reports, operational analyses, and executive-level presentation packages
- Partner closely with Commercial Operations to provide analytical support on sales performance, pricing strategies, margins, and profitability initiatives.
- Assess product, customer, and channel profitability and provide recommendations to commercial leadership to support growth and margin expansion.
- Manage all sales related commission processes.
- Collaborate with Pricing team on rebate program management.
- Develop EBITDA bridges, variance analyses, financial commentaries, and management insights explaining results against budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.
- Support strategic initiatives by developing business cases, financial models, investment analyses, and recommendations for leadership decision-making.
- Develop and enhance financial models, dashboards, and reporting tools utilizing advanced analytics and visualization technologies.
- Reporting directly to the Roofing & Stone Division Controller, this role serves as a key finance business partner to the leadership team.
- This role will provide strategic financial insights, drive planning & forecasting processes, and support profitable growth across our manufacturing operations.
Requirements
- B.S. in Finance or Accounting or a related field is required.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in FP&A with solid track record in a manufacturing environment, with a deep understanding of operational drivers is required.
- Prior people management experience is required.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience in operational analysis and variance reporting.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit
- The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch.
- Some of the work may be required in the operating units which can require usage of required PPE including safety glasses, hearing protection, etc.
- Advanced excel skills including complex financial modeling and data analysis
- Expert using HFM, Onstream or BPC
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
Nice to have
- An advanced degree in Finance/Accounting and/or certification (CPA, CMA, or MBA) is highly preferred
- Costing Accounting background preferred.
- SAP, JDE and PBI experience is a plus.
Compensation
- Lead the annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, strategic planning, and financial consolidation processes across the division.
- Prepare and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews, including sales reviews, plants' reviews, Division business review and corporate presentations.
Benefits
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Equal opportunity
- Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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