Finance Manager

Your Job

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is seeking a Finance Manager, reporting to the Finance Director, Projects & Services.

This role creates value by improving business outcomes as key finance leader within Koch Technology Solutions (KTS) and by building close relationships with business leaders that allow for good understanding of business priorities and actionable insights.

The successful candidate will be a change agent, championing transformation by defining what good looks like, creating clear bets, measures and roadmaps to close gaps.

The successful candidate will further motivate stakeholders to constantly improve results by more fully applying Principle Based Management (PBM).

The role will be based in Wichita, KS and is eligible for relocation assistance.

What You Will Do



* Provide financial leadership and insights into business performance that influences, supports, and increases the speed to business decisions, increases the rate of transformation, informs and guides strategies, and drives prioritization and execution.


* Frame up investment opportunities and develop Knowledge Processes that drive business strategy, enable better and faster decisions, lead to profitable action, and promote accountability.


* Improve the speed to decisions through effective use of PBM and economic thinking.


* Develop processes, systems, and tools that: Deliver a step-change improvement in transparency, availability, and communication of financial results.


* Drive clear understanding of marginal bets and range of outcomes and drive profitability.


* Partner with internal KES/KII capabilities (controller organization, data analytics, risk, etc.) to develop in-depth data analytics and compelling visualizations.


* Actively engage and develop strong relationships with the business leadership team, the commercial and operational teams, the controller organization, and other stakeholders to better understand, anticipate, and meet business needs.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Experience building strong partnerships across multiple facets of an organization such as R&D, Operations and Commercial to better identify gaps and frame/drive priorities to close those gaps effectively.


* Financial modeling experience which includes key driver analysis, economic framing, Business and/or Operations strategies, and innovative approaches to visualization (e.g., EVA, NPV, ROCC, NIAT)


* Progressive growth in financial analysis, strategic planning, business development, business decision support, or related roles with increasing scope and scale


* Economic thinking skills.

Ability to drive application of economic tools/mental models (marginal analysis, DMF/business cases, opportunity cost, risk optimization, capital consumed framework etc.)


* Ability to travel 25% of the time, including international travel

What Will Put You Ahead



* Demonstrated experience in framing and modeling investment and ...