Senior Finance Manager

Are you an Accounting or Finance professional who is passionate about helping businesses achieve their financial potential and looking for an opportunity to grow your career? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

We are seeking a dedicated Senior Finance Manager – Financial Planning and Analysis to join our team at Appleton Group’s Global Headquarters in Rosemont, IL.

This role offers an outstanding opportunity to lead our FP&A Department and the company’s financial quarterly forecast, annual budgeting process, and long-term financial planning process for the global business.

In this role, you will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer.

 If you are ready to expand your professional experiences and grow professionally with a thriving organization, we invite you to become a valued member of our team!

 In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be: 


* Provide financial consulting and strategic support to senior management including preparing board presentations, financial presentations, capital expenditure analysis, industry/peer group comparisons, new business opportunities, acquisition analysis and other projects requested by senior management. 


* Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, and asset management 


* Supervise performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance 


* Lead and be responsible for the FP&A team and provide mentorship to the world area finance leaders for Appleton Group


* Lead all aspects of and handle the continued development of budgeting, financial forecasting, operating plan, and modeling tools 


* Conduct ad-hoc reporting and analysis along with quarterly and monthly financial reports 


* Develop financial models and analysis to support critical initiatives 


* Analyze sophisticated financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision-making purposes 


* Drive the advancement of business intelligence and intelligent automation initiatives within the finance function as well as serving as the Finance Champion for Corporation wide finance programs for the overall business


* Support the Senior Management Team and Department heads with in-depth analysis

Who You Are:

You follow through on commitments and show consistency between words and actions.

You focus efforts on continuous improvement; and have a knack for identifying and seizing opportunities for alignment and integration.

You deal constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes.

You push yourself to exceed goals successfully while also helping others achieve results. 

For This Role, You Will Need: 


* Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required; CPA or equivalent/MBA 


* Relevant years of progressive experience in a corporate or divisional accounting and repor...