Financial Controller (Clinton Manufacturing Site)

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Your Role: 

As the site’s financial expert, this position will be responsible for financial reporting and financial management of the site including: balance sheet, income statement and financial controls documentation. As one of the senior leaders for the site, the manager will participate in site strategy and other matters contributing to broader site leadership activities and initiatives.  This position will have primary site general manager support responsibility and will lead the business performance portion of monthly reporting to senior Elanco management.

The financial manager is expected to bring financial and business perspective to day-to-day operations by interpreting financial data and presenting pertinent information. 

Your Responsibilities:


* Business planning and Strategic Planning—Develop and implement strategic initiatives.  Work with the Lead Team to forecast near term, end of year, and long-range plan, including developing standard costs, analysis of results and working with hybrid approach of SAP and local books.  Lead the finance team and our business partners in business planning activities including cost center expense planning, developing standard costs, planning absorption and variances, and analysis of results.


* Financial Stewardship—Issuance of financial statements and closing activities.  Maintain strong internal environment ensuring that appropriate controls are in place for all plant site assets and transactions.  Management reporting to provide analysis and explanation of business partner performance.  Deliver the site’s plan commitments through facilitation of the business plan, accountability, focus and influencing decisions and performance.


* Supports all functional leaders on managing their budgets to meet financial targets


* Represents the site at community engagement and/or networking events


* Prepare accurate and timely budgets, including variance reporting, COPS, fixed asset management, month-end and year-end reporting


* Position has a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Site Director- Clinton site, with a direct re...