Manager, Finance at Avient in Avon Lake, OH

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

• Partners with the Finance Director to provide leadership to ensure the profitability of business activities with Pricing, Purchasing, Credit and other key functional areas to create accurate and timely reporting of business results. This includes leading the preparation of monthly/quarterly reporting and business review packages for senior business leaders. 
• Clearly communicates results, issues, trends and all other relevant financial issues to Management, including Executive staff. 
• Guides the general manager and business team leaders in decision making and actions, on a day-to-day basis as well as on a forecasting/planning basis. 
• Completes annual and longer-range plans for the business. 
• Develops, introduces and implements financial tools that drive key business metrics (margin management, freight costs, contract terms, inventory management, etc.). 
• Acts as a liaison between business team and Corporate Finance functions, including leading implementation of new or revised reporting requirements. 
• Special projects as assigned. 

Scope

This position interacts regularly with the Business Unit Executive Management team. 

Other

Typically reports to Director, Finance or equivalent. This position may supervise 1 to 2 Finance Analysts.