Position Summary
The Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) function is looking for a highly motivated Financial Analyst to provide global financial planning and analyses for the corporate functions of Sealed Air Corporation. This individual will support a variety of recurring financial processes including the monthly management reporting and variance analysis, the monthly forecasting process, and will be a key contributor to the corporate team's processes, such as supporting the development of the annual operating plan (AOP). As part of the FP&A team, the Financial Analyst will also be required to support special projects and ad hoc analyses as required. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills. He / she can think critically to navigate financial information systems and can simplify information to create clear outputs to support decision-making. The candidate must have effective communication skills with all levels of management and be able to work with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
Major responsibilities for this position include:
- Ensure the integrity of the month-end close process for assigned teams/functions, manage expense accruals, confirm proper accounting treatment for journal entries, and interact closely with the shared services centers and procurement to maintain accurate financials.
- Analyze variances vs. forecast, budget, and prior year. Highlight trends and identify corrective actions and/or opportunities for cost containment. Help drive accountability of the cost center managers through frequent interaction and providing tools for the review of spend to date and forecast.
- Prepare routine (e.g., functional reporting packages, EBITDA bridges, quarter over quarter P&L analytic processes) for all global regions and ad-hoc reporting and analysis to support Global Functions Finance Managers.
- Support the monthly forecast and annual AOP processes for assigned teams/functions. Coordinate, complete updates in financial systems (e.g., Hyperion, SAP, BIA), and consolidate functional results, and present final proposal to leadership.
- Maintain internal controls, GAAP compliant environment: address all audit requests timely and appropriately, perform reconciliations to test adherence, raise due diligence items, as required.
- Track savings initiatives as needed for assigned business functions.
- Continuously identify and implement improvements across all financial processes, focusing on process automation and other repeatable, scalable efficiency efforts.
- Utilize Power BI reports and other automated financial tools to provide teams with additional insights that better inform decision making.
- Actively problem solve to develop analytical approaches to answer queries in a timely manner.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and demanding environment; ability to multi-task with proven follow-through and adherence to changing priorities and deadlines
- Help facilitate requests, ad-hoc analysis and approval process for any type of project assigned.
- Work collaboratively with various groups throughout the organization
Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field required
- 2-4 years of work experience in Finance or related fields
- Developing skillset or strong desire to learn the following:
- Financial modeling using Excel, VBA, and/or Power Query
- ERP and BI analysis utilizing SAP, BIA / B4P / HANA, and Hyperion or OneStream
- Data visualization with Tableau or Power BI
Qualifications
- Solid knowledge of business concepts, accounting principles, and strong analytical skills
- Experience with financial planning and consolidation systems such as OneStream or Hyperion (HFM/Essbase)
- Flexible, patient, and highly pragmatic with ability to reprioritize quickly
- Proficiency with SAP, Power BI and business intelligence tools. Ability to quickly learn new financial and data systems
- Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to disaggregate issues, identify root causes, and recommend solutions. Always focused on achieving outcomes.
- Detail-oriented and able to multi-task under pressure. Mentally resilient to endure challenges associated with fluid and demanding environments where priorities evolve constantly.
- Energetic, positive, and collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to organize, manage and prioritize work for self; able to work both independently and in a team environment
- Entrepreneurial spirit who continuously is thinking about how to work more efficiently / automate processes and proactively puts these ideas into practice
- Effective, clear, and concise written and verbal communication skills. Comfortable communicating across all levels of the organization.
- Excellent attention to detail
