Vibrantz Technologies, Inc.
Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst
Vibrantz Technologies, Inc., Houston, Texas, United States, 77246
About Vibrantz Technologies
Vibrantz Technologies ("Vibrantz" or "Company") is a leading global provider of specialty chemicals and materials solutions whose purpose is to bring color, performance and vibrancy to life. Every day, our employees, the products we make, and our valued customer partnerships are inspired by this purpose. Serving customers globally, our innovations are trusted in a variety of advanced materials, color solutions and performance coatings applications to enhance the hue, functionality, safety and environmental footprint of everyday consumer products. Our key competencies in particle engineering, glass and ceramic science and color technology enable benefits like more durable vehicles and batteries, easier-to-clean appliances, energy efficient roof tiles and bricks, stronger and more decorative glass, and eco-friendly paints. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Vibrantz has over 60 manufacturing facilities and sales offices on six continents and employs roughly 4,000 individuals. We are building a strong, shared culture that is rooted strongly in our six core values that focus on safety, our people, customers, excellence in all we do, environmental stewardship, and integrity, ethics, and trust. And we are intent upon fostering a workplace that engages employees' heads, hands and - uniquely - their hearts.
Vibrantz is owned by American Securities, a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenue generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 million to $200 million of EBITDA. American Securities and its affiliates have approximately $23 billion under management and are based in New York with an office in Shanghai.
For more information, please visit www.vibrantz.com and www.american-securities.com.
Job Function
Reporting into the Director of Operational FP&A, the Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst will be based out of the Corporate office, location in Houston, Texas with a hybrid role. This role is a key finance partner to the operations team, providing financial, planning, and analysis leadership to all aspects of manufacturing (global supply chain, planning and production, procurement, and inventory management) for all Advanced Materials plants. This role will report to the Director of Operational Finance of Global Advanced Materials division. Successful candidate will provide a clear link of financials to business performance across the plants. The ideal candidate is driven, resourceful, highly collaborative, detail oriented, and a strong team player.
Responsibilities
Deliver on budgeted EBITDA and Working Capital commitments. Provide clear visibility to financial performance across all manufacturing plants monthly. Drive inventory optimization, cost control, investment decisions and cashflow.Enhance monthly & quarterly internal reporting as well as business updates to Corporate Vibrantz Leadership team. Drive insightful analysis to explain trends and identify risks & opportunities across the manufacturing plants.Support month-end closing in partnership with Accounting, Commercial, and Corporate FP&A through detailed reporting, variance analysis and insights.Responsible for the collection, analysis, and application of operational costs to support the monthly/quarterly/yearly budget & forecast cycles.Responsible for managing overall cost accounting including standard cost development, COGS, labor, overhead, bill of material, variance analysis, and inventory valuation accuracy. Ensure appropriate transaction discipline.Develop and maintain cost models and associated documentation.Understand and maintain variance reserves and expenses including purchase price variance, standard revaluation, usage variances and overhead variances.Own and support capex from initial request to approval process, fixed asset records, and depreciation methodology. Provide assistance to properly capitalize or expense of outlays and all capex reporting requirements.Assist in development and implementation of accounting policies, procedures.Provide FP&A support to S&OP process, linking demand to production plans across the plants and ensuring plant managers are held accountable to production targets. Ensure Exec S&OP discussions and presentations appropriately address all critical supply chain risks and opportunities.Indirectly influence the work product of various cross functional stakeholders who support the plant production, inventory management and procurement.Develop effective working relationships, establish and lead key meeting and process rhythms across all functions.Develop deep understanding of industry trends, identify causes of unexpected variances, competitive pressures/opportunities. Analyze data across multiple dimensions (industry vertical, customer, product.)Become a superuser of financial tools for BPC, BI, Planful, SAP, IFS, ROSSBe a custodian of finance systems/data and the first point of contact for the Operations and Procurement team on financial system and/or reporting issues.Fully exploits available technology and drives the organization to embrace new technologies as they become relevant. This could include advanced analytics, data visualization, process automation, data warehousing, etc.Actively identifies ways to eliminate non-value work and leverages automation.Demonstrated ability to roll-up sleeves and work with team members in a hands-on management capacity.Demonstrated ability to present and articulate a compelling financial position, with recommendations.Adhoc Financial analysis and support business critical initiatives as needed.Required Experience
An undergraduate degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or a related discipline is required. An advance degree in Finance or an MBA preferred5+ years Accounting and Finance work experienceCost Accounting experience requiredExperience with SAP, IFS, ROSS or other similar ERP systems preferredExpert level skills in Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint requiredExperience working in financial consolidation systems (HFM, Essbase, or BPC)Preferred Experience
CPA preferred
BenefitsWe offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, paid vacation, and 401K.
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Location
Houston, TXVibrantz is committed to protecting your privacy. We provide a Website Privacy Policy located on our Vibrantz.com site to explain the type of information we collect and to inform you of the specific practices and guidelines that protect the security and confidentiality of your personal data. Please read that policy carefully. If any term in the policy is unacceptable to you, please do not use the Website or provide any personal data. This policy may change from time to time (see Revisions to Our Privacy Policy on Vibrantz.com).
Vibrantz Technologies Inc. ("Vibrantz") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. Vibrantz strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Vibrantz Technologies ("Vibrantz" or "Company") is a leading global provider of specialty chemicals and materials solutions whose purpose is to bring color, performance and vibrancy to life. Every day, our employees, the products we make, and our valued customer partnerships are inspired by this purpose. Serving customers globally, our innovations are trusted in a variety of advanced materials, color solutions and performance coatings applications to enhance the hue, functionality, safety and environmental footprint of everyday consumer products. Our key competencies in particle engineering, glass and ceramic science and color technology enable benefits like more durable vehicles and batteries, easier-to-clean appliances, energy efficient roof tiles and bricks, stronger and more decorative glass, and eco-friendly paints. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Vibrantz has over 60 manufacturing facilities and sales offices on six continents and employs roughly 4,000 individuals. We are building a strong, shared culture that is rooted strongly in our six core values that focus on safety, our people, customers, excellence in all we do, environmental stewardship, and integrity, ethics, and trust. And we are intent upon fostering a workplace that engages employees' heads, hands and - uniquely - their hearts.
Vibrantz is owned by American Securities, a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenue generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or $50 million to $200 million of EBITDA. American Securities and its affiliates have approximately $23 billion under management and are based in New York with an office in Shanghai.
For more information, please visit www.vibrantz.com and www.american-securities.com.
Job Function
Reporting into the Director of Operational FP&A, the Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst will be based out of the Corporate office, location in Houston, Texas with a hybrid role. This role is a key finance partner to the operations team, providing financial, planning, and analysis leadership to all aspects of manufacturing (global supply chain, planning and production, procurement, and inventory management) for all Advanced Materials plants. This role will report to the Director of Operational Finance of Global Advanced Materials division. Successful candidate will provide a clear link of financials to business performance across the plants. The ideal candidate is driven, resourceful, highly collaborative, detail oriented, and a strong team player.
Responsibilities
Deliver on budgeted EBITDA and Working Capital commitments. Provide clear visibility to financial performance across all manufacturing plants monthly. Drive inventory optimization, cost control, investment decisions and cashflow.Enhance monthly & quarterly internal reporting as well as business updates to Corporate Vibrantz Leadership team. Drive insightful analysis to explain trends and identify risks & opportunities across the manufacturing plants.Support month-end closing in partnership with Accounting, Commercial, and Corporate FP&A through detailed reporting, variance analysis and insights.Responsible for the collection, analysis, and application of operational costs to support the monthly/quarterly/yearly budget & forecast cycles.Responsible for managing overall cost accounting including standard cost development, COGS, labor, overhead, bill of material, variance analysis, and inventory valuation accuracy. Ensure appropriate transaction discipline.Develop and maintain cost models and associated documentation.Understand and maintain variance reserves and expenses including purchase price variance, standard revaluation, usage variances and overhead variances.Own and support capex from initial request to approval process, fixed asset records, and depreciation methodology. Provide assistance to properly capitalize or expense of outlays and all capex reporting requirements.Assist in development and implementation of accounting policies, procedures.Provide FP&A support to S&OP process, linking demand to production plans across the plants and ensuring plant managers are held accountable to production targets. Ensure Exec S&OP discussions and presentations appropriately address all critical supply chain risks and opportunities.Indirectly influence the work product of various cross functional stakeholders who support the plant production, inventory management and procurement.Develop effective working relationships, establish and lead key meeting and process rhythms across all functions.Develop deep understanding of industry trends, identify causes of unexpected variances, competitive pressures/opportunities. Analyze data across multiple dimensions (industry vertical, customer, product.)Become a superuser of financial tools for BPC, BI, Planful, SAP, IFS, ROSSBe a custodian of finance systems/data and the first point of contact for the Operations and Procurement team on financial system and/or reporting issues.Fully exploits available technology and drives the organization to embrace new technologies as they become relevant. This could include advanced analytics, data visualization, process automation, data warehousing, etc.Actively identifies ways to eliminate non-value work and leverages automation.Demonstrated ability to roll-up sleeves and work with team members in a hands-on management capacity.Demonstrated ability to present and articulate a compelling financial position, with recommendations.Adhoc Financial analysis and support business critical initiatives as needed.Required Experience
An undergraduate degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or a related discipline is required. An advance degree in Finance or an MBA preferred5+ years Accounting and Finance work experienceCost Accounting experience requiredExperience with SAP, IFS, ROSS or other similar ERP systems preferredExpert level skills in Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint requiredExperience working in financial consolidation systems (HFM, Essbase, or BPC)Preferred Experience
CPA preferred
BenefitsWe offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, paid vacation, and 401K.
#LI-AC1
Location
Houston, TXVibrantz is committed to protecting your privacy. We provide a Website Privacy Policy located on our Vibrantz.com site to explain the type of information we collect and to inform you of the specific practices and guidelines that protect the security and confidentiality of your personal data. Please read that policy carefully. If any term in the policy is unacceptable to you, please do not use the Website or provide any personal data. This policy may change from time to time (see Revisions to Our Privacy Policy on Vibrantz.com).
Vibrantz Technologies Inc. ("Vibrantz") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. Vibrantz strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.