Finance Manager (w/m/d)

Reporting to the Regional Finance Manager, you will be a key member of the plant leadership teams, serving as a business advisor as well as liaison with WestRock divisional and corporate management teams. You will be fully engaged in plant productivity and process improvement projects and serve as a champion of the culture. You will provide reliable, useful, and analyzed financial information that contributes to continuous improvement and participate in decision-making that includes both financial and operational viewpoint. You will keep accounting in a manner ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements.

How you will impact on WestRock:

• The lead of a small local finance team
• Coordination of all budgeting and forecasting activities for the site. This includes co-working on developing budgets into the final phase per customers/cost centers/areas of responsibility/accounts or any other requested level of detail
• Reconciliations of actual plant P&L to the budget including variance analysis, communication of results to the site manager, and preparing analyses, reports, and participation in necessary corrective actions.
• Hands-on participation in the process of Key Performance Indicators creation, verification as well as analysis of trends and opportunities for business improvement.
• Active participation on and validation of company Performance Excellence projects including reporting.
• Review of plant-related cost accounting including work order accounting, standard costs control, analysis of actual to standard costs, hourly rates preparation and support of the commercial team as well as estimation process.
• Support in the implementation of new finance and company IT solutions and processes.
• Work in conjunction with the Internal Controls and Compliance Lead for Europe to ensure SOX Compliance. Target consistency of controls and process across all of F&B. Where deficiencies are identified support the local team to the mitigate this risk by drawing on best practice from across the business.
• Preparation of capital budgets and forecasts
• Promote Financial best practice and standardized working practices across the wider F&B finance team.
• Stand in where necessary for Regional Finance Manager
• Support with the Annual Balance Sheet Reviews and any other Ad-hoc business requirements
• Maintain key relationships with the System implementation teams, Corporate Reporting/Head of Accounting, Controls and Compliance Team and Internal Audit.
• Any other projects and ad-hoc work as required

What do you need to success?

• Finance / Controlling Education
• Previous financial manufacturing background with >7 years of demonstrable experience gained in large international organizations
• Excellent knowledge of German and English language
• Good knowledge of ERP systems. Radius, SAP, Hyperion an advantage
• Proficient in MS Packages including highly competent in Microsoft Excel
• Worked in a control-based environment
• Strong people management skills and people influencer
• Proactive and hardworking and someone who can build relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrable experience of excellent analytical, numeracy, organizational and communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and work under pressure
• Flexible individual willing to take on tasks outside the list above and taking ownership of all assigned tasks