Manager - Financial Operations

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Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

Purpose of Position

This role is responsible for the accuracy and integrity of all financial information for global operation activities.  The role drives financial performance of the operations controlling group and ensures that economic rigor is applied to the decision-making process.  The role drives proactive management of financial performance, timely analysis and execution of corrective actions.  This includes efforts to reduce invested capital, improve cash flow, and drive continuous improvement in cost and productivity. Direct management for this role is US only but will work with all global operations locations on reporting and compliance items.  This includes inventory cycle counting, physical inventory, forecasting and monthly variance analysis.

Essential Responsibilities

• Manage and develop plant associates in the North America bearing finance organization
• Review monthly financials/KPI reporting related to the manufacturing plants in accordance with company policies and US GAAP
• Lead the preparation of the plants’ business planning process, incorporating productivity and cost targets for both manufacturing and sourcing
• Prepare monthly rolling forecasts and provide plant and operations leadership with insight and commentary for all major variances from both multiple scenarios
• Build a culture of associate engagement, accountability, and results orientation within the team
• Implement and improve business processes, systems to enhance visibility to business controls, and policies and procedures ensuring accounting supports operational goals with the highest level of confidence, integrity, and ethics
• Develop necessary inventory policies and controls to ensure integrity of financial statements across all global operations
• Serve as a lead contact for internal and external auditors
• Have flexibility to travel as needed

Technical/Functional Skills

• Progressive financial experience, including strong operational controllership in manufacturing
• Strong variance and root cause analysis skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence and execute in a matrix organization
• Advanced Excel and SAP capabilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field with at least 10 years' relevant experience and 2 years' managing people. Experience with a global manufacturing company is preferred
• Master’s degree in M.B.A., Accounting, Finance, or related field is preferred, but not required
• Position level will be dependent upon years of qualified, relevant experience and education

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.