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The individual will coordinate the financial reporting and consolidation process with the company’s numerous subsidiaries. There will be a focus on special projects including ad hoc financial and operational analysis. The position will manage a staff of financial professionals in the finance group to support the organization.\nManaging critical Strategy Deployment activities that are a part of the success of the company. These activities include Annual Planning Process, Business Case Presentations, Rolling Forecast, Business Score Card and Strategy Management. Perform Market Analysis across the Industry related to Competitors, Business Intelligence and Leading Indicators.\nNATURE AND SCOPE:\nPrimary Responsibilities:\nManage the development of the annual Financial Operating Plan and financial outlook model.\nCoordinate financial reporting and consolidation.\nProvide financial support to corporate development, including financial modeling, due diligence and post-acquisition integration.\nIdentify trends and drivers of both sales and cost models.\nManaging a finance staff of three individuals.\nMaintains current knowledge of finance practices that could be useful and relevant to the business.\nPrepare ad hoc analysis for the Management team and others as necessary.\nWorld Steel Market and Competitor profiling\n6 Q Forecasting and Planning - EBITDA tracking\nSupport Strategy Formulation\n\nStrategic Planning Objectives\nSetting objectives: Deciding on the business in which the company or division should engage and on other fundamentals that should guide and characterize the business, such as continuous growth.\nPlanning strategy: Developing concepts, ideas, and plans for achieving objectives successfully and for meeting and beating competition. Strategic planning is part of the total planning process that includes management and operational planning.\nEstablishing goals: Deciding on achievement targets shorter in time range or narrower in scope than the objectives but designed as specific subobjectives in making operational plans for carrying out strategy.\nEstablishing management programs and operational plans: Developing programs and plans governing activities and the use of resources which, when carried out in accordance with established strategy, policies, procedures, and standards, will enable people to achieve particular goals. These are phases of the total planning process that includes strategic planning.\nProviding control information: Supplying facts and figures to help people follow the strategy, policies, procedures, and programs; to keep alert to forces at work inside and outside the business; and to measure their own performance against established plans and standards.\nActivating people: Commanding and motivating people up and down the line to act in accordance with philosophy, policies, procedures, and standards in carrying out the plans of the company.\n\nDesired Skills, Abilities & Qualifications\nB.A. Finance/Accounting or Business Focus, MBA or CPA preferred.\n5-10 years of progressively responsible experience in Accounting, Finance and Strategic Planning, with a minimum of 1-3 years of experience in FP&A\nExperience in financial planning and analysis processes including plan development, variance analysis, periodic review with senior management, and investment opportunity analysis. \nStrategic/analytical thinking skills. \nExcellent people & project management abilities. \nNatural ability to work and communicate effectively with senior management. \nExperience in and working knowledge of the steel industry and industrial site operations, knowledge of the financial markets, international experience a plus.\nExperience leading FP&A for large-scale, multi-site manufacturing organizations, ideally with multi-billion-dollar revenue across 40+ operating locations.\nHands-on proficiency with SAP, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Power BI and Bloomberg, along with advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.\nM&A experience, including valuation, due diligence and post-acquisition integration support.\nBackground in treasury, financial risk management and structured finance, including derivatives, hedging and foreign-exchange transactions, a plus.\nStrong general management, financial analysis, strategic planning and negotiation skills\nExemplary communication (verbal and written) skills for extracting/validating factual information; and interacting with senior/executive management, industry peers’/business groups, external vendors, and client groups through written reports and analyses.\nSuperb rapport building and interpersonal communication skills\nDemonstrated ability to shape a strategic vision, drive implementation & lead change\nDemonstrated ability to build team synergy internally and externally (with various business units) through the coordination of multiple projects and implementations;\nSolid working understanding of Technology organization and its operations\nDemonstrated thought leadership and flawless execution\nAbility to build relationships, influence and negotiate across all levels of the organization\nSuperior decision-making, especially in the context of ambiguity and risk.\nStrong People Leadership Skills\nFluent in Spanish or Portuguese a plus\nPRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:\nResponsible for managing the development of the Strategic Plan and Annual Business Plan, monthly forecasting process, and financial analysis of sales and profit growth initiatives as well as providing analytical support to the Director of Planning\nResponsible for coordinating the financial reporting and consolidation process with the company’s numerous subsidiaries\nResponsible for the development, implementation and successful maintenance of the 6 Quarter Rolling Forecast. Taking care of the timeline and managing interfaces between operating units and corporate staff. Follow-up on interaction between 6 Quarter Forecast and Annual Plan and Business Case Implementation.\nResponsible for the development, implementation and successful maintenance of the Balanced Scorecard process. Develop key relationships with all business lines, managing and communicating clear and comprehensive metrics. Analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of the Balanced Scorecard process. Provide recommendations to various business units for process improvement and performance improvement\nDevelop Strategic Reports and analysis that will be used to develop the strategy of the company. This may include competitor’s financials reports and Business intelligence in general. Develop key Benchmark reports that will help analyze the companies’ strong and weak points.\nCollaborate with Director of Planning and key leadership to support consistent message in Annual Report, SEC filings. 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