Finance Systems & Transformation Manager

Chemelex is a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions, protecting the world’s critical processes, places and people. With over 50 years of innovation and a commitment to excellence, we develop solutions that ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency in diverse environments – from industrial plants and data centers to people’s homes. We deliver future-ready technologies, advanced engineering capabilities and local expertise backed by global standards. Our offering includes a leading portfolio from our trusted brands: Raychem, Tracer, Nuheat and Pyrotenax.

Position Summary

This is a high-impact leadership role within the Chemelex Finance organization, responsible for owning the integration of financial requirements into enterprise systems, data structures, and business processes.

The role serves as the primary owner of financial integrity across ERP, EPM, and reporting platforms, ensuring that financial data, processes, and outputs are accurate, scalable, and aligned with business objectives.

Acting as a critical bridge between Finance, IT / Data, and Operations, this role drives end-to-end finance transformation, enabling improved decision-making, reduced manual effort, and increased confidence in financial and operational data.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Act as the Finance lead for ERP, EPM, and reporting system implementations and enhancements, with accountability for financial outcomes
• Partner with IT / Data, and Operations teams to ensure systems and data structures support financial and operational decision-making
• Translate financial requirements into system and data specifications without loss of intent
• Drive cross-functional accountability for data inputs and process adherence
• Lead and own User Acceptance Testing (UAT) from a Finance perspective, ensuring financial accuracy and completeness
• Ensure financial requirements are fully embedded in system design, data models, and process flows
• Drive alignment between financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and operational systems
• Identify and drive process and system improvements across finance and operations
• Monitor data quality and system performance post-implementation, ensuring continuous optimization
• Drive cross-functional accountability for data inputs
• Align operational metrics with financial outcomes
• Identify and drive process and system improvements from a financial perspective.
• Support and enhance month-end close, forecasting, and planning processes through system and data improvements
• Enable increased automation, scalability, and predictability in financial operations
• Monitor data quality and system performance post-implementation from a financial perspective.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting; MBA preferred or equivalent experience
• 8 years of experience in FP&A, Operational Finance, or Corporate Finance
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred)
• Proven experience supporting or leading ERP/EPM implementations, with strong involvement in financial design and validation
  
  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Deep understanding of financial data structures and their impact on reporting, planning, and operational decision-making
• Strong analytical and data validation skills
• Strong business partnering capabilities
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with tools like OneStream, Power BI, Cognos
• Ability to effectively bridge business and technical teams
• Experience working with integrated data environments (ERP, reporting, and operational systems)
• Strong communication skills
  
  

Key Competencies

• Finance Transformation Leadership
• Financial & Operational Acumen
• Data Integrity & Governance
• Business Partnership & Influence
• Process Improvement & Automation
• Problem Solving
  
  

Success Measures

• Accuracy and reliability of data
• Successful system implementation delivery
• Improved data consistency
• Reduction in manual adjustments
• Increased confidence in forecasting
  
  

At Chemelex

We protect places of progress through electric excellence.

Pioneering plants, sprawling data centers, busy transport hubs, and your own home. These are the places that bring progress to the world, and the places that we protect with time-tested technologies, advanced engineering, and a suite of services. Because here, excellence is everything.

Our Dimensions of Excellence reflect the core values of Chemelex. Together, they inspire our decisions and guide our actions – defining excellence in our work for colleagues, customers and communities.

• Experts with empathy
• Explorer mindset
• Example for others
• Exceptional impact
  
  

We are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.