What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Operational Analysis position at Koppers Inc.?
Job Responsibilities
The Manager, Operational Analysis will play a key role in overall strategic management of the organization to ensureour businessgoals andobjectivesareattained.
- Identifyand analyze key business drivers - both financial and nonfinancial.
- Oversee and analyze detailed monthly, quarterly, and annualinternalreporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Serve as the primary point of communication and liaison with Corporate Finance, Research, Operations, and Koppers Performance Chemicals (KPC) management."
- Continually refine andenhanceinternalreporting, including new metrics and analyses, toprovidedeeper insight into the business.
- Prepare comparative cost estimatesonnew products and/or modifications and improvements to existing products.
- Develop andmaintainsales,cost,and profitability models.
- Prepareand evaluatestrategic plans on time horizons for up tofive years.
- Calculate monthly rebates andvalidatecustomer requests.On a quarterly basis, review therebate accrual for completenesswith accounting.
- Overseecustomerincentiveaccruals and disbursements and forecast future payments.
- Maintain andupdate acomplete listing of all customer contracts, pricing, customer development, rebates, and cashdiscountprograms.
- Initiatesalesbudgetingby customer,plant, month, and item number.
- Producead hocsalesreportingby productand customer, net of all reductionsafterrebates.
- Lead local and global meetings ensuring informative and collaborative decision making.
- Responsible for weekly/monthly/ad-hoccollection, consolidation, interpretation and reporting of globalfinancials,forecastsand target KPI's.
- Prepares quarterly reportsand otheranalysisforPresident, Koppers Performance Chemicals.
- Preparesreports for executive team meetings asrequested.
- Analyze and prepare financial business models for potential acquisition targets
- Communicate effectively within the organization and with external stakeholders.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related discipline from an accredited college or university
- Master's degree in accounting, finance, or related discipline from an accredited college or university preferred
- 10 years of finance, business administration, or related discipline
- Management experience ina manufacturing, distribution / operationsenvironment, orequivalentrequired.
- Experiencein a chemical manufacturing environment is preferred
- CPA preferred
- Experiencewithan ERP/accountingenvironment
- AdvancedExcel and database modeling experience required (PowerQuery)
- Full cycle accounting management experience (revenue and inventory experiencerequired)
- Standard cost and multi-level bill-of-material experience preferred
- Effectively prioritizes tasks, manages competing deadlines, and delivers critical analyses and reports on demand.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Willing to work as a member of a team
- Experience in systems analysis, design, implementation, and data modeling
- Ability to effectively work with andmaintainthe confidentiality of sensitive materials and information
Koppers Inc. and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category or characteristic protected by federal law, state or local law.
Koppers Inc. and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, genetic information, ethnicity, national origin, race, religion, sex, veteran status, or any other category or characteristic protected by federal law or by any applicable state or local law.