Finance Business Partnering Sr Manager
The successful candidate could be based in a country across the EMEA region, close to a PPG site.
As a Finance Business Partnering Sr Manager, you will guide financial support and strategic analysis for the region. Your mission is to evolve our finance department into a strategic engine, providing the commercial knowledge and insights necessary to navigate the EMEA region. You will be a critical business enabler, driving profitable organic sales and EBIT growth through impeccable partnership and data‑driven decision support.
You will report to the FP&A Regional Finance Director AC EMEA/AP and work as an individual contributor.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Partner: Work directly with leadership teams in Commercial, Supply Chain, and Marketing to achieve our goals.
- Commercial Support: Identify opportunities to increase sales and margins by analyzing Pricing, Gross‑to‑Net (GtN), Route to Market, and Marketing investments.
- NPD & Innovation: Act as the finance lead for New Product Development (NPD), ensuring new projects are profitable and aligned with strategy.
- Return on investment Focus: Implement a clear ROI‑driven approach for Advertising & Promotion (A&P) spend.
- Complex Analysis: Manage the financial strategic analysis for a diverse footprint of over 25 countries, ensuring consistency and high‑quality insights across multiple currencies and regulatory environments.
- Profitability Management: Promote the regional profitability agenda, performing Cost‑to‑Serve and portfolio reviews to find savings and margin gains.
- Control & Planning: Manage Commercial/Functional Capex, Overhead (OVH), and A&P controls to ensure budget accuracy and financial discipline.
- Data & Digital: Improve reporting by using automation and tools like Power BI and Anaplan to turn data into relevant insights.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Management, Economics, or similar; MBA or professional certification.
- Experience: 10+ years of progressive finance experience in complex multinational corporations.
- Proactive Leadership: Excels in a matrixed organization.
- Consolidation Expertise: Experience managing complex environments, specifically the analysis of 25+ countries with diverse business models and cultures.
- Demonstrated ability to transition from operational reporting to strategic value‑added analysis and what‑if modeling.
- Communication: Fluent English with the ability to influence C‑suite stakeholders and simplify complex regional financial movements.
- Systems Proficiency: Knowledge of SAP/Oracle, Hyperion (HFM), and BI/Data tools such as Power BI, Anaplan.
Benefits
- Pay ranges and benefits can vary by location, allowing compensation that reflects local market conditions.
- Health and well‑being programs, including insurance coverage, available per applicable plans.
Equal Opportunity Statement
PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
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