Commercial Finance Specialist

Vertiv Co; Sorocaba; Presencial; BRL 150 000 - 230 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Vertiv Co in Brazil seeks a Commercial Finance Specialist to bridge finance and business operations, driving profitability and strategic decision-making across Sales Operations, Procurement, and LOB Engineering. You will collaborate with Sales on quoting inputs, savings commitments, and ensure execution in the ERP environment.

The role emphasizes cost and margin analysis, terms review with customers, and leading a reporting cadence for margin risk against targets.

Qualificações

• 4-8+ years in a finance role with 2+ years in commercial partnering.
• Leadership in business partnership and process implementation.
• Experience in standard costing and manufacturing accounting principles.
• Excellent communication, organization, and analytical skills.
• Ability to summarize large data into concise explanations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• ERP experience, preferably Oracle or SAP.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal policies.
• Lead and mentor a team of analysts, fostering excellence and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Sales Operations and LOB to use accurate cost data for selling price decisions.
• Track cost savings commitments from quoting and translate them to project tools.
• Review and approve finance terms during quote and contract reviews.
• Implement a reporting cadence for sales and margin risk with regional comparisons.
• Provide ad hoc analytical support to Sales and LOB leadership.
• Miscellaneous responsibilities and special projects as assigned.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Data summarization

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Law

MBA preferred

English & Spanish proficiency

Ferramentas

Excel

Oracle

SAP

Descrição da oferta de emprego

POSITION SUMMARY

• The Commercial Finance Specialist plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between finance and business operations, driving profitability, and enabling strategic decision-making. This role requires a mix of analytical expertise, financial acumen, and strong business insight to support commercial teams and senior management. Your role will include strategic planning, executive reporting, and margin optimization in financial leadership and support of Sales Operations, Procurement, and Line of Business (LOB) Engineering. You will be in frequent contact with Sales to assess quoting inputs, savings commitments, and ensuring the follow-through in execution. Additionally, this role will work over commercial pricing and terms with customers to mitigate finance risks across credit/treasury, inventory, liquidated damages, terminations, etc. This role requires leadership and experience in manufacturing finance, strategic finance analysis, process creation, and continuous improvement

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal policies.
• Lead and mentor a team of analysts, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Sales Operations and LOB to ensure we utilize the most accurate and recent bill of material costs, inflation, margin targets, competitive intel, and other relevant assumptions for selling price decisions.
• Establish a process to track cost savings commitments made during the quoting process and translate those commitments on awarded quotes to the functional project management tools for accountability and execution.
• Review and approve finance terms and conditions during the quote and contract review process including but not limited to invoicing requirements, payment terms, billing schedules, liquidated damages, and cancellation.
• Implement and lead a reporting cadence for sales and margin risk assessment leveraging inputs from backlog, quotes, and opportunities with comparisons to regional and LOB sales and margin targets.
• Provide ad hoc analytical support as a business partner to Sales and LOB leadership.
• Miscellaneous responsibilities and special projects as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Job Qualifications:

• 4-8+ years in a finance role, with at least 2 years in a commercial or business partnering capacity.
• Leadership skills in business partnership and process implementation.
• Experience in standard costing and manufacturing accounting principles.
• Excellent communication, organization, and analytical skills.
• Ability to pull together and summarize large amounts of data into concise explanations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• ERP Systems experience, preferably Oracle or SAP.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Law or related field.
• Master’s degree (e.g., MBA) is preferred.
• Advanced English and Spanish.