Senior Manager - Global Finance

The Lubrizol Corporation; Navi Mumbai; Sur place; INR 4 000 000 - 6 500 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, seeks a Senior Manager, Global Finance for the Lubrizol Fluid Engineering (LFE) business. You will partner with the VP and lead a global finance team, delivering strategic insights and robust financial planning across regions.

Key duties include budgeting, forecasting, capital investments evaluation, cash flow optimization, and cross-functional collaboration with commercial, operations, and procurement teams. Fluent English required.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in financial management or related roles.
• 10+ years in leadership, guiding teams and stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with strong execution and financial acumen.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills.

Responsabilités

• Partner to Global LFE VP and drive business strategy.
• Analyze financial results, explain variances, provide insights.
• Lead strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning.
• Drive working capital, cash flow optimization and growth initiatives.
• Develop financial models to evaluate investments and opportunities.
• Collaborate with commercial, operations, procurement, supply chain globally.
• Provide pricing, portfolio management guidance and profitability improvements.
• Coach and develop finance talent and governance processes.

Connaissances

Leadership

Financial analysis

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication (English)

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Outils

SAP

Power BI

Excel

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

About LubrizolThe Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

About LubrizolThe Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com. We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognise unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.

How You’ll Make An Impact

As a Senior Manager, Global Finance, you'll be at the forefront of our innovation, supporting our global Lubrizol Fluid Engineering (LFE) business unit. You'll collaborate with a diverse group of passionate individuals to deliver sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. You will be a partner to the business unit Vice President, providing analysis and recommendations for business strategy, and support the execution of business plans. In this role, you will indirectly lead a global team and collaborate with other finance leaders across the company.

• Serve as a business partner to the Global LFE Vice President and actively contribute to the cross-functional leadership team to create and execute business strategy, goals and objectives.
• Monitor, analyze and communicate financial results, explain variances, ensure accurate financial statements and provide actionable insights to senior leadership.
• Lead strategic planning, goal-setting, budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes while translating financial data into business decisions.
• Drive working capital performance, free cash flow optimization and profitable growth initiatives.
• Develop financial and cash flow models to evaluate capital investments, growth initiatives and strategic opportunities.
• Analyze revenue, volume, mix, margin and profitability trends to identify risks, opportunities and improvement actions.
• Collaborate with commercial, operations, procurement, supply chain and support teams across global regions to provide decision-support insights and accurate forecasts.
• Provide financial guidance on pricing, customer opportunities, portfolio management and profitability improvement programs.
• Lead, coach and develop finance talent while fostering accountability, continuous improvement and strong business partnership.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, reporting requirements and corporate finance processes while supporting special projects.

Required Qualifications That Enable Your Success

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in financial management, business finance or related roles.
• At least 10 years of leadership experience with demonstrated success leading teams and influencing stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically while executing tactically.
• Strong business acumen and knowledge of financial management principles, practices and regulations.
• Advanced analytical, problem-solving and financial modeling skills.
• Experience leading strategic planning, forecasting and performance management processes.
• Experience preparing executive-level presentations and communicating complex financial information clearly.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal English communication skills.
• Strong cross-functional team management experience and ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications That Drive You Forward

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent advanced qualification.
• Advanced proficiency with SAP, Power BI and Microsoft Office applications including Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams.
• Experience with strategic planning, business case development and advanced financial modeling.
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience leading global, cross-functional teams.
• Additional experience preparing executive-level presentations and decision-support materials.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines in a rapidly changing environment.

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities. We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work. As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better. One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their ethnic origin, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other characteristic.