Sr Finance Analyst - OU SCF

Sealed Air; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Sealed Air seeks a finance-focused professional in Manila to drive plant-level FP&A, budgeting, and variance analysis. You will model costs, forecast demand, and collaborate with CoE analysts to support productivity initiatives and cost-savings across manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities include COGS variance analyses, data extraction from ERP systems, and building decision-support models to guide leadership decisions in a global packaging company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field.
• Experience in FP&A, forecasting, and management reporting.
• Strong understanding of P&L, margin analysis, and standard costing.
• Experience with SAP BIA/B4P/HANA, Power BI, or similar ERP systems.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.

Responsibilities

• Gather and validate plant-level inventory and cost data for budgets and forecasts.
• Build and refresh plant-level budget models, incorporating actuals and shifts.
• Develop roadmaps for productivity and cost-savings initiatives by plant.
• Prepare monthly COGS variance analysis by plant and cost element.
• Extract PMVE actuals and build bridge analyses for onshore reviews.
• Support root-cause analysis on variances and cost performance.

Skills

Excel

Financial modeling

Power BI

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business

Tools

SAP BIA

SAP HANA

B4P

OneStream

Job description

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visitwww.sealedair.com .

Job Description

• Gather and validate plant-level inventory, working-capital, and cost-assumption data to support the AOP and each forecast cycle.
• Build and refresh the plant-level inventory and working-capital budget/forecast model, updating each cycle for year-to-date actuals, demand shifts, and supply chain disruptions.
• Build the initiative-level roadmap for OU productivity and cost-savings programs, phasing savings realization by plant and quarter, and maintain the probability-weighted savings forecast for the balance of the year.
• Support refresh of plant-level manufacturing and logistics cost assumptions each forecast cycle, incorporating year-to-date actuals and forward-looking rate changes.
• Own preparation of the monthly OU COGS variance analysis by plant and cost element and support the onshore SCF Analyst's variance commentary for the management business review.
• Extract monthly PMVE actuals from ERP/BI systems by plant and build the plant-level PMVE bridge for onshore review each month.
• Support root-cause and deep-dive analysis on COGS, margin, and inventory variances by compiling detailed cost, inventory, and ERP/warehouse management data for onshore analysts.
• Oversee the productivity and savings initiative tracker, reviewing year-to-date savings performance by initiative and plant and flagging at-risk initiatives ahead of onshore reporting.
• Quality-check the recurring operational KPI reporting package prepared with support from CoE Analysts before distribution.
• Build the financial models, scenarios, and analyses requested by OU operational leadership on an ad-hoc basis, including network/footprint and capacity scenario support consolidating plant-level cost data, working from data gathered with support from CoE Analysts.
• Build make-vs-buy and outsourcing total-cost-of-ownership comparisons and cost-to-serve models incorporating quality, lead time, capacity, and risk factors, and quantify savings, investment requirements, and payback for supply chain productivity and operating-model initiatives.
• Analyze purchasing spend and PPV trends by category, supplier, and plant to identify cost-savings and sourcing opportunities and build material inflation sensitivity scenarios from tracked commodity and raw-material price data for onshore procurement and operations leadership.
• Analyze inbound and outbound freight and warehouse/distribution center costs by lane, carrier, mode, and facility, and prepare summary analysis for onshore logistics finance support.
• Own the monthly plant cost center performance analysis by cost element for each plant and prepare cross-plant cost benchmarking analysis to surface best practices and outliers for onshore review.
• Build financial analysis supporting manufacturing KPI improvement, product costing, and network/capacity expansion or contraction decisions, based on data compiled with support from CoE Analysts.
• Compile actual financial results for completed capital investments and compare to the original business case to support the Make Good review, and support Project Authorization Request approval coordination with Segment SCF, Accounting, and corporate stakeholders.
• Review work product prepared by Analysts within the Manila SCF CoE, resolving data discrepancies before deliverables are handed to onshore SCF partners.
• Document and continuously improve standard work, templates, and process guides for recurring CoE deliverables.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field required.
• 4–6 years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, FP&A, financial analysis, or supply chain/manufacturing finance, preferably within a multinational manufacturing organization.
• Experience leading or independently supporting financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, and financial analysis.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing and supply chain finance concepts, including P&L and margin analysis, standard costing, purchase price variance (PPV), inventory, freight/logistics costs, and cost performance.
• Experience with SAP BIA / B4P / HANA, OneStream, Power BI, or similar ERP, planning, and reporting systems preferred.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills required; experience building budgets, forecasts, cost-to-serve, total-cost-of-ownership, or other decision-support models preferred.
• Experience with Power Query, VBA, and/or financial modeling is a plus.
• Experience analyzing large datasets and translating financial and operational information into actionable business insights.
• Experience reviewing analyst-level work product, providing guidance, and coaching junior team members preferred.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends and root causes, develop sound financial models, and translate financial information into actionable business insights.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage recurring deliverables and ad hoc requests against tight monthly and quarterly deadlines.
• Detail-oriented with a high standard for data accuracy, quality control, and overall work product.
• Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective working relationships across global and cross-functional teams, including finance, plant controllers, procurement, logistics, and manufacturing operations.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to communicate financial information clearly to business stakeholders.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on process standardization, documentation, efficiency, and automation.

Relocation:No

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

It is our responsibility to leverage what we have to affect positive and meaningful change for our communities and planet using Sealed Air’s global resources and expertise.

Corporate sustainability –it’s about improving the lives of people around the world by addressing pressing needs in the communities where we and our customers operate.

Customer Success –meeting our customers' needs. At Sealed Air it’s more than a goal, it’s an integral part of our business practices, our innovative solutions, and our values.

Leaving our communities better than we found them through dedication of time, talent and resources.