Finance Leadership Program, 2027

WestRock Company; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Finance Analyst for the Financial Leadership Program 2027 in Atlanta, GA. This full-time, two-year rotation program develops future finance leaders through four 6-month assignments, including an offsite location.

Successful participants join a permanent finance role across Corporate Finance, BU Finance, Corporate Accounting and Treasury. You will gain hands-on experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis, with mentorship, training, and leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/economics /business/math
• Minimum GPA 3.5 preferred
• Strong capabilities with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and financial modeling
• Ability to adapt to changing environment, multi-task and prioritize projects
• Strong analytic/problem-solving skills, attention to accuracy, desire to improve, team-oriented
• Demonstrated leadership potential and interest in social/team building events
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to interact credibly at all levels within the company

Responsibilities

• Partner with finance team members to prepare quarterly Board slides and memo; present materials to leadership as appropriate
• Support the annual budgeting process, provide tracking and insight for projects to aid decisions in operations, maintenance and future spending
• Work with pricing and commercial finance teams to analyze the impact of pricing changes and price realization assumptions
• Perform financial modeling and return analysis for strategic projects
• Analyze results at mill, plant, customer, product and region levels and explain variances to budgets and forecast
• Perform month end closing and financial reporting activities, participate in inventories, review usage trends and participate in income statement and balance sheet reviews
• Create discounted cash flow analyses for capital expenditures and other investments
• Optimize and rationalize reporting and enhance reporting databases for consistency in financial practices
• Perform ad-hoc analyses and work with division/segment finance teams to design value-added reporting for leadership
• Create monthly and quarterly EBITDA bridges to quantify and explain business results; partner cross-functionally to improve bridge methodology
• Lead projects and support key initiatives as assigned

Skills

Excel

Financial modeling

Leadership

Teamwork

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/economics/business math

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Finance Analyst, Financial Leadership Program 2027 - Atlanta, GA

Career Opportunity:

The Financial Leadership Program (FLP) is designed to develop future Smurfit Westrock finance leaders. As a Finance Analyst, you will be a part of a full-time intensive program for two years, with four 6-month assignments of which one will be an offsite field location. Following successful completion of the program, you will be placed into a permanent department based on performance, career interest, and business needs. Departments include Corporate Finance, Business Unit Finance, Corporate Accounting and Treasury. Program benefits include a Program Sponsor, Program Mentor, senior leadership exposure, training, travel, and other events (team building, leadership and volunteer).

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/economics /business/math
• Minimum of a 3.5 GPA is preferred
• Strong capabilities with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and financial modeling capabilities
• Ability to quickly adapt to a change in work environment, multi-task and prioritize multiple projects
• Strong analytic/problem-solving skills, attention to accuracy, passion for improvement, and desire to work in a team/collaborative environment
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities and potential along with interest in social/ team building events
• Solid written and verbal communication skills and the ability to make concise recommendations and ability to interact credibly and diplomatically with all levels within the company

How you will impact Smurfit Westrock across the Finance organization:

• Partner with finance team members to prepare quarterly Board slides and memo; present materials to leadership as appropriate Support the annual budgeting process, provide tracking and insight for projects to aid decisions in operations, maintenance and future spending
• Work with the pricing and commercial finance teams to quantify and provide analysis on impact of pricing changes and price realization assumptions across the company
• Perform financial modeling and return analysis for strategic projects
• Analyze results at the mill, plant, customer, product and region levels and provide insight on variances to budgets and forecast
• Perform month end closing and financial reporting activities, participate in physical inventories, review usage trends and participate in income statement and balance sheet reviews to ensure accuracy
• Create discounted cash flow analyses for investment decisions in capital expenditures and other strategic investments
• Optimizeand rationalize reporting and enhance reporting databases to drive consistency in financial practices across the organization
• Performad-hoc analyses andwork with division/segment finance teams to design/produce value-added analysis and reporting for leadership and senior management
• Create monthly and quarterly EBITDA bridges to quantify and explain business results; partner cross functionally to improve bridge methodology as needed
• Lead projects and support key initiatives as assigned