Senior Manager, Corporate FP&A & Finance Transformation

Timken; North Canton (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The Timken Company is seeking a Senior Manager, Corporate FP&A & Finance Transformation to lead enterprise planning, forecasting, and performance reporting while driving transformation initiatives across finance. You will modernize processes with automation, AI, and new analytics tools to improve forecast accuracy and decision making.

You will build and lead a global FP&A team, promote cross-functional partnerships across Finance, IT, Operations, and Commercial functions, and partner with senior

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field with at least 10+ years of progressive finance, FP&A, or transformation experience.
• MBA preferred
• Experience leading enterprise planning and forecasting processes
• Proven track record delivering finance transformation initiatives and process improvements
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and storytelling skills
• Finance systems experience, including ERP, planning/reporting platforms, PowerBI or advanced analytics
• Drive for continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Lead the global forecasting process including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, and key performance metrics.
• Coordinate the annual business plan and long-range strategic planning processes.
• Expand predictive analytics and forecasting capabilities.
• Oversee development of executive reporting packages for the CFO, CEO, and Board.
• Drive consistency and standardization across forecasting and reporting processes.

Skills

Forecasting leadership

Executive communication

Finance transformation

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

MBA

Tools

ERP systems

PowerBI

Job description

Senior Manager, Corporate FP&A & Finance Transformation

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

The Senior Manager of Corporate FP&A & Finance Transformation is a strategic finance leader responsible for driving the company's enterprise-wide planning, forecasting, performance reporting, finance analytics, and transformation initiatives.

The position leads the development of the annual business plan, long-range strategic planning process, monthly forecasting activities, and executive performance reporting while also advancing the finance organization's transformation agenda through process improvement, automation, digital technologies, AI, and finance systems optimization.

The postitionis expected to improve forecast accuracy, increase organizational efficiency, enhance decision-making through data and analytics, and drive strategic finance transformation across the company.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the global forecasting process, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, and key performance metrics.
• Coordinate the annual business plan and long-range strategic planning processes.
• Expand predictive analytics and forecasting capabilities.
• Oversee development of executive reporting packages for the CFO, CEO, executive leadership team, and Board of Directors.
• Drive consistency, discipline, and standardization across business unit and regional forecasting and reporting processes.

Finance Transformation

• Lead the Finance Transformation roadmap and portfolio of strategic initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and modernize finance processes.
• Drive adoption of emerging technologies, including AI-enabled finance capabilities.
• Improve management reporting capabilities through enhanced analytics and visualization tools.
• Sponsor and lead finance system implementations, upgrades, and optimization efforts.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Build and lead a high-performing corporate FP&A and transformation team.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, accountability, and business partnership.
• Promote cross-functional collaboration across Finance, IT, Operations, Commercial, and Corporate functions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field with at least 10+ years of progressive finance, FP&A, controllership, consulting, or transformation experience.
• MBA preferred
• Experience leading enterprise planning and forecasting processes
• Proven track record of delivering finance transformation initiatives and process improvements
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and storytelling skills
• Finance systems experience, including ERP, planning/reporting platforms, PowerBI or advanced analytics
• Drive for continuous improvement

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2025.
We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 6x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 15x by Ethisphere.

Why Choose Timken?

• Over a century of knowledge and innovation
  
• A culture of top performance
  
• Products that contribute to a sustainable world
  
• A conviction to improve communities around us
  
• Competitive salary and benefits