Strategic FP&A Controller — Drive Profitability & Growth

Timken; North Canton (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

Timken in North Canton, OH is seeking a senior finance leader to partner with business management, oversee planning, budgeting, and accounting operations, and drive profitability and working capital improvements.

The role requires leading annual capital planning, cross-functional analysis, and mentoring finance staff; CPA and MBA preferred; 10+ years experience; global company with 19,000 employees.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• MBA preferred; 15 years total experience in finance is ideal.
• 5 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
• CPA certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leadership to evaluate strategic initiatives, pricing actions, sourcing alternatives, capital investments, and operational improvement opportunities.
• Translates financial results, trends, forecasts, and business drivers into actionable insights that help management understand performance, risks, opportunities, and required corrective actions.
• Leads financial reviews with business management by challenging assumptions and supporting decisions through fact-based analysis, scenario modeling, and forward-looking commentary.
• Influences cross-functional decision making by connecting financial outcomes to operational drivers across sales, manufacturing, supply chain, pricing, SG&A, inventory, and working capital.
• Handles the development of annual capital business plan as well as monthly capital reporting.
• Creates, manages, leads, and directs the budget and forecasting process for the business across Sales, Plant Costs, SG&A, Inventory, Working Capital and all other required financial and non-financial data.
• Oversees the supervision of personnel, work allocation, training, conflict resolution, performance evaluation.
• Makes recommendations for personnel action and motivates employees to achieve peak productivity and performance.
• Directs the operations of the accounting department to produce accurate, timely internal financial statements to global reporting system on a monthly basis.
• Provides supervision to direct reports and accomplishes the departmental goals that are consistent with mission, goals and objectives of the Company.
• Supervises Appropriation Request (AR) submissions and approvals across the business unit to ensure compliance of corporate guidelines as well as positive return on investments or efficiency improvement.
• Oversee, direct and coordinate all activities related to accounting Timken consolidated Precision Drives business.

Skills

Financial partnering

Financial modeling

Data to insights

Operational drivers

Cross-functional influence

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

CPA

Job description

Timken in North Canton, OH is seeking a senior finance leader to partner with business management, oversee planning, budgeting, and accounting operations, and drive profitability and working capital improvements.

The role requires leading annual capital planning, cross-functional analysis, and mentoring finance staff; CPA and MBA preferred; 10+ years experience; global company with 19,000 employees.