Workforce Management Forecasting Analyst Jobs in Manchester, CT

Alkegen brings together two of the world's leading specialty materials companies to create one new, innovation-driven leader focused on battery technologies, filtration media, and specialty insulation. Through global reach and breakthrough inventions, we're delivering products that enable the world to breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before.

With over 60 manufacturing facilities with a global workforce of over 9,000 of the industry's most experienced talent, including insulation and filtration experts, Alkegen is uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.

The Commercial Finance analyst will be responsible for supporting the Pursuit team through rigorous financial modelling of RFQ's & programs, pricing strategy & governance and portfolio profitability analysis. This role will report directly to the Commercial Finance Leader.

Work Schedule:

Requires in-office attendance four days per week Monday-Thursday, with Friday designated as work-from-home.

Responsibilities:

• Pursuit/Program Management:

  • Supports financial evaluation of customer quotes (RFQ) ensuring alignment with margin targets, return thresholds (ROI) and long-term value creation objectives

  • Management of overall financial models including continuous improvement of model intelligence and any relative financial inputs

• Legacy:

  • Management of profitability analyses set by commercial finance leader along with providing any insights and process improvements

  • Management and monitoring of overall tariff volatility to pricing pass through impacts

  • Consolidation and support of commercial forecast short to long term (3-month to multi-year forecasts)

• Overall partnering with the business leadership in regard to any commercial initiatives or analytics

• Management and monitoring of receivables to address DSO performance and past-due accounts with the commercial team to drive cash collections

• Coordinate with corporate FP&A and Data transformation team to develop and manage our global commercial data warehouse & reporting

• Responsible reporting and analyses set by Commercial Finance Leader of SG&A spend for the direct commercial and marketing organization

Key Competencies:

• Is a consistent role model for the Alkegen Core Values

• Demonstrates excellent process management and change management skills

• Exemplifies a systems-thinking mindset being able to navigate complexity and understand secondary and tertiary financial impacts on decisions

• Strong financial acumen with proven advanced financial modelling capability and commercial judgement

• Develops relationships that enable effective leading, coaching, and development of team members

• Is a highly motivated problem solver able to balance priorities well under pressure

• Communicates clearly with all stakeholder groups; quickly builds trust, credibility and respect with senior leadership.

• Can translate complex financial analyses into clear decision framework for leadership to quickly assess

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting required

• 1-5 years of relevant FP&A experience focused in a manufacturing setting

• Ability and excitement to navigate a complex, fast growing, global manufacturing and business environment

• Excellent organizational and analytical skills

• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

• Extremely proficient with Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint

Salary Range: $62,000. to $78,000. USD

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

At Alkegen, we strive every day to help people breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before. We believe that diversity and inclusion is central to this mission and to our impact. Our diverse and inclusive culture drives our growth & innovation, and we nurture it by actively embracing our differences and using our varied perspectives to solve the complex challenges facing our changing and diverse world.

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