Job Description

The Global FP&A Director will lead and manage the financial planning, forecasting, and analysis functions on a global scale for the Food vertical. This critical role partners with senior leadership to provide insightful analysis, reporting, and financial recommendations to drive business performance and strategic initiatives.

The Director will oversee the global budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance management processes, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and objectives across all regions. This role will also be responsible for developing business cases and financial models for capital investment opportunities and R&D initiatives, providing recommendations to senior leadership on project feasibility and financial impact.

The position will be located at our Charlotte, NC headquarters and on a hybrid schedule coming in Monday through Thurdsay with flexibility to work remote on Fridays.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Financial Planning, Analysis and Reporting:
   • Lead the development of global financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
   • Align financial plans with the company's strategic objectives, ensuring regional and corporate strategies are cohesive.
   • Drive scenario modeling and long-term strategic planning processes across global regions.
   • Analyze global business performance, identifying risks and opportunities.
   • Provide executive-level reporting with insights and recommendations to guide decision-making.
   • Develop KPIs and dashboards to monitor financial performance across regions and functions.
2. Financial Analysis and Investment Evaluation:
   Develop long-term capital plans, prioritizing projects that deliver maximum return on investment (ROI) and support the company's growth strategy.
   • Perform financial analysis and due diligence for potential capital investments and R&D initiatives, including project costing, NPV, ROI, payback periods, and risk assessments.
   • Prepare business cases and present recommendations to senior leadership for capital approval.
   • Provide analyses to support allocation and rationalization process for capital and R&D resources

3. Process Improvement & Technology Integration:

• Ensure best practices in financial planning and analysis are applied consistently across all regions.
  • Drive continuous improvement of financial processes, systems, and tools to enhance forecasting accuracy, reporting efficiency, and data analytics capabilities.
  • Leverage technology to optimize financial processes, including the use of financial planning and analysis software.
  • Foster a strong working relationship between regional commercial finance teams, global and corporate FP&As, controllers, and other finance function

4. Compliance:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including accounting, supply chain finance, regional commercial finance and internal audit, to support financial compliance activities.
  • Review financial processes to ensure they are efficient, compliant, and aligned with corporate governance standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. MBA or CFA preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in finance, with a focus on FP&A, financial analysis, and strategic planning.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience leading diverse teams across geographies.
• Expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and data analysis.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interact effectively with senior executives.
• Proficiency in financial software tools (e.g., One Stream, Hyperion, SAP, Power BI) and advanced Excel skills.

Desired Attributes:

Strategic thinker with strong business acumen.
• Ability to communicate complex financial concepts to both technical and non-financial stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Results-oriented with strong attention to detail
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage complexity.
• Proactive, hands-on approach to work.

Pay Transparency

Base Compensation Range: $116,300 - $200,675

The range disclosed complies with applicable state and local pay transparency laws. Offers within this range will be determined by considering relevant factors including education, experience, and internal alignment. This position may also be eligible for annual performance bonuses and other incentive programs. Sealed Air offers a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and other benefits designed to promote well-being.

Requisition id: 56304

Relocation: Yes

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