Job Advertisement. Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Driven by our Purpose, we are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With more than 16,000 employees in more than 50 countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. We support more than 10,000 customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, p... more details
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Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Driven by our Purpose, we are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With more than 16,000 employees in more than 50 countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. We support more than 10,000 customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses, and governments globally.
Join a company where the people challenge themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. You will be part of a team known for its industry-leading talent, unparalleled portfolio, and unmatched commitment to customer success. Flowserve’s culture promotes recognition and rewards creativity, hard work, and commitment. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.
Job Description:
The position works closely with the Plant Manager and leadership team in driving key initiatives and helping the Company to achieve its goals and maximize returns on investment. The Business Partner will use data as a strategic asset to provide decision support, accurate planning and forecasting, and operational productivity and efficiency analysis. Further, this position will ensure accuracy and completeness in income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement planning and forecasting as well as timely variance analysis.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Own and drive financial performance (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, ROIC)
- Work closely with the Plant Manager in monthly financial reviews to ensure revenues and margins are appropriately estimated for use in financial statement forecasting.
- Analyze financial results and identify and communicate deviations to plan and forecast. Make recommendations for potential solutions and improvements. Promote the active use of financial data to drive business success, and continuously identify and make visible all potential risks and opportunities.
- Actively support and challenge/drive management team to grow enterprise value (growth > market, > margins, > ROIC, > FCF). Work alongside business partners to achieve outcomes.
- Provide trusted finance decision support, including regular and ad hoc analysis to key stakeholders. Deliver insight into trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Actively collaborate with accounting, shared service, treasury, and tax peers to ensure finance & accounting processes are executed and the function achieves its objectives. Seek out ambiguity and clarify. Identify areas lacking role clarity and provide solutions, escalate where required
- Oversee the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes for the business, ensuring that gaps are identified and communicated early and that appropriate actions are taken to meet the business financial commitments.
- Identify / highlight performance trends, high & low performing products. Recommend and target actions and projects in collaboration with management team to improve product volumes and profitability
- Lead monthly project reviews (in partnership with management team where projects exist). Ensure the following items are accurately forecasted: costs to complete, liquidated damages, milestone invoicing timely, cash collection, etc
- Lead processes and initiatives to reduce primary working capital and maximize operating cash flow
- Support local implementation of enterprise transfer pricing methodology, standard costing and product line reporting
- Ensure that capital appropriation requests are prepared and analyzed properly so that all investments of company funds are optimized.
- Serve as a key member of the Leadership Team, regularly participating in directing the growth and success of the business.
- Travel as required.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis in Accounting or Finance. CPA, CMA and/or MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 8 years of finance experience in an industrial manufacturing environment preferably as a finance business partner
- US GAAP experience
- Experience working for multi-national companies
- Experience in operational finance
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong computer skills in MS platforms
- Good written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with integrated ERP and BPC is desirable.
Flowserve offers competitive pay, annual bonuses, medical benefits on day 1, generous paid vacation time, paid holidays, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits!
