Senior Finance Manager, Americas Aerospace Materials

As the Senior Finance Manager, Americas Aerospace Materials, you will be a strategic finance leader within the Aerospace SBU, providing financial leadership and decision support for the Americas Aerospace Materials business. You will support the Coatings, Sealants, Adhesives, Packaging, and Chemical Management Services (CMS) platforms, representing a significant portion of PPG's Aerospace portfolio across both product and service-based solutions.

While partnering to the Aerospace business leadership, commercial teams, operations leaders, supply chain, and functional finance teams, you will help achieve profitable growth, optimize our performance, and support strategic decision-making. You will lead financial planning and analysis. You will also evaluate commercial opportunities and customer agreements, guide pricing and profitability initiatives, support capital investment decisions, and ensure the delivery of accurate forecasts and actionable business insights.

You'll help shape the financial strategy of the Aerospace Materials business and serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on financial risks, opportunities, and long-term value creation initiatives.

Your schedule will be a four day onsite, 1 day remote hybrid work schedule from our downtown Pittsburgh, PA headquarters and you'll report to the Finance Director, Aerospace Americas.

Main Responsibilities:

Strategic Business Partnership & Commercial Finance:

• Serve as the primary finance business partner to Aerospace Materials commercial and operational leadership teams across the Americas region.
• Provide financial leadership and recommendations to support strategic business decisions, growth initiatives, and profitability improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate the financial implications of customer agreements, pricing strategies, commercial programs, and long-term contracts to ensure alignment with business objectives and profitability targets.
• Lead customer profitability analysis and develop recommendations to improve margins through pricing, product mix optimization, and cost-to-serve improvements.
• Perform scenario modeling, sensitivity analyses, and financial assessments to support commercial negotiations, investment decisions, and strategic initiatives.
• Communicate business risks, financial impacts, and recommendations to senior leadership, influencing decision-making through data-driven insights.
• Support long-range strategic planning and growth initiatives across OEM, aftermarket, and service-based business channels.

Financial Performance Management:

• Lead monthly financial close activities, including P&L and balance sheet reviews, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Provide comprehensive analysis of business performance, including sales, margins, manufacturing productivity, overhead spending, inventory, and working capital.
• Identify key drivers impacting financial results and recommend actions to improve profitability and cash flow.
• Monitor and communicate trends related to raw material costs, inflation, productivity, customer mix, and our performance.
• Develop executive-level reporting and presentations that translate complex financial information into actionable business insights.

Forecasting, Annual Planning & Long-Range Planning:

• Lead the monthly forecasting and estimate process across revenue, EBIT, balance sheet, and cash flow performance.
• Lead forecast reviews with business leadership and ensure accountability for performance commitments.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy through enhanced business intelligence, analytics, and financial modeling.
• Lead the annual operating plan process and support the development of long-range strategic plans.
• Partner with business leaders to establish financial targets and develop action plans to achieve growth, profitability, and cash objectives.
• Ensure accurate submissions through corporate reporting systems, including HFM, Anaplan, and related planning tools.

Operations and Investment Finance Support:

• Provide financial leadership supporting manufacturing operations, supply chain initiatives, and S&OP processes.
• Analyze manufacturing performance, productivity, cost structure, and operational efficiency across Aerospace Materials facilities.
• Lead financial evaluation and business case development for significant capital investments, productivity initiatives, and strategic projects.
• Evaluate business opportunities and investment alternatives using ROC, IRR, and cash flow analyses.
• Drive working capital improvements through inventory optimization, receivables management, and cash conversion initiatives.
• Support business initiatives focused on operational excellence, productivity, and cost reduction.

Process Improvement & Team Leadership:

• Lead initiatives to improve financial processes, reporting capabilities, forecasting methodologies, and business analytics.
• Partner with finance, IT, and business teams to expand the use of automation, data visualization, and business intelligence tools.
• Enhance performance reporting through Power BI and other digital finance solutions.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development for financial analysts and other finance resources supporting the business.
• Establish and maintain strong financial controls, governance processes, and compliance with corporate policies and accounting standards.
• Support internal and external audit activities and ensure adherence to financial control requirements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field required
• 8+ years of progressive finance, FP&A, accounting, or commercial finance experience, including experience supporting manufacturing or industrial businesses.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior business leaders to guide strategic and operational decision-making.
• Financial modeling, forecasting, profitability analysis, and business planning capabilities.
• Experience evaluating commercial opportunities, pricing actions, customer profitability, contracts, and investment decisions.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with financial planning and reporting systems such as HFM, Anaplan, SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms.
• Experience using business intelligence tools such as Power BI to support data-driven decision making.
• Understanding of cost accounting and FP&A concepts.

Preferred

• MBA, CPA, CMA, or other advanced business/finance certification.
• Experience supporting aerospace, specialty materials, manufacturing, or industrial businesses.
• Prior experience leading or developing finance professionals.
• Knowledge of cost accounting, manufacturing finance, working capital management, and commercial finance disciplines

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