Sr. Manager, Business Finance

Come Join an Inclusive Team

This position is located in Rotterdam and will lead an overall team of 3 professionals serving a role as a key member of the Business Finance team with strong focus on cash improvement, driving financial strategic initiatives, continuous improvement and championing enterprise-wide initiatives to add value. 

A Day in the Life

The Senior Manager Business Finance, O&P EAMEI is responsible for the financial, business and commercial support and Controllership activities related to LyondellBasell’s O&P EAMEI Polymer Businesses and Joint Ventures. It’s a Finance leadership role within the O&P Finance and Strategy position with management responsibilities of O&P EAMEI Business Finance. The position has high exposure to the O&P Commercial and Finance leadership teams and is expected to be highly collaborative with functions outside of the business including HR, manufacturing, and corporate finance (Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Investor Relations, Strategic Planning & Transactions, Tax, Finance Strategy & Transformation, and Audit).


MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES 


Directing business finance operations and controls     

• Ensuring finance support and effective analysis and insights to provide business and management performance reviews to support and drive business responsiveness to changing market opportunities/conditions. 
• Ensuring forecast accuracy and accountable action plans are in place to mitigate risk. 
• Accountable for ensuring quality deliverables for the O&P EAI segment and delivering key business insights to leadership both periodic and ad-hoc. 
• Develop and monitor metrics to track segment-specific and company-wide trends, identify opportunities, clearly communicate recommendations and collaborate across all levels of the organization.   
• Support business ownership of P&L, forecast, working capital, and shareholder value  
• Ensuring critical decisions are financially based. 
• Ensuring profitability is optimized both short and long term, cash flow maximization, working capital optimization and effective fixed asset utilization through analytics. 
• Ensuring effective investment analytics. 

Operational Excellence 

• Accountable for providing business support on strategic projects and modelling of cash flow returns, by cross functional collaboration of Strategy and Planning, SP&T, Manufacturing and the Business. 
• Accountable to lead Performance Plan Process and ensure consistency in regional and global assumptions, prioritization of growth projects and scenario planning. 

Lead and develop talent 

• Positions talent for maximum impact on results and growth and development 
• Creates an environment where talent can be developed through effective performance management and talent evaluation, and that individuals are motivated and positioned to realize their potential.  
• Effectively build a diverse and highly effective team with competent people using the appropriate mix of internal and external recruitment to satisfy near-term performance, longer-term succession needs and to ensure the organization has the necessary outstanding talent. 
• Invests in the growth and development of their direct and indirect reports and other identified talent in the organization. Engaged in personal development.

You Bring This Value

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or Engineering with adequate finance experience; 
• MBA, CPA, Chartered Accountant or other advanced degree is preferred. Industry experience preferred; 
• 10+ years of relevant finance experience and 2+ years of management + team leadership experience in a multi-entity, complex global environment; 
• Direct experience managing a segment, business, or company level budget and forecasting process preferred; 
• Strong financial modeling skills are required creating/managing a forward-looking financial view, considering key business drivers; 
• Experience with SAP and reporting systems. Experience with large scale system implementation and/or process improvement projects are considered a plus; 
• Experience in the petrochemical industry and/or adjacent industries; 
• Understanding of business performance drivers in the chemical industry; 
• Fluency in the English language is a must. 

Competencies

To be successful in this role you must recognize yourself in the following profile: 
An analytical and strategic thinker who effectively bridges quantitative and qualitative insights, they are skilled at leading, supporting, and executing initiatives. You collaborate well as a high achiever, with a strong focus on process, and excel in motivating teams within highly collaborative environments. With excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, you manage priorities effectively, multitask efficiently, and consistently meet deadlines. Passionate about continuous improvement, you bring strong business acumen and problem-solving abilities, while staying informed on market conditions to anticipate and forecast business impacts. Candidates will be assessed on the following LYB competencies:
 

• Build Partnerships 
• Deliver Results 
• Drive Innovation 
• Grow Capabilities 
• Promote Inclusion 

What We Offer

We offer an environment where we encourage personal and professional growth and where you will be rewarded for your performance and results. You will have the possibility to work with specialist on all fields to develop innovative solutions and to extend your national and international network. In addition, we offer you a competitive salary package. The Company's Global Remote Work Policy allows eligible employees the option to work up to two days a week from home. LyondellBasell is committed to advancing diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) to ensure a positive experience for all employees.

Interested?

Please send us your resume via the application button. 
Please feel free to contact James Smeets, Talent Acquisition Consultant at james.smeets @ lyondellbasell.com for more details. Would you like to apply? Just send us your motivation and resume via the application button. Only applications through this application button will be taken into consideration. #LI-Hybrid  #LI-JS2 

The recruitment process consists of an initial phone screening and business interviews before proceeding to a possible job offer. A background check will be part of the process as well.  

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