Director, Global Operations Finance - Electronic Materials

At Materion, everyone is included, respected and offered opportunity to grow. Join us!Reporting to the Division CFO, the primary responsibility of the Director of Operations Finance is to forge strong business partnerships and provide cost analysis and decision support to the operations and commercial leadership of Electronic Materials. Key focus areas include developing a strong operations finance team, improving standard processes and reporting, and ensuring a strong control environment. Deliverables include providing value-added cost analysis, insights, and recommendations to drive efficiencies, cost reductions, ideal inventory levels, and management of capital spending. Job will also include finance partnering with EM business.Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesLead the Operations Finance team -- provide financial support to manufacturing and supply chain teams.Drive discipline in the forecasting and capital spending processes.Complete cost savings and payback analysis to maximize ROIC and identify and share best practices and lessons learned.Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes for manufacturing and supply chain across for Electronic Materials.Partner with VP/GM of EM business unit for reporting, forecasting, and driving results.Partner with the Electronic Materials FP&A Director and Corporate Accounting to oversee monthly closing process and ensure compliance with US GAAP and Corporate policy; support internal and external audit requirements.Develop standardized Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to monitor manufacturing metrics and recommend corrective actions, as needed.Identify and drive cost reductions and continuous improvement, including the development of robust reporting to monitor actual performance vs. savings targets.Analyze manufacturing variances and recommend actions to improve performance.Improve accuracy and completeness of standard costs and standardize processes and procedures across Electronic Materials.Partner with supply chain to drive inventory reductions to improve working capital.Drive enhancements, upgrades, and standardization of SAP systems across Electronic Materials to better support cost accounting and variance analysis.Drive continuous improvement and automation of systems and processes that support financial analysis and reporting.Collaborate with corporate operations finance and the other business units on best practices and standardization.Support Mergers & Acquisition activities, including due diligence and integration planning.Ad-hoc projects and analysis / other duties as assigned.Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.Materion’s Veteran Employee Resource group supports veterans and promotes the benefits of hiring veterans in the workplace. We honor all those who have served and are a military friendly company. Veterans are encouraged to apply and military experience and skills are transferrable to Materion careers.Please provide complete information. An incomplete application may affect your consideration for employment.SummaryLocation: Cleveland, OHType: Full time