Manager of Analysis - Georgia-Pacific

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking an experienced Manager of Analysis to join our Wauna OR Consumer Products Manufacturing facility. In this role, you will create value for the organization by providing actionable manufacturing analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and business partnering with our operations teams to create value and close gaps. We are recruiting contribution motivated candidates with strong critical and entrepreneurial thinking skills who demonstrate initiative, natural curiosity, effective communication skills, and are driven to transform. In this role you will be able to use your expertise to drive operational improvements and support strategic decision making. You will also have the opportunity to mentor and knowledge share process improvements and optimization with other analysts on the analytical team.

Location: This is an onsite role supporting our Consumer Products mill in Clatskanie, OR. We are seeking local applicants, or candidates that are willing to relocate to the area. Relocation assistance is offered for this position.

The Wauna Mill has been in operation for 59 years and is one of the largest employers in Clatsop County. Owned by Georgia-Pacific, the site boasts more than 700 employees and produces retail tissue, towel, and napkin paper products. Our Georgia-Pacific Corporate HQ is located in downtown Atlanta, GA.

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Who We Are: The Operations Finance team is made up of individuals across all of our CPG operations locations and our corporate headquarters in Atlanta, GA. We are a diverse group and have a passion for analytics, financial business partnering, and lifelong learning.

What We Do: We focus on supporting our manufacturing teams with financial insights and reviews, forecasting, variance analysis, benchmarking, and identifying cost savings opportunities. We serve as the primary financial business partners for our sites and our division. We are supported by our partners in Accounting and Financial Centers of Excellence for Inventory, Internal Financial Controls, and Capital.

How We Work Everyone is expected to be an owner and entrepreneur of the locations and businesses they support. Direction to priorities and coaching will be provided to build capability, but the individual will not be micromanaged.

How You Succeed Build and develop trusted business partnering relationships with our operations and business teams. Develop in depth knowledge of the manufacturing operation as well as collaborate and build knowledge with peers at other sites.

What You will Do

• Provide financial and economic decision-making support through preparing and interpreting financial results, cost and variance analysis, operational gap analysis, capital planning, and other ad-hoc analysis while creating real, long-term value for the organization.
• Develop strong relationships with the operations team to better understand and anticipate their business needs.
• Obtain a solid working knowledge of the primary drivers of operations and their impact on financial performance.
• Contribute to the monthly forecasting and annual planning processes.
• Contribute to long-term strategic planning process.
• Execute operations bet tracking and performance analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to seek and share knowledge, identify opportunities for improvements, challenge the status quo, and propose solutions.
• Partner effectively with our Accounting, Controls, Product Costing, and Commercial Finance teams to support variance analysis, and general mill questions.
• Prepare and analyze product cost in comparison to industry and internal benchmarks.
• Advance our Principles-Based Management® culture by applying and reinforcing the company's Core Values and Principles.

Who You Are (Basic Requirements):

• Career experience in a financial analysis, accounting, cost accounting, operations finance, or related role(s) that demonstrates understanding and application of financial concepts, economic principles, marginal analysis, variance analysis, IRR, ROI, and other valuation metrics.
• Transformation focused: You are flexible and able to prioritize your work in a dynamic environment, embrace and lead change, and seek to improve processes.
• Confident Communicator: You have experience presenting complex financial concepts to various audiences and you engage effectively with your stakeholders in multiple formats.
• Collaboration: You have the ability to work independently and as part of a team; you have experience leading projects and mentoring/coaching less experienced team members
• Systems and Tools savvy: You have experience sourcing large volumes of data from multiple systems, performing analysis and developing a point of view.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting or Finance
• Finance/Operations Accounting experience in a Manufacturing organization.
• Advanced MS Excel capability (i.e. financial modeling, forecasting, graphs, charts, pivots, macros)
• Experience with data analysis/visualization tools (i.e., Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, VBA, Hyperion, SQL, etc.)
• Experience working with SAP, or similar ERP systems.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy: All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Re ady and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are: Georgia-Pacific is a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more. Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits: Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria are set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: http://www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

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