Company Description

For over 100 years, BlueScope continues to build on our reputation of quality brands and products, leading technology and a customer-first spirit. Through our global brands, we are one of the largest manufacturers of building solutions in the world. Our diverse, bright and inspired workforce is committed to bettering the communities we serve through breakthrough thinking and innovations. Your goals, ideas and perspective can help shape our future – we look forward to hearing them!   

Job Description

The Financial Planning & Analysis Director supports and advises across the NA businesses to drive strategy and performance, facilitate commercial decision making, manage risk and help drive innovation and change. The FP&A Director is responsible for driving improved business performance through leadership of the Finance business partnering, performance reporting, planning and financial analysis functions across BlueScope North America. The role drives optimization of capital allocation decision-making through deep understanding of industry trends, balance sheet management and application of the Capital Investment Framework. 

Key Focus Areas:

• Oversight of the BNA financial planning and analysis function including management and performance reporting and analysis, budgeting and forecasting and long-term business planning.
• Business partnering to business units to drive performance outcomes.
• Functional owner of the Group Management Accounting and Capital Investment Framework policies and governance frameworks for BNA.
• Preparation and presentation of routine and ad hoc BNA level financial and business performance including engagement with NALT, ELT, Board and other internal and external stakeholders as appropriate.
• Governance and reporting of the BNA Regional cost ledger.
• Commercial business partnering support to the Regional functional teams (Finance, Legal, HR, Sustainability and Strategy).

Scope of Accountability:

Management accounting and performance reporting: 

• Functional owner of the Management Accounting policy and governance frameworks and their application at BNA including account and performance metric definitions, processes and driving standardisation and efficiencies across the Group.
• Preparation of presentation of routine and adhoc performance reporting to NALT, Board and ELT where appropriate incl Flash report, MFR and other routine and non-routine reporting activities.
• Performance reporting for Short Term Incentive and Budget assessment purposes 

Forecasting, budgeting and planning: 

• Owner of BNA-wide financial planning processes incl monthly forecast, budget and long-term business planning processes.
• Development and review of semi-annual market earnings guidance for submission to Corporate, including coordination of the financial due diligence process.
• Key BNA owner of Key Business Drivers forecasts including price, spread and FX Coordination and key contributor to asset impairment testing modelling and processes (in partnership with business unit Finance teams and Corporate). 

Business partnering, financial analysis and insight: 

• Deep understanding of macro/business drivers, preparation of analysis and  engagement with businesses to improve reporting and analysis practices and drive business performance.
• Data analytics and variance analysis, and sensitivity and scenario analysis.
• Owner of BNA and business level financial modelling - scenario analysis, strategy / M&A, capital management analysis.
• Optimisation analysis, including profitability and working capital efficiency.
• Governance oversight of NA Regional cost ledger including commercial support to the functional teams (Legal, HR, Sustainability and Strategy) 

External reporting: 

• Author and contributor to external reporting including OFR, investor presentations, ASX releases, investor Q&A (in partnership with BU Finance teams and Corporate).
• Custodian of all external variance analysis and reporting 

Capital allocation and project governance: 

• BNA owner of the Group Capital Investment Framework, including its continued evolution and roll-out of progressive framework improvements.
• Capital Governance, including ensuring consistent and appropriate application of capital policies and process across BNA; member of the Group Capital Investment Network.
• Development and operation of the BNA capital prioritization process; scope includes capital expenditure, major opex projects and working capital management.
• Provision of commercial support to major capital investment projects 

Qualifications

Required: 

• Tertiary qualified in commerce/business/accounting.
• Experience leading teams, including direct reports and influencing across an organization.
• Business partnering experience including deep understanding of forecasting, management reporting and financial performance measurement processes and tools.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge developed in a business advisory capacity (Audit, Big 4) or within a complex corporate environment including comfort around ERP and financial consolidation systems eg. Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), SAP.
• Demonstrated track record of identifying and implementing system-based improvement initiatives to deliver step-change in the efficiency and accuracy of planning and reporting processes.
• Deep understanding of economic and financial forecasting/modelling and financial performance measurement processes and tools.
• Advanced Excel/Word/PowerPoint skills; analytics skills and demonstrated attention to detail.
• Demonstrated track record in effective change management and building sustainable organization capability related to the introduction and application of new business processes.
• Experience leading teams, including direct reports and indirect influencing across an organization 

Preferred: 

• Steel, mining or heavy manufacturing industry knowledge an advantage.
• Management consulting or investment evaluation experience.
• CA/CPA, post graduate qualification in business or finance preferable (eg. MBA, CFA, Master of Finance).
• Commercial, projects and business experience preferred, including project or M&A execution leadership, due diligence, negotiation experience, project and business financial evaluation.

Additional Information

The preceding job responsibilities and tasks were designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by associates in this job.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job duties and responsibilities required of associates assigned to this job.  Associates may be required to perform other duties as assigned.  Additional job competencies, individual goals, and performance measurements are set at the department level.

The benefits are just as rewarding as the work at BlueScope.  To support our goal, we offer a total compensation plan and an outstanding benefits package that includes health insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability, paid time off, and retirement. 

EEO Employer/M/F/Disabled/Protected Veteran

BlueScope is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status, as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability. 

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