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The Finance Manager is responsible for driving financial planning, forecasting, and performance management across the business unit. The role partners closely with business leaders to support decision-making, optimize resource allocation, and ensure delivery of sustainable growth and productivity initiatives.
This position reports to the Sr Director, Finance for Resins & Technologies and is part of the Finance organization located in Uppsala, Sweden. This is an on-site role.
What you'll do:
- Business Unit Finance Processes Leadership
- Lead monthly forecasting, Annual Operating Plan and monthly closing processes; analyze revenue, margin, operating expenses and operating profit performance; deliver business reviews; drive forecast accuracy; support KPI development and performance analytics.
- Business Unit Strategic Investment & Capital Portfolio Finance
- Provide financial oversight for capital investments including capacity expansion, productivity, automation and growth projects. Partner with the Global PMO Leader, lead capital planning and forecasting, monitor spending and provide portfolio governance.
- Review and challenge capital investment proposals. Evaluate NPV, IRR, payback and ROI. Support capital approval processes and provide recommendations on project prioritization and capital allocation.
- Track delivery of approved financial benefits, conduct post-investment reviews, develop portfolio dashboards and drive accountability for investment returns.
- Business Partnership
- Partner closely with the Business Unit CFO on FP&A activities including forecasting, planning, and business performance management, while serving as the primary finance partner to the Global PMO Leader for strategic investment planning, capital governance, and value realization.
- DBS & Continuous Improvement
- Drive simplification and standardization of FP&A and capital governance processes while supporting DBS and productivity initiatives.
- Partner with local and global stakeholders to identify opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and digital solutions to enhance financial planning, reporting, forecasting, and decision-making processes.
Who you are:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or a related field.
- Multiple years of experience in FP&A, forecasting, annual operating planning and business performance management within an industrial environment.
- Experience evaluating capital investments and business cases using financial valuation methodologies such as NPV, IRR, payback and ROI.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP and financial planning systems such as Oracle, SAP, OneStream or Business Objects.
- Fluent in English and Swedish, both written and spoken.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Leading projects, workstreams or cross-functional teams.
- Supporting capital portfolio management, manufacturing investments, large-scale productivity programs or continuous improvement initiatives.
- A strong interest in leveraging AI, automation and digital technologies to improve finance processes, increase productivity and enhance decision-making.
You are highly analytical and business-oriented, with the ability to translate financial insights into impactful decisions. You build strong partnerships across functions, communicate complex topics with clarity, and effectively drive results through collaboration and influence. You thrive in a continuous improvement environment, embrace change, and are motivated by creating value for the business.
