Join us in creating a sustainable future and becoming a protector of tomorrow!
Covanta South Region is hiring a Finance Lead in Montgomery MD.
Come Join Us in Protecting Tomorrow
What Covanta Offers You:
Highlights of Covanta’s Competitive Total Rewards package:
- A competitive base salary
- Performance based Annual Incentive Plan
- Day 1 – Health Care Benefits, includes dental and vision
- Wellness Program Incentives & Rewards
- Retirement Savings Plan and 401K with Company match
- Paid Time Off (Vacation & Holiday)
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
ABOUT COVANTA:
At Covanta, the work we do is more than just a job. It’s a commitment to environmental problem-solving and sustainable progress. We do all that we can to safeguard the future of our people, our planet and our shared prosperity. We are a world leader in providing sustainable waste and energy solutions.
Position Description:
Key Responsibilities
This is a unique leadership opportunity to be a part of a dynamic finance team as well as to interact with regional leaders, Facility and Area Managers to further develop Business Decision Support and FP&A capabilities for the South Region.
This is a key role within the Regional Finance Organization directly reporting to the Senior Finance Director of Operations. The Finance Lead has direct responsibility to support and lead the Decision Support processes for Operations and Commercial Finance, FP&A Processes including forecasting, budget, long range plan and monthly reporting activities and as well as to serve as the main contact for the Shared Service Center to coordinate all reporting activities with the Facility Senior Management Team on a monthly basis. The role involves providing financial planning support to the Sr Finance Director of Operations, and Facility Manager for a South Region facility.
- Partner with the facility/Regional management in achieving business objectives including financial, operational and commercial.
- Support Facility Managers, Area Managers, Commercial Organization, Asset Managers, COO, Chief Commercial Officer and Region Leaders to perform contract reviews, commercial proposals and scenario planning.
- Interact with Internal and external auditors to coordinate facilities and SSC to prepare and deliver all documentation required for internal and external audits.
- Support Sr Finance Director of Operations, Sr Director Commercial Finance, Regional FP&A and partner with Corporate FP&A as well as Shared Service Center teams to ensure timely, accurate and insightful financial analysis that allow to monitor business KPIs (including collections / account receivables) and enable effective decision making.
- Monitor, analyze, and report on consolidated area performance against budget and prior year including financial walk across and bridges to generate insightful analytics for price and volume analytics.
- Perform operational statistical and metrics tracking, evaluate financial performance comparing actual results to plans while also making recommendations to obtain goals.
- Provide financial support in delivering monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting to monitor targets versus budget and long-term plan.
- Develop new analysis views to assist in analyzing financial performance, KPIs, etc., including any special projects and ad hoc request as assigned and required.
- Support Sr Finance Director of Operations, Regional FP&A, Commercial Finance and Regional Finance VP to develop systems and processes to support Region’s ability to forecast and budget to meet internal business needs as well as corporate planning requirements.
- Deliver expense analytics to support cost management allocation, expense reduction and support to improve budget and forecast accuracy.
- Participate in weekly morning meeting for each facility under his/her responsibility as well as visit each facility on monthly basis (as per business needs or minimum once per month).
Education and Desired Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in finance, Administration, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field. CPA or MBA is a plus.
- 5 Years or equivalent experience in Finance Commercial, Finance FP&A, Finance Supply Chain, Plant Controller. Project modeling and scenario planning is a plus.
- Ability to interpret and adhere to contractual language.
- Direct report to Senior Finance Leaders or Regional VPs in positions supporting regional organizations.
- Other Experiences: Product P&L, regional HQ, G&A expenses, cost control, process improvement and standardization.
Essential Skills and Competencies:
- Accountability, Collaboration, eager to learn, drive by results, manage ambiguity, self-management, self-motivated, critical thinking, and strong business acumen.
- Strong analytical ability to understand impact of financial changes and support to prepare corrective actions.
- Ability to deliver high quality work under pressure of tight deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal and presentation skills and ability to build a strong network across the organization.
- Strong knowledge on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and/or Enterprise Performance Management (EPM): JDEdwards EnterpriseOne (Oracle), SAP, Cognos, Hyperion, CAFE, Tableau BI, SmartView.
Covanta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
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