Senior Analyst, Finance Transformation

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Senior Analyst, Finance Transformation:

The Senior Analyst, Finance Transformation will play a critical role in driving financial and operational performance within the organization. The team owns a portfolio of high-value strategic projects that improve both financial and operational performance. This position will be responsible for analyzing financial data, developing and reporting on critical initiatives, and supporting cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives. The ideal candidate will have a background in finance, excellent analytical skills, strong communication skills (both written and verbal), strong planning and organizing skills, and the ability to work cross-functionally.

What You'll Do:

Business Analysis

• Analyze operational and financial data to develop and investigate hypotheses about performance drivers, especially for complex decisions involving multiple teams with downline impacts
• Assist in translatingdifficulties, anecdotes, observations, current state processes, and critical metrics into clearly scoped opportunities for new strategic transformation projects
• Estimate financial value and operational impact of transformation projects, specifying value levers and how/where outcomes will hit P&L

Process Improvement

• Map current state business processes with an emphasis on evaluating how the company makes key decisions, both strategic and operational
• Support cross-functional teams to design future state business processes and identify what needs to happen to make them a reality
• Inform the design of quantitative models to guide better decisions and technology to enable future state operational workflows
• Contribute to change management activities required for value capture, including communications, employee training, and technology cutovers

Program Management

• Facilitate the build of comprehensive business cases to substantiate return on investment, vet plans, and secure funding for transformation projects
• Support projects and teams through PMO framework, ensuring progression according to scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards
• Document project risks and dependencies, then work across the enterprise to mitigate these proactively so transformation delivery timelines stay on track
• Facilitate requirements gathering, proposal structuring, and vendor selection with key partners
• Assist in regular Steering Committee meetings with executive sponsors to communicate progress, raise issues, make important decisions, and progress through stage gates

Stakeholder Management

• Work with diverse stakeholders around a single vision, set of priorities, and understanding of portfolio finances, timelines, risks, and status
• Organize portfolio review meetings for multiple audiences
• Call out potential roadblocks quickly and with urgency to mobilize resources proactively

Where You'll Work:

• This is a hybrid based role that will report out of our headquarters in Downers Grove, IL

Pay & Benefits:

• The salary range is $90,770- $136,160. This role is also eligible for incentive pay.
• The specific salary offered to a candidate may be motivated by a variety of factors including the candidate's meaningful experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location.
• Available employee benefits include health, vision, and dental. We also provide 401k matching for retirement and flexible time off.

What You Can Expect:

Univar Solutions is a leading, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and wellbeing of our daily lives from life-saving medicines and vitamins to hand sanitizers and industrial materials used for cleaning, construction, and more. Our global team of more than 10,000 employees support our vision to redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet!

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives as well as a diverse benefits offering to support our employees' physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.

Univar Solutions supports sustainable solutions for the world around us so that we can do our part to help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe!

We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges the unique experiences, perspectives and expertise of individuals and provides the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry.

Univar Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification.

Univar Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms (collectively Recruiting Firms). Recruiting Firms must enter into a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with Univar Solutions prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. All searches must be initiated by Univar Solutions' Talent Acquisition team and candidates must be submitted via Applicant Tracking System (ATS) by approved vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless the aforementioned conditions have been met. Contacting our hiring managers directly is prohibited.

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