• Develop strong interpersonal relationships with senior leadership • Ability to influence senior leadership through financial interpretation and explanation • Understand the business (es) to provide business trends and insightful analysis of the details and summary level information to allow the leadership team to make informed and prudent business decisions to improve the financial performance of the business unit • Supporting the business in its growth initiatives from organic to strategic investments and acquisitions • Own and manage all aspects of the annual and monthly planning, forecasting, and reporting processes for multiple business units • Deliver comprehensive analysis of the financial results and key metrics of the business unit to leadership about the status of the business with respective comparisons to budget, prior year, and outlooks • Understand the impact of unusual items that skew the interpretation of the true financial performance • Investigate results that do not line up with expectations and follow up on any corrections and long-term root cause resolution needed • Create presentations for senior management • Develop financial models for special projects to provide support for decision-making • Ensure the team understands where and how the business unit is expected to grow (price, new business, erosion, market growth, etc.) • Commitment (along with the business unit director) to deliver the budget commitment every year for each business unit supported (revenue, operating income, and operating income margin) • Collaborate globally and across peers to drive consistency and best practices • Challenge conventional ideas in a group and one on one settings • Partner closely with other groups (Operations, Audit, Accounting …etc.) to improve processes and increase controls.