Manager - Financial Strategy (GP Cellulose)

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Georgia-Pacific is currently seeking a Manager - Financial Strategy for our GP Cellulose business. This role functions as a strategic and financial business partner supporting key growth strategies, point-of-view work, and economic analysis to ensure the business is making good economic decisions for the short and long-term. The selected candidate will have demonstrated capability to grow and develop.

Value Creation: The right candidate will be a solid business partner and active participant of the GP Cellulose leadership group, reporting through the finance organization but working directly with the Cellulose business president and commercial team. This position has accountability for financial decision support of the Cellulose business in the form of P&L stewardship, insightful reporting analysis, short and long-term business and strategic planning, economic analysis of investments, and evaluation of business growth opportunities. The position will also manage and develop a Market Analyst

Location: This position is located at the newly renovated GP HQ in downtown Atlanta, GA. We have a hybrid schedule of in-office and remote workdays.

Team: This role will report to the Director of Strategy for our Cellulose business. Our GP Financial Planning & Analysis teams and individuals provide support to 125+ operating locations across the US, as well as at our corporate HQ in Atlanta, GA.

What You Will Do

• Continually drive the financial reporting and communication process to deliver insights of business performance and drive opportunity discussions with business leadership
• Think and act like the decision maker to anticipate business leader needs, provide recommendations, and continuously improve knowledge processes
• Collaborate with capabilities such as accounting, IT, supply chain, legal, business development, and others as needed to achieve desired outcomes
• Provide sound economic thought leadership and analysis to support growth and investment opportunities.
• Engage in respectful challenge and discussion with the management team to drive profitable growth
• Provide ad-hoc and marginal analysis to support decision making.
• Drive change, be inquisitive, and push boundaries while demonstrating humility
• Perform competitive market analyses, valuation analyses, and marginal analyses of competing opportunities
• Advance the Principled Based Management (PBM) culture by applying and reinforcing the company's Guiding Principles

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Progressive career experience in a financial analysis, market analysis or related role(s)
• Understanding of key accounting and financial concepts, economic principles, variance analysis, marginal analysis, point-of-view development and key business drivers
• Collaboration mindset that seeks to build working relationships and bridge gaps between partners.
• Experience communicating and presenting financial concepts to all audience levels in person and via audio and video formats; you are comfortable being seen and heard.
• Proficiency with MS Excel and PowerPoint skills (financial modeling, charts/graphs, pivot tables and reporting, data manipulation/analysis, presenting analysis in PPT)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience working in a manufacturing company and understanding of a manufacturing business
• Experience with dashboarding or data analysis/visualization tools (i.e. Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, Qlik)

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

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Equal Opportunities

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