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Finance Manager

Franklin Electric
Madison, USA
Full-time
Senior · 5+ years experience
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Key Responsibilities

  • Provide decision support to commercial and operations leaders through margin/mix analysis, cost-to-serve insights, working capital analytics, and business case modeling (NPD, restructuring, cost reductions, and M&A evaluation).
  • Participate in M&A due diligence and integration activities.
  • Drive the annual budgeting and forecasting process for the full P&L and key balance sheet accounts.
  • Own the monthly close for Energy Systems: drive timely, accurate results, ensure appropriate accruals/reserves, and maintain clear linkage between actuals, forecasts, and outlooks.
  • Lead segment consolidation and reporting requirements for actuals, forecasts, AOP, LRP, and Risk/Opportunity analysis; ensure consistency of assumptions and strong variance explanations for leadership.
  • Drive automation and standardization of reporting and close workflows by leveraging ERP and BI tools; improve data quality, reduce manual effort, and shorten cycle times.
  • Strengthen internal controls, close discipline, and balance sheet governance; ensure processes are documented and audit ready.
  • Increase self-service capabilities and streamline close/reporting to reduce manual work, improve controllership visibility, and accelerate decision-making.
  • Create concise, executive-ready insights on results, drivers, and risks; clearly communicate accounting impacts, estimates, and assumptions.
  • Effectively collaborate with multinational teams in a matrixed, functionally diverse environment.
  • Enterprise Transformation & Strategic Projects
  • Deliver a timely and accurate monthly close with clear variance analysis and actionable executive commentary.
  • Maintain strong internal controls and audit readiness; proactively identify and remediate control or process gaps.
  • Ensure reporting integrity across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow; improve transparency into reserves, estimates, and key accounting judgments.
  • Drive measurable improvements in working capital and close/reporting efficiency through standardization, automation, and effective business partnership.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, finance, or a related field required, master’s preferred.
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in accounting, finance, or a related field (required).
  • Proficiency with accounting and business systems, including advanced skills in JDE (preferred), data entry, spreadsheets, and word processing; intermediate capability with presentation tools such as PowerPoint, and Microsoft Business Intelligence.
  • Proven ability to influence senior executives and translate insights into business decisions.

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