Battery Materials Finance Manager

Cabot Corporation • Full-time • Riga • 2w ago

Your Role at Cabot

The Finance Manager for the Battery Materials business unit engages in all financial activities across the global business. This role is responsible for global consolidation of financial statements, global coordination of profit and loss (P&L), working capital, and capital forecasts. The Finance Manager will drive financial reporting, budgeting, and long-range planning processes, ensuring accuracy and actionable insights. The role will be deeply embedded in the organization to drive understanding of financial inputs and outputs, supporting improved transparency and decisions.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Coordinate global profit and loss (P&L), working capital, and capital forecasts.
• Manage the budget and forecast process for selling, technological, and administrative expenses (STA).
• Own commercial forecast processes for EU, NA, and SA regions.
• Drive accuracy and completeness of financial statement preparation and presentation; collaborate with accounting and other Cabot stakeholders to improve reporting quality.
• Oversee reporting of financials within the business, including technology, commercial, and finance functions.
• Communicate financial results, forecasts, and analyses to senior management and cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate the budget and long-range planning (LRP) process for the business unit.
• Develop an understanding of product and supply chain cost structures to inform strategic decisions.
• Ensure compliance with global accounting standards and local statutory requirements.
• Identify and lead opportunities for process improvement by partnering closely with accounting and business stakeholders to enhance core financial processes and reporting.
• Support decision-making regarding capital appropriations, expansion, pricing, and product line changes.

What You Will Bring to Cabot

• Advanced knowledge of accounting principles and financial concepts, with the ability to apply them in a global business environment.
• Strong understanding of financial consolidation, forecasting, and cost management.
• Advanced proficiency with financial systems, including JDE (JD Edwards), OBI (Oracle Business Intelligence), and Power BI.
• Strong Excel skills including ability to manipulate, synthesize, and analyze large and complex data sets and present actionable insights and recommendations.
• Demonstrated interest in exploring data and structuring it appropriately for analysis; curiosity and willingness to learn about advanced data concepts.
• Demonstrated initiative and decision-making skills in dynamic environments.
• Ability to build trust and collaborate across functions and geographies.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Experience working within cross-functional, global teams.

Education/Experience

• University degree in Accounting/Finance. MBA preferred.
• Minimum eight years of experience in accounting/financial management, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with global financial consolidation, commercial forecasting, and cost analysis.
• Prior experience working with JDE, OBI, and Power BI is highly desirable.

Additional Information:

Permanent contract.
Monthly allowance & Yearly bonus.
Health insurance from first day of work.
Salary: 3200 - 4500 EUR Gross. The final salary offer will depend on the candidate’s previous experience and qualifications.

How We’ll Support Your Success:

Dynamic, Flexible, Hard Working, Team Environment – We are busy, collaborative, growing, and we are doing really meaningful work.
Hybrid Work Environment – The autonomy to both work from home 2 days a week and develop/sustain colleague relationships in the office 3 days a week.
Benefits, Vacation, Etc.– We offer a competitive package of benefits.
Feedback – we are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.
Support– you are part of a team and deserve to feel encouraged and supported. You will be part of a team that cares about you personally and professionally. Our success depends on your success.