Operations Senior Financial Analyst

At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.

We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.

Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World.

It’s Better with Bakelite.

Operations Senior Financial Analyst: The Impact You’ll Have On The Organization and World

• You will be a key member of the business team, planning, tracking, analyzing, and driving business results.
• You’ll collaborate with the Operations Finance Leader, Site Leaders, Functional Leaders, Finance Analysts, and Corporate Controllers to deliver on shared goals.
• You will contribute as part of the Site Management Team, helping define tactical plant plans that strengthen cost control and support sales growth.
• You’ll partner with Support Functions to manage costs, evaluate the financial impact of projects and organizational changes, ensure data accuracy, and provide financial performance analysis aligned with company policies.

It's Better with Bakelite: Our Commitment Back to You

• You’ll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you’re part of a diverse, global population creating the next generation of the company and we expect you to put your fingerprint on it.
• We Champion Our Associates. At Bakelite, you don’t just climb the career ladder – you pave your personal path through continued learning and development.
• Together, We Will Protect the Planet. From our processes to our products, we are focusing on the opportunities that both grow our profitability as a company, and improve and protect the planet.
• Safety is a Core Value. At Bakelite, safety is a 24/7 mindset. We are all safe today to ensure we are able to show up tomorrow – for our families and friends, for each other and for our communities.
• We Care. Plain and simple, we care about our associates. From the top on down, we place a high value on our culture and the associate experience. We offer competitive compensation, robust benefits and support our associates every step of their career.

Life in Louisville: Louisville is Kentucky’s biggest city and the “Gateway to the South.” It’s located on the Ohio River and is just over the Indiana border.

• Louisville is home to the Kentucky Derby, an annual horse race with a long history that takes place at Churchill Downs.
• There are lots of attractions to explore in downtown Louisville, including the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, where Major League Baseball bats are produced.
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• Love to travel? You’re minutes from the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, where you can hop a flight to anywhere in the world.
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What Does a Typical Day Look Like? Here are your primary responsibilities:

• Timely and accurate month-end closing activities and financial reporting.
• Interpretation of financial results and metrics.
• Contribution to develop actions plans and strategic decisions.
• Creation and achievement of annual budget and monthly forecasts.
• Continuous review of product costing in order to improve accuracy.
• Monitoring compliance with accounting policies and procedures.
• Driving productivity projects and other plant initiatives/cost savings actions.
• Coordination of capital projects process.
• Performing ad-hoc analysis as needed.
• Interfacing with internal/external audit.
• Ensuring audits of fixed and physical inventory are completed in accordance with internal control procedures.

What is Needed to be Successful in this Role (Required Skills/Abilities):

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting and/or Finance.
• 5+ years experience in financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting and/or external financial reporting.
• Established financial analysis skills and problem-solving ability.
• Advance Analytical skills, ability to read and translate data into information.
• Strong communication skills; must be able to work effectively with peers and higher levels of Company management.
• Team player, interact effectively with cross functional teams.
• Proactive and well organized.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and consistently meet deadlines in a dynamic work environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel modeling capabilities (Filters, Pivots, Formulas, Graphs, Calculated Fields).
• Experience with SAP R/3 and / or Consolidation System (BFC/Cartesis/Other).

Are you ready to help us build a better tomorrow and put your fingerprints on the world? Apply for this exciting opportunity, and learn more about our hiring process, insights from our global associates, our robust benefits and more at Bakelite.com/careers.

We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.

In order to be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site, be at least 18 years or age, willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies. Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. This company participates in E-Verify. For additional details, click HERE.

If currently an employee of the Company, you must have satisfactory work performance. Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to an employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.