Senior Finance Manager

Job Title:

Senior Finance Manager

Location:

Woodlands, TX - Hybrid

Duration:

1 - 5 Years Contract

Work Authorisation:

USC or GC only

Pay Rate:

70/hr. on C2C

Mode of Interview:

Video

Relocation:

Client will pay for all relocation

MUST BE FLUENT IN KOREAN and ENGLISH

Position Overview:

The Senior Manager, Finance (FP&A) serves as a strategic leader and key business partner responsible for driving financial performance, strengthening FP&A capabilities, and influencing decision-making across designated business segments. This role provides senior-level financial leadership, oversees critical planning processes, and ensures excellence in reporting, analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to maximize organizational value. The key responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to the following:

STRATEGIC PLANNING & CORE PROCESSES

• Lead the annual budgeting and Long-Range Planning (LRP) process, ensuring cross-functional alignment, financial rigor, and strategic clarity.
• Direct and oversee the monthly forecasting process, including variance analysis, performance analytics, and insights that drive accountability and improved business outcomes.
• Evaluate complex business cases, including profitability strategies, asset viability assessments, and innovation investments, providing high-quality financial recommendations to senior leadership.
• Develop and institutionalize KPI frameworks that enhance profitability, measure strategic progress, and inform executive decision-making.
• Champion standardization and best practices across finance processes, ensuring global consistency, scalability, and organizational efficiency. REPORTING, COVERNANCE & COMPLIANCE
• Own the timely consolidation, review, and delivery of monthly Business Review Meeting (BRM) materials, including P&L, working capital, and cash flow performance for the business units.
• Oversee quarterly MD&A analytics and contribute to Board of Directors reporting, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and strategic insight.
• Ensure compliance with all corporate and local reporting requirements, maintaining the highest standards of financial integrity.
• Safeguard data accuracy and enforce strong financial controls to prevent misstatements and uphold governance expectations. COMMUNICATION & LEADERSHIP
• Serve as a key advisor to senior leadership, including the CFO, business unit heads, and cross functional executives, by presenting critical financial results, trends, and recommendations.
• Communicate proactively with stakeholders regarding events or activities that may impact financial performance, ensuring visibility and proper risk management.
• Provide stewardship over SG&A cost structures, driving efficiency and alignment with strategic priorities.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights on business drivers, risks, opportunities, investments, and operational performance to shape high-impact decisions. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, SYSTEMS & DATA ANALYTICS
• Lead initiatives to enhance budgeting, forecasting, and LRP processes, optimizing efficiency, accuracy, and analytical capability.
• Advance reporting tools, dashboards, data warehouses, models, and templates to improve financial transparency and decision support across the organization.
• Provide oversight of financial controls, advanced analytics, value-added reporting, and performance metrics to support sustained business improvement. Required Skills A required skill is a measurable ability or behavior required to successfully perform the work. Enter 5-7 required skills. Be sure to add years of experience.
• 12 years of experience.
• Integrated business systems experience.
• High proficiency in personal computer technology and various software packages including Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint, PowerBI, BPC, SAP
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS
• Expert financial modeling and analytical skills for budgeting and forecasting combined with a strong attention to detail
• Excellent analytical rigor and ability to translate complexity into clear executive recommendations. Education, Certifications & Licenses List the education, certifications, and/or licenses required for the position. Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Engineering (or related degree).
• Fluent in Korean and English (written and verbal); able to produce executive-ready materials and communicate effectively with global leadership teams and cross-cultural stakeholders.
• Experience within a Korean large enterprise environment and/or U.S. expatriate assignment experience is highly valued, given the cross-cultural coordination and DLC interface requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA, CMA, or CPA