Commercial Finance Lead in Houston, Texas at Elementia

DIVISION/LOCATION: Plycem USA

POSITION TITLE: Commercial Finance Lead

REPORTS TO TITLE: Financial Planning and Reporting Manager

GENERAL FUNCTION:

The Commercial Finance Lead supports the Financial Planning and Reporting Manager by analyzing and interpreting the Company's commercial, operational, and financial performance. The role is responsible for maintaining price lists in the ERP system, administering pricing and rebate agreements, validating customer rebate requests, performing profitability analyses, and providing financial insights that support strategic decision-making and improve EBITDA.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Supervise and develop team members, ensuring effective workload management, performance, and continuous improvement.

• Administer and maintain customer and product price lists in the ERP system, ensuring pricing accuracy and data integrity.

• Manage customer rebate programs, including the creation and maintenance of rebate agreements, validation of rebate requests, calculation of monthly and annual rebates, and monitoring of rebate accruals and claims.

• Perform pricing, margin, profitability, and rebate analyses to support commercial decisions and identify opportunities to improve business performance.

• Prepare financial calculations for new rebate agreements and evaluate their impact on profitability, recommending improvements when appropriate.

• Develop and maintain commercial and financial reports, dashboards, budgets, and forecasts to support business planning and decision-making.

• Extract, analyze, and validate data from internal and external sources to provide accurate financial and operational insights.

• Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Customer Service, and Accounts Receivable to resolve pricing and rebate issues and ensure the effective administration of commercial agreements.

• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance operational efficiency, reporting accuracy, and internal controls.

• Support the Financial Planning and Reporting Manager by providing financial analysis and business insights while contributing to the achievement of departmental and company objectives.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE

Technical Skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel, Smartsheet, PowerPoint, and Power BI

• SAP (or other ERP systems)

• Financial modeling and profitability analysis

• Pricing and rebate management

Core Competencies

• Analytical thinking

• Critical thinking and problem-solving

• Communication and collaboration

• Attention to detail

• Organizational and time management skills

• Process improvement mindset

• Leadership and team development

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in commercial finance, pricing, business analysis, or a related field.

• Experience with pricing administration, rebate management, profitability analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.

• Previous experience using SAP or another ERP system.

• Experience developing financial reports, dashboards, and business performance analyses.

• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience is preferred.

EDUCATION

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.

COMMENTS

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.