Job Description

Essential responsibilities

• Partner with business leadership and staff to drive operating performance & act as champion for strategic and growth initiatives within the organization
• Oversee financial integrity and consistent and effective policies and procedures for the Plant
• Building and maintaining a culture of cost control and accountability
• Ownership for developing Plant estimates, operating plans/forecasts/reviews – includes Strategy Roadmap (3/5-year Plan), Blueprint/OP (1-year Plan)
• Driving profitable growth & productivity by providing analysis of results and reporting key metrics while advising the leadership team on risks and opportunities, as well as recommending actions
• Develop and improve financial processes: Finance reporting tools, Management reporting tools, budgeting and estimating processes, standard Production Cost set ups and analyses, Capital Investment.

Requirements

• Integrity: Accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions, and when dealing with others
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration and relevant financial work experience including developing forecasts & operating plans and leading business / finance reviews
• Excellent analytical skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change
• Capable of forging strong relationships with finance and non-finance colleagues
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Norwegian

Desired Characteristics

• Leadership experience: has experience balancing execution through others with inclusiveness, leveraging expertise, clear thinking, imagination, and external focus
• Problem solving: has successfully led cross-functional projects/process improvement within the operations/finance function
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills: experience working across multiple levels (including executive level) and functions; able to clearly and proactively communicate complex financial and operational information in an easy to understand manner
• Confidence / Assertiveness: strong influencing skills across business functions; confidence to approach business leaders with difficult messages and defend position
• Solid PC skills: experience with financial systems/applications (i.e.: Oracle, SAP, COGNOS, Business Objects, etc.), strong Excel skills in data compilation and aggregation (i.e. pivot tables, VLookup, and Macros)
• Experience working in global business environment with sound understanding of global process and transactional flows
• Experience in dealing with statutory audit process and communication with external auditors
• Adaptable/flexible: being open to change (positive or negative) in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances
• Basic understanding of financial compliance: SOX, GAAP
• Masters’ degree in Business Administration