About Lubrizol  
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.  

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognise unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life. 

Lubrizol is currently looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our Finance team. In this role, you will provide financial insights to support operations objectives in the areas of product costs, OPEX and CAPEX. Additionally, you will provide accurate and compliant financial reports and ensure a strong internal control environment. This position will be based out of our Global Competency Center (GCC ) in Pune (India), following a hybrid working model.

 

Duties / Responsibilities:

 

Provide anchor support for the operations leadership team with timely, accurate and actionable analytics. Become gate keepers of restructuring initiatives ensuring functional compliance with accounting principles tracking applicable expenditures Own and drive clarity in Lubrizol corporate reporting by observing operations finance calendar and ensure appropriate support of corporate reporting deadlines and submissions. Drive excellency in CAPEX analytics by promoting accountability for cash flow optimization and benefits. Financial gatekeeper of long-range strategic initiatives especially operational excellence targeting capacity optimization, demand planning improvements, and material productivity Collaborate w/relevant functional teams including information systems to revamp operations finance Power BI dashboards in support of periodic reporting routines Collaborate cross functionally to drive Lubrizol’s productivity initiative and actively participate in the productivity council. Responsibilities include data collection, validation and maintenance of primary productivity project tracking tools. Additionally, the team will be heavily involved in ledger cleanup of cost centers to create line of sight to what’s true variable expenses per operating entity Instrumental in managing, defining, consolidating, and driving clarity of operating mechanisms, governing metrics, and underlying IT updates critical to productivity initiative success Participate in closing processes as necessary, performing journal entries, review of plant spending, communication of results, and driving operational excellence to streamline closing processes Play critical role between operations metrics and free cash flow tracking. Consolidate and track productivity improvements across manufacturing facilities and prioritize key projects offering the highest payback for Lubrizol; support the Operations teams in prioritizing projects and offer insights into key projects and their ability to achieve results. Act as site controller for our Brecksville and Wickliffe facilities by supporting site leadership with reporting and analysis on monthly, quarterly and year spending; provide support as needed for site related capital investments. Critically assess project submissions for savings relevance and correct placement into expected benefit buckets … growth, capacity, process efficiency etc Ability to participate in ad hoc growth analytics driving efficient make vs. buy decisions

 

Skills, Qualifications:

 

Bachelors/Master’s degree in accounting or finance from top tier universities in India Minimum of 10 years of experience in FP&A for multinational corporation preferably similar industry as Lubrizol Experience working with GAAP accounting, financial modeling, and analysis involving financial statement ratios Ability to concisely contextualize financial information and provide analysis in a variety of ways (1-1 meetings, written reports, formal presentations, etc) Motivated team player, with strong written and verbal communication skills Ability to prioritize and manage time effectively. Capable of building relationships cross functionally Proficiency in SAP, Microsoft Office, BOBJ, Power BI tools, SharePoint, Plainview,

               

What will put you ahead:

CPA and/or MBA equivalent a plus Prior experience w/FP&A teams a plus Proficiency in QAD/SAP ERPs a differentiator Previous plant, cost accounting, supply chain, procurement or operations finance experience a definite plus Experience leading cross-functional project teams Prior exposure to Lean Six Sigma operating environment with a bias for continuous improvement

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It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities.

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. 

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their ethnic origin, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other characteristic.