Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. 

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

 

The Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) will serve as a key member of the senior leadership team, providing strategic financial insights and partnering with the business to deliver the company’s strategy. This new role is being created to challenge the status quo to enable deeper insights, enhance strategic decision making and improve financial visibility.  

 

Strategic Leadership:

·          Lead the FP&A function, developing and implementing financial plans that align with the company's overall objectives, incorporating market data, growth opportunities and risk assessments.

·          Provide insightful analysis and strategic insights to the executive team to support decision-making and drive profitable organic growth and bottom-line expansion.

·          Collaborate with other senior leaders to provide financial expertise and support strategic initiatives.

·          Prepare executive level materials to support financial discussions with the Board of Directors as well as investors.

 

Financial Planning & Analysis:

·          Oversee the development of comprehensive financial plans, budgets, and forecasts, ensuring accuracy and alignment with business goals.

·          Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models to provide real-time insights into financial performance, helping the organization anticipate market changes and adjust strategies accordingly 

·          Streamline the budgeting and forecasting process while providing more accurate and timely financial projections

·          Develop tools to enable scenario modeling and simulation to allow the business to assess the impact of different strategies and make informed decisions 

·          Conduct in-depth financial analysis to identify trends, opportunities and risks, providing actionable insights to senior management.  

 

Performance Monitoring:

·          Operationalize the strategy by developing key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure financial and operational progress

·          Continuously monitor business performance against financial plans and budgets, identifying variances and recommending corrective actions.

 

Investment Planning:

·          Evaluate capital investments, ensuring optimal allocation of resources in alignment with the strategy

·          Lead financial due diligence for potential mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic initiatives.

 

Process Improvement:

·          Continuously monitor and improve financial reporting processes, forecasting techniques, and data analysis methods to optimize financial insights.

·          Implement best practices and leverage technology to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the FP&A function (e.g., predictive analytics, data visualization)

 

Team Leadership:

·          Lead, mentor, and develop the FP&A team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

·          Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team and across the organization.

·          Build and maintain a high-performing team capable of supporting the company's strategic objectives.

Education and Experience:

·          Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.

·          MBA or CPA preferred.

·          Minimum of 15 years of experience in finance related roles, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role specifically within financial planning and analysis.

·          Proven track record of developing and implementing financial strategies.

·          Experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment is a plus.

 

Additional Qualifications:

·          Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.

·          Excellent problem-solving abilities.

·          Proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting, and reporting.

·          Advanced knowledge of financial software and tools (e.g., SAP, HFM, Sigma, Qlik, Power BI, Tableau). 

 

Leadership Abilities:

·          Demonstrated leadership and team management skills.

·          Ability to mentor and develop team members.

·          Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

 

Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security (EHS&S) 

Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations. Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements. Additionally, employees and management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the organization. 

Security includes physical security and cyber security. 

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

 

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world.  In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance. 

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.  

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