Senior Financial Analyst

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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 recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.   

ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Provide accurate and compliant financial reporting, forecasting, and actionable/value-creating insights to enable achievement of business objectives and the development of a long-term growth strategy

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepare monthly or quarterly performance reviews and other financial packages for management team, with simple, clear, and valuable insights.
• Perform extensive volume variance analysis by business segments vs. prior year, including written business analysis to identify key factors for gains & losses.
• Perform fiscal year P&L projection regularly as requested with reasonable assumptions, including OI walk analysis.
• Lead and coordinate annual budget process, and strategic planning process, from topline to OI. Challenge business assumptions and ensure the reasonability.
• Review SIA and other commercial related contracts from finance perspective, to ensure complete compliance and protect company’s benefit to the best extent.
• Review & confirm SIA accrual balance on quarterly basis and ensure SIA settlement following company policy.
• Actively participate in price decisions by providing relevant financial information and inputs. Conduct price and cost change monitoring to ensure proper implementation of price decision or to identify abnormal price change.
• Closely partner with commercial teams and provide on-going support in pricing, RM cost monitoring, scorecard tracking and other projects necessary to support business growth.
• Conduct financial modeling for capital investment decision-making.
• Ensure that business unit operations compliant with company policies, control procedures and statutory requirements by monitoring, and overseeing the use of control systems, procedures, and mechanisms.

REQUIREMENTS – EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS:

• Education Background:
  • Bachelor’s degree or above, preferably in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Statistics or Business Management
• Technical Skills:
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in both English and Mandarin Chinese
  • Proficiency with MS Office – Excel, Power Query, Power BI, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Teams
  • Strong communication skill
• Other Experiences Preferred:
  • 4+ years working experience in multinational company with at least 3 years planning and analysis experience
  • Strong learning capability, highly self-motivated for continuous improvement, and strong sense of accountability
  • Able to develop business understanding quickly and provide in-depth analysis
  • Manufacturing experience or experience in chemical industry is a plus
  • CPA or equivalent is a plus

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together! 

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 race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic.