As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2025 revenue of $3.5 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,100 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in 150 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets. Learn more at www.hbfuller.com.
H.B. Fuller Portugal is a strategically important site that combines manufacturing operations with a broad range of global and regional support functions, including Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Sales, R&D, Customer Service, and Operations. Supporting multiple regions around the world, the site offers employees unique opportunities for international exposure, cross-functional collaboration, internal mobility, and continuous career development within a globally connected environment. This commitment to employee growth and workplace culture has earned H.B. Fuller recognition as a Great Place to Work®.
Position Overview
A Financial Analyst has primary responsibility to gather, interpret, and use complex data to develop actionable steps that will improve processes and optimize results. Day-to-day, it's an analyst's job to assess company data, review detailed information, and analyze it, looking for trends or areas for improvement. The primary purpose of a financial analyst is to support the business by analyzing processes, workflows, and systems to identify opportunities for either improvement or automation.
Primary Responsibilities
- Support the Operations leadership team by providing financial analysis and insights to improve business performance.
- Prepare post-close financial analysis, explaining variances versus budget, forecast, prior year and prior period.
- Identify unusual or non-recurring items impacting financial results.
- Prepare financial summaries and recommendations with support from senior finance leadership.
- Assist in developing financial models for productivity and cost-saving initiatives.
- Assist in preparing scenario analyses for operational and capital investment decisions.
- Support the evaluation of operational performance and identify process improvement opportunities.
- Support financial evaluations of capital investment proposals.
- Assist with quarterly forecasts and the annual operating budget.
- Help communicate financial performance and key assumptions to plant leadership.
- Partner with plant Managers to explain the financial impact of transactional activities.
- Identify root causes of recurring variances and support process improvements.
- Support the accuracy and integrity of plant financial statements.
- Prepare recurring management reports including monthly outlooks and budgets.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field.
- +3 years of experience in Finance, FP&A or Manufacturing Finance.
- Good understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis.
- Exposure to manufacturing or operations finance preferred.
- Strong analytical and communication skills.
- Experience with ERP systems
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and good knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Eagerness to learn and grow as a Finance Business Partner.
- Experience in manufacturing or operations finance.
- SAP experience.
- Understanding of cost accounting, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
- Exposure to capital expenditure analysis is an advantage
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H.B. Fuller is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and proud to have created a collaborative culture where employees around the world are seen, heard, and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or marital status or status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected classification.
H.B. Fuller does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms. To conduct business with H.B. Fuller, a written service agreement must be executed by Human Resources prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. Without a signed service agreement, H.B. Fuller shall not be obligated for payment of any fee or compensation.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field
- At least 3 years of experience in Finance, FP&A, or Manufacturing Finance
- Understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Experience with ERP systems
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and good knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Experience in manufacturing or operations finance
- SAP experience
- Understanding of cost accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
- Exposure to capital expenditure analysis
H.B. Fuller Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about H.B. Fuller and has not been reviewed or approved by H.B. Fuller.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered market-competitive and often characterized as fair for the role rather than top-tier. Positioning appears middle-of-the-market, which feels reasonable for many roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, wellness initiatives, and EAP support. Some roles also receive company support that can significantly offset employee-premium costs.
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Retirement Support — The retirement program combines a 401(k) with employer matching and additional non-elective company contributions. This design provides support beyond a standard match to bolster long-term savings.
H.B. Fuller Insights
What We Do
H.B. Fuller is a leading global adhesives provider focusing on perfecting adhesives, sealants and other specialty chemical products to improve products and lives. Your day probably begins and ends with us. Just about everywhere you look – including the windows through which you see and the magazines you read – you’ll find industrial adhesives and sealants produced by H.B. Fuller. Most likely, we made the glue holding together your cereal box, the seals that keep your refrigerator airtight, and the specialty adhesive in your baby’s disposable diaper. While our products are virtually invisible, they play a vital role in ensuring the quality and convenience of modern life. We take pride in working with our customers to add value. At H.B. Fuller, we are committed to connecting what matters, bringing together people, products and processes that answer and solve some of the world's biggest adhesion challenges. Through our reliable, responsive technical service, we create lasting, rewarding connections with customers in the packaging, hygiene, electronic and assembly materials, automotive, paper converting, woodworking, construction, general assembly and consumer goods industries. And, we are committed to building an environment where employees are engaged, challenged and given an opportunity to drive superior results. We firmly believe that our employees drive the success of the company. With long-term, profitable growth as the ultimate goal, we strive to cultivate an environment that offers stimulating and financially rewarding opportunities
