The Finance Manager II – Supply Chain is a high visibility role that drives the financial performance and strategic business decisions across our Equipment Manufacturing locations in the Midwest region. This role serves as a key member of the North America Supply Chain Finance organization, providing financial leadership, decision support, and operational insight across manufacturing activities.
This position reports to the Director, North America Supply Chain Finance, based in St. Paul, MN, and will have oversight of a team of Senior Analysts supporting multiple manufacturing sites across the Midwest region. The Finance Manager II is responsible for leading performance management processes (planning, forecasting, month-end close), maintaining strong financial controls (SOX, GAAP, inventory, capex), and supporting strategic initiatives that drive cost savings, operational efficiency, and profitable growth. The role also partners closely with cross-functional stakeholders to enhance financial acumen and accountability across the organization.
What you will do:
- Financial Business Partner focused on driving strong financial acumen and decision support that results in financial metric improvement and profitable growth.
- Lead and coach team members to ensure they achieve their highest potential and performance through strong development and goal/expectation setting.
- Lead performance management processes including monthly close, forecasts, and annual planning cycles; analyze, understand, and explain variances to plan, forecast, and prior year.
- Establish a culture focused on policy adherence and financial controls to ensure appropriate financial monitoring of operations, including compliance with SOX, GAAP, and Corporate Policy.
- Support capital project analysis and decision-making, including payback, ROI, and cost savings initiatives.
- Drive tools, analytics, and insights that improve cost performance and link operational initiatives to financial outcomes
- Implement standardized processes and improve financial workflows through automation and simplification.
- Partner across the supply chain network to drive standardization, best practice sharing, and process improvements that enhance efficiency and scalability.
- Performs special projects and ad-hoc analysis as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field
- 8 years of experience in finance and/or accounting
- Previous supervisory experience
- Ability to travel up to 10% of time
- Strong change management skill set and leadership capability
- Solid understanding of accounting concepts and practices
- Demonstrated ability to drive financial performance, influence management, and lead change
- Demonstrated history of process improvement, project management and critical thinking
- Strong numerical aptitude, analytical and critical thinking skills
- Strong agility in learning and operating in system / data environments to drive efficiency in process and decision support
- No immigration sponsorship is available for this role at this time.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA, CPA, CMA
- TPM/Lean/Six Sigma knowledge and Green or Black Belt certification
- 2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
- 2 years of experience in cost accounting
- Proficiency in SAP, PowerBI, Hyperion, Blackline
Annual or Hourly Compensation Range
Benefits
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- 8 years of experience in finance and/or accounting
- Previous supervisory experience
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
- Strong change management skills and leadership capability
- Strong understanding of accounting concepts and practices
- Ability to drive financial performance, influence management, and lead change
- Experience with process improvement, project management, and critical thinking
- Strong numerical aptitude, analytical skills, and critical thinking
- Ability to learn and operate in system and data environments
- MBA
- CPA or CMA certification
- Knowledge of TPM, Lean, or Six Sigma
- Green Belt or Black Belt certification
- 2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
- 2 years of experience in cost accounting
- Proficiency in SAP, Power BI, Hyperion, and BlackLine
Ecolab Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the company provides strong retirement programs, including a 401(k) with employer matching and a pension, alongside options like an employee stock purchase plan. Offerings such as retiree healthcare benefits and diverse investment choices reinforce long-term financial support.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical coverage is broad, with HSA plan options and company contributions, prescription benefits, dental and vision, and virtual care and mental health support. Company-paid wellness programs and income protection (short- and long-term disability, life and accident) further strengthen core coverage.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-focused programs include fertility support, adoption assistance, and paid parental leave, complemented by counseling and resource services. These offerings are positioned as supportive of employee well-being across different life stages.
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What We Do
A trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services. With annual sales of $12 billion and more than 44,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. For more Ecolab news and information, visit www.ecolab.com, or follow us on twitter.com/ecolab, facebook.com/ecolab or instagram.com/ecolab_inc.
