The Role
Supports financial planning, forecasting, month-end close, budgeting, manufacturing cost analysis, P&L and balance sheet reporting, productivity validation, and CAPEX evaluation. Partners with site leadership, S&OP, and cross-functional teams to provide financial insights and ensure reporting accuracy. Requires strong Excel and ERP skills, analytical ability, communication, and willingness to travel up to 20%.
Summary Generated by Built In
At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today.
We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands.
Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World.
It’s Better with Bakelite.
What You’ll Do:
As a key member of our Operations Finance team, you will:
- Support financial planning, forecasting, and month-end close activities.
- Partner with site leadership and cross-functional teams to drive results.
- Analyze manufacturing costs, and overall financial performance.
- Provide insights for site management, S&OP, and global reporting.
- Support budgeting processes using key assumptions and business inputs.
- Validate productivity initiatives and capital investments (CAPEX).
- Ensure accuracy across P&L and balance sheet reporting.
What You Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or related field.
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, data analysis, modeling).
- Experience working with ERP systems (SAP or similar preferred).
- Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to translate complex data into clear insights.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Willingness to travel up to 20%.
Why Bakelite? It’s Better with Bakelite—and here’s why:
- Purpose-Driven Work – Help create sustainable solutions that matter.
- Career Growth – Build your path with continuous learning opportunities.
- Team-Oriented Culture – Collaborate with leaders across the business.
- Safety First – A workplace where safety is always a priority.
- Comprehensive Benefits – Competitive pay, benefits, and career support.
Apply for this exciting opportunity, and learn more about our hiring process, insights from our global associates, our robust benefits and more at Bakelite.com/careers.
We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law.
In order to be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site, be at least 18 years or age, willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies. Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. This company participates in E-Verify. For additional details, click HERE.
If currently an employee of the Company, you must have satisfactory work performance. Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to an employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or a related field
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, data analysis, and modeling
- Experience working with ERP systems; SAP preferred
- Analytical mindset and strong attention to detail
- Ability to translate complex data into clear insights
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Willingness to travel up to 20%
- Unrestricted authorization to work in the United States
- Willingness to take a drug test and undergo background investigations and periodic checks
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The Company
What We Do
Bakelite is a global integrated producer of thermoset specialty resins, systems, and engineered thermoset molding compounds. Its primarily phenolic-chemistry products bind, bond, and shape materials for demanding applications, including stronger homes and safer automobiles. The company combines more than a century of chemistry and materials innovation with a sustainability focus, developing products intended to improve everyday life and protect the planet.
