Collaboration drives Nordson’s success as a market leader in Industrial Precision Solutions and Advanced Technology. Our employees thrive in an environment where we help each other reach our personal best and enable our company to continuously improve and grow, and our customers to succeed. You will find Nordson employees sharing our success by giving back in the communities around the world where we live and work.
- Ensure accurate, complete financial records in compliance with legal requirements, local accounting standards, and U.S. GAAP.
- Lead and maintain a strong internal controls environment, supporting Nordson’s SOX compliance efforts and serving as a key liaison with internal and external auditors.
- Oversee core financial processes including planning and forecasting, asset management, manufacturing costing, and ad hoc analysis.
- Administer, develop, and continuously improve accounting policies, procedures, and reporting systems to support growth, efficiency, and speed.
- Deliver timely, accurate financial reporting in alignment with corporate and divisional requirements.
- Monitor legal, tax, and regulatory developments and implement actions to ensure ongoing compliance while proactively identifying risks and opportunities.
- Partner with business leadership to establish and manage financial goals related to sales, profitability, cash flow, and working capital.
- Interpret operating results, explain variances, and provide actionable recommendations to improve cost structure and profitability.
- Lead financial planning activities including forecasts, operating plans, strategic plans, and scenario analyses to improve forecast accuracy and decision quality.
- Provide objective, enterprise‑minded financial insight to support strategic and operational decisions.
- Prepare and present financial analyses, performance metrics, and trend reporting for management reviews.
- Actively monitor gross margin performance across the business portfolio.
- Support capital investment analysis, product line P&Ls, market and competitive analysis, and sales trend evaluation.
- Collaborate with corporate functions including Treasury, Tax, and Financial Reporting on global and regional initiatives.
- Provide financial due diligence and integration support for M&A activities as needed.
- Foster a culture of professionalism, accountability, and excellence within the finance organization.
- Develop and motivate finance team members to deliver high‑quality results and achieve strong engagement.
- Identify best practices and continuous improvement opportunities and support their adoption across the organization.
- Perform additional responsibilities and special projects as required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required (MBA and/or CPA preferred).
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive finance and accounting experience in a multinational manufacturing environment.
- CPA or CMA strongly preferred.
- Strong financial analysis, problem‑solving, and business judgment skills.
- Ability to balance financial rigor with operational realities in a matrixed environment.
- High integrity, accountability, and attention to detail.
- Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, particularly during close and planning cycles.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with SOX compliance preferred.
- Adaptable, change‑oriented mindset with a focus on continuous learning and improvement.
What We Do
Nordson is a team of 7,300 global employees thriving in an environment where they are supported and encouraged to be their best. Working side by side, we build meaningful connections with each other and our customers. Together, we deliver products that are solutions, and they’re likely touching your life every day. Have you ever changed a diaper? Opened a box of cereal? Used a smart phone or driven a car? Then we’ve already met. At Nordson, we take pride in being an outstanding corporate citizen and strongly believe in sharing our success with the communities where our employees live and work. Whether you’re working in one of our labs, offices or manufacturing facilities, your efforts will enable our customers to succeed and our company to continuously improve and grow. We engineer, manufacture and market differentiated products and systems used for precision dispensing and processing in a variety of end markets, from packaging to transportation and medical to electronics. Founded in 1954, we operate under the values of integrity, respect for people, customer passion, energy and excellence. Nordson is headquartered in the United States in Westlake, Ohio, and has direct operations in more than 30 countries to support our products and systems with application expertise and a direct global sales and service organization
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