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Associate Business Finance Director

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Dow has an exciting and challenging opportunity for an Associate Business Finance Director supporting the Performance Monomers business. The preferred location is Collegeville, PA but would consider other Dow locations in North America, Latin America, or Europe (EMEAI).

About you and this role

As an Associate Business Finance Director, you will provide strategic and financial counsel to the Performance Monomers business while also having financial oversight of the Plastics Additives business. Performance Monomers is an intermediate business that is a reliable, cost advantaged, global supplier of acrylates, methacrylates, vinyl acetate, and specialty monomers driven by world-scale assets and vertical integration. Approximately 60-70% of the monomer supply supports captive demand (including Plastics Additives) while the remaining 30-40% is sold to the merchant market.

Responsibilities

Acting as a strong co-pilot to the Global Business Director by providing financial counsel and active engagement in creating and implementing the business strategy
Providing finance leadership on the Global Performance Monomers Business Leadership Team
Supporting major growth and value preservation projects, including footprint analyses in line with the business’ asset strategy
Acting as a liaison to the other business and functional leaders (especially M&E and Supply Chain), as well as finance partners within the acrylic envelope and upstream businesses.
Identifying opportunities and guiding the business to optimize profitability
Identifying key value enablers necessary to achieve business success and deliver on strategic objectives
Monitoring and provide analysis for major business agreements
Monitoring and provide financial council related to a Joint Venture (JV)
Providing financial oversight and guidance for Plastics Additives, a captive business within the Acrylic Envelope
Developing short and long-term financial plans
Providing oversight for financial reporting for the business including monthly closing and relevant financial controls / compliance
Providing coaching and leadership to five financial team members
Driving financial acumen across the organization
Working cross-functionally with Business, Regional and Global Leadership Team members within the business, M&E and Technology Centers, and team members within Corporate Strategy and the broader Finance function

Qualifications

A minimum of a bachelor's degree or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E6 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant ranking
A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

Preferred Skills

Leadership and Consulting – be able to provide financial leadership and consulting to the business, with an ability to influence and lead cross-functional and business teams towards a common goal and have enthusiasm for helping the team succeed and for coaching individual team members.
Teamwork - Contributes to effective team output through cooperation, participation and a commitment to shared vision and goals. Must work effectively with other business members and customers.
Interpersonal Effectiveness - Values people; relates and communicates well to all kinds of people; builds appropriate rapport; listens, understands, and responds to others' concerns; builds effective relationships
Business Acumen - Understands general business and marketing concepts and principles. Able to think like a business person and readily recognize or suggest viable business alternatives. Able to clearly articulate complex ideas.
Analytical Skills - Ability to summarize vast quantities of data into meaningful information, and identify critical insights.
Communication Skills – Ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently through both oral presentations and in writing.
Bias for Action – Ability to act despite insufficient and ambiguous information and under time constraints
Learning – be a quick learner and willing to proactively tackle a steep learning curve.
Strong analytical, modeling and Excel skills

Additional notes

Domestic relocation assistance is available for this role and may be provided based on eligibility.

Benefits – What Dow offers you

We invest in you.

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:

Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental and emotional well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.
Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:

o Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).

o Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.

o Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth; asset integration and scale; focused innovation and materials science expertise; leading business positions; and environmental, social and governance leadership to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Dow operates manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 37,800 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $57 billion in 2022. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit

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