Senior Financial Analyst

WHY DO WE NEED YOU?

Saint-Gobain is seeking a high-performing Senior Financial Analyst to join its North American Corporate FP&A team. This is an exciting role that provides exposure to the CFO and executive management through ownership and leadership of key FP&A activities including planning, forecasting, capital expenditure analysis, management reporting, financial modeling, continuous improvement leveraging AI and financial digital transformation, and enterprise performance analysis across North America. The position also serves as the finance business partner for sustainability-related planning and reporting initiatives.

Success in this role requires a strong finance foundation with a business partner mentality, demonstrated ability to independently analyze complex financial information, identify business drivers, challenge assumptions, develop recommendations, and communicate a clear financial narrative to senior leadership. The Senior Financial Analyst is expected to work across multiple data sources, business units, and functional teams while independently managing priorities and driving improvement across the broader FP&A organization.

Job Responsibilities

• Own key components of the North American financial consolidation and management reporting process, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and integrity of business unit submissions.
• Analyze financial information for management reporting, including income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, capital expenditures, and other key performance indicators including major capex follow-up and capex subsidy reporting to Paris.
• Conduct variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior-year results, identifying underlying business drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop executive-level financial narratives and insights to support leadership decision-making and business performance reviews.
• Own significant components of the annual budget, quarterly reforecasts, monthly PSI and Orders & Shipments reporting, and long-range planning processes.
• Challenge assumptions, validate submissions, and maintain planning models to improve forecast accuracy, transparency, and efficiency.
• Extract, reconcile, and validate financial data from multiple systems while resolving data-quality and reporting issues through process improvements and automation.
• Provide analytical support for special projects, strategic initiatives, management presentations, and ad hoc financial analyses.
• Serve as a finance business partner to Sustainability, overseeing financial analysis and reporting related to CO2 emissions, utilities, carbon pricing, sustainability capex, and environmental metrics.
• Support sustainability programs and capital allocation initiatives by analyzing performance, challenging assumptions, leveraging Power BI reporting, and contributing to incentive metrics and long-range planning.

IS THIS JOB FOR YOU?

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related business discipline.
• Minimum 7+ years of related business experience with a broad understanding of financial and accounting principles.
• Strong working knowledge of financial statements, financial ratios, cash flow concepts, and key accounting principles under GAAP / IFRS.
• Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, management reporting, capital expenditure analysis, and financial modeling.
• Ability to independently analyze complex financial information, develop conclusions and recommendations, and clearly communicate findings to management.
• Experience partnering with business or functional leaders and constructively challenging assumptions and financial submissions.

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT US

Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, trim, insulation, drywall and ceilings.

A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed has more than 6,300 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. www.certainteed.com

LEGAL STATEMENT

Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.

Applicants for roles based in Washington state or remote roles that would be worked from Washington state are encouraged to direct any concerns regarding the state’s Pay Transparency laws to the SGNA HR Compliance team at [email protected].

BENEFITS IN JOINING US

Certain locations require pay information be provided in job postings. Saint-Gobain aims to deliver a comprehensive Total Rewards package to support our employees’ wellbeing and help improve daily life for themselves and their families. We believe in the importance of pay transparency in what we offer potential candidates. Provided is the national pay range for this position which is $92,000.00 to $142,000.00 per year. However, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for an annual bonus. The targeted bonus amount is 12% of base salary based on company and individual performance measures. The Total Target Cash range (base pay and annual bonus) for this position, is $103,000.00 to $159,000.00. Bonus payments are part of variable compensation and by nature can vary based on company and individual performance and is not a guarantee.

Saint-Gobain is committed to helping you and your family be well in all aspects of your life. Be Well. Be You brings together inclusive programs and meaningful resources to support all aspects of your physical, emotional, financial, and social well-being. Employees have the flexibility to choose the benefits that best fit their individual needs.

• Health and Well-being – Supporting your wellbeing, to thrive in life and work.
• Medical, Prescription Drug, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Healthcare Saving Account and Flexible Spending Account options
• LiveWell Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Time Off and Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement and Protection - Helping to make the future life you want a reality.
• 401(k) with Company Match, Retirement Accumulation Plan (RAP) Cash Balance Pension Plan
• Company-provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary employee and dependent life insurance, Long-Term Disability, Critical Illness and
• Accident Insurance
• Additional Benefits – Helping shape the experience and impact you want
• Commuter Benefits
• Group Legal
• Identity Theft Protection
• Auto and Home Insurance
• Pet Insurance and Discounts
• Back-up Child and Elder Care
• PerkSpot Employee Discount Program
• Volunteer Day

Job Reference: USA15936