Job Title:

Strategic Finance Manager

Shift:

Monday-Friday

Department:

Finance

Job Summary:

The Strategic Finance Manager’s primary responsibility is to provide strategic financial oversight and guidance to Executive leadership (MEBD, PECNA) relative to current and new initiatives as we look to continue to strengthen existing customer relationships and grow new relationships through our expansion activities.

Essential Duties:

• Support Commercial Team through:
  • Advanced financial modeling; developing scenarios taking into account mixes of factories, product form factors; customer mixes, etc.
  • Develop/negotiate pricing strategy w/ comparisons based on cost structure
• Providing Competitor Analysis and Company Benchmarking;
  • Provide market analysis and guidance on where we should be position ourselves in the future
  • Identify weaknesses and strengths in financial structures
  • Develop pricing comparisons based on cost structure
  • Assess suppliers BOM cost vs market
  • Provide Customer Analysis, determining risks and opportunities
• Materials strategy
  • Involvement in supplier negotiations (review contracts)
  • Analyze inventory control/cash management
• New Site Modeling
  • Develop financial models for assessing strengths and weakness, areas of opportunity
  • Work with relevant individuals to build up financial study (FS)
  • Assist in developing approval processes
  • Assist in negotiating and analyzing Incentive packages
  • Build out scenario modeling
  • Participate in site selection process
  • Liaise with Consultants supporting Expansion initiative
• PEC
  • Assess cash generation impact
  • Provide Funding advice; i.e. Debt vs Equity Financing
• Ad Hoc analysis and Reporting

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements:

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a requirement for some roles at PECNA and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Qualifications: Requirements - Required and/or Preferred

Education:

• Basic/Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or associated field
• Preferred: None

Essential Qualifications:

• “Big picture” thinking, which is key to addressing top-level concerns and finding the best path forward from all available data.
• 10+ year experience in manufacturing business operations, with specific expertise in Financial Planning and Analysis
• Analytical skills and ability to work and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Handle multiple work assignments. Experience in solving and providing business insights and recommendations form data sets.
• Teamwork mentality and willingness to roll up sleeves to get the job done.
• IT integration, understanding and implementing technology needs and solutions to improve efficiencies and for cost reduction.
• Communicate efficiently in writing and orally.
• Proficiency in and Microsoft office suite, and other enterprise systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• None

Preferred License(s):

• None

Preferred Certification(s):

• None

Physical Demands:

Physical Activities: (Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to)

• Sit: 40%
• Walk: 30%
• Stand: 20%
• Lift: 10%

Required Lifting and Carrying: (Required frequency is: Not required (0%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%, Continuous (67-100%)

• Up to 10 lbs.: Occasional
• Up to 20 lbs.: Occasional
• Up to 35 lbs.: Occasional
• Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.): Not Required

About Us:

Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America (PECNA) is collaborating with Tesla at a massive battery factory near Reno, Nevada which is known for its quality of life and expansive outdoor adventures. Panasonic's role at the Gigafactory is to manufacture and supply cylindrical lithium-ion cells to Tesla for their electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

Over the past few years, the Gigafactory has grown to the largest lithium-ion battery factory in the world. Together with our partner Tesla, we continue to revolutionize the lithium-ion battery space and accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy and transportation.

Our mission at PECNA is to make the vision of affordable Electric Vehicles a reality by producing the world’s safest, high quality, and lowest cost batteries. Through this effort we will create a clean energy society and our products will change society’s use of and perceptions of electric power.

In addition to an environment that is as innovative as our products, we offer competitive salaries and benefits.

Supplemental Information:

Pre-employment drug testing is required. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. without restriction.

Panasonic is an Equal Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America.