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CooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies (NASDAQ: COO), is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses. The Company produces a full array of daily disposable, two-week and monthly contact lenses, all featuring advanced materials and optics. CooperVision has a strong heritage of solving the toughest vision challenges such as astigmatism, presbyopia and childhood myopia; and offers the most complete collection of spherical, toric and multifocal products available. Through a combination of innovative products and focused practitioner support, the company brings a refreshing perspective to the marketplace, creating real advantages for customers and wearers. For more information, visitwww.coopervision.com.

Job Summary:

This position will play a key, hands-on role in managing the West Henrietta Distribution Center (WHDC) financial analytics and forecasting of financial and operational performance. Responsible for the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, supporting the Long-Range Strategic Planning process, analyzing actual results, Other COGS estimating and analysis, and providing strategic advice, counsel, and business partnership towards management decision-making. Active engagement with the broader Americas Go to Market Finance Team required to ensure regional consistency and alignment on key projects and initiatives. This person will own the WH Cost to Serve modeling activities and work with multiple cross functional teams across the company to report and analyze distribution operations and inventory management. This role requires sharp finance skills and business sense.

Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

• Manage and direct the annual budget process and quarterly forecast preparation, in accordance with CooperVision timelines. Contributor to the annual Long Range Strategic Planning process.
• Ownership of reports and analysis of financial and operational results, including development and reporting of key performance indicators, to support the timely and accurate monthly close process.
• Complete monthly reporting packages with analytical commentary for Global Distribution and Americas leadership.
• Lead special projects that support management decision-making, such as productivity analysis, value added services, cost containment, capital expenditure return on investment, freight analysis, etc.
• As a key member of the broader Go to Market Americas Finance team, this role develops relationships across functions to ensure consistency in data and metrics used by Americas leadership for decision making.
• Generate sensitivity analysis and scenario generator tools to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement.
• Approach all tasks with a process improvement mindset. Find the efficiencies and implement improvements, whether procedural or systematic, ensuring compliance with Internal Controls.

Travel Requirements:

This role is based in the West Henrietta facility. Occasional travel may be required to the Victor or Scottsville locations. Infrequent travel (< 5%) to other CooperVision domestic or international sites as needed.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Direct, hands-on experience in creating, tracking, and controlling actual, forecast, and budget metrics.
• Proven ability to analyze actual versus plan results and summarize underlying drivers of variances, as well as providing clear and succinct interpretation of results to management.
• Broad technical accounting expertise, preferable good working knowledge of US GAAP & SOX to ensure compliance with internal controls.
• Demonstrated experience with strong interpersonal communication skills at all levels of the organization, team player.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables, conflicting priorities, and tight timelines.
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and strives to stay technically up to date.
• Extremely well-organized, with a natural drive for results and process improvement.
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.

Work Environment:

• Normal office environment, based in the West Henrietta facility.
• Multi-cultural environment, with global interactions. Occasional travel is required.
• Must be prepared to work extended hours on occasion.
• Sedentary to light physical effort necessary to perform the job.

Experience:

• 5 years of experience in a related role performing responsibilities for FP& A and/or General & Cost Accounting.
• Strong MS Office skills with requirement of expert-level Excel experience.
• ERP system required, Hyperion and Oracle are a plus.
• Business intelligence & analytics software familiarity preferred, Tableau is a plus.
• Lean Six Sigma experience is a plus.
• Experience operating within a Matrix style organization.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or business-related field required. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• CPA and/or MBA preferred.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting base pay for this role is between $77, 219 and $102, 958 per year and may include cost of living adjustments. The actual base pay includes many factors and is subject to change and modification in the future. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation and benefits.

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