Descripción de la oferta
About Us
Original Composites and Fibers (OCF) is a global leader in glass reinforcement solutions for the composites industry. Recently separated from Owens Corning, the business now operates independently under the Praana ownership model, continuing a strong legacy of innovation, manufacturing excellence, and customer partnership.
We are building lean, execution-focused corporate functions to support commercial operations, regulatory compliance, and foundational governance across Europe (including the Middle East). This role supports the ongoing legal needs of OCF's European entities in a complex, multi-jurisdiction environment.
About the Role
Provides financial leadership at plant level, ensuring strong financial performance, robust internal controls, and effective business partnering with operations to drive productivity, cost efficiency, and decision-making.
Act as a trusted business partner to the plant leadership team:
linking finance with operations supply chain and business strategy
challenging assumptions, influencing decisions and ensuring financial implications are clearly understood and embedded in operational actions
The role reports to the regional manufacturing finance leader. It requires travelling 30% of time.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Performance Management
Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning processes
Own monthly closing, financial reporting, and projections
Analyze variances vs. plan/forecast and communicate insights to management
Ensure working capital and profitability targets are achieved
Business Partnering & Decision Support
Provide insightful analytics to support operational decisions and anticipate risks
Support investment analysis, CAPEX decisions
Educate plant teams on financial KPIs and performance drivers
Ensure alignment between plant strategy, operational objectives and financial targets, with a clear link to profitability and cash performance
Cost Management & Productivity
Support productivity improvement, cost reduction, capital efficiency and corrective action plans
Promote a zero-loss mindset and actively contribute to cost deployment initiatives
Identify benchmarking opportunities and promote best practice sharing
Act as a finance coach for non-financial leaders, developing financial acumen across non-financial leaders to drive ownership of performance
Internal Controls & Compliance
Ensure a strong internal control framework to ensure compliance with financial policies to effectively lead the finance function in the plant
Lead representation letter process and control sign-off
Qualifications & Requirements
Education & Experience
Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
5-7 years’ professional experience with exposure to manufacturing finance / plant controlling
Technical Skills
Strong knowledge of manufacturing costing
Strong focus on data accuracy, financial discipline and process optimization/standardization
Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and BI tools
Leadership Skills
Strong ownership and team mindset
Business partnering and influencing capability
Proven ability to operate in a matrix organization and cross-functional environment, prioritize activities and shift focus depending on operational needs
Capability to translate financial insights into operational actions
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