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Position:Associate Business Finance Director

Primary Location:Midland (MI, USA), Michigan, United States of America

Additional Locations: Houston (TX, USA) + More - Less

Schedule:Full time

Date Posted:11/21/2024

Job Number:R2056764

Position Type:Regular

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Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

About you and this role

Dowhas an exciting opportunity for anAssociate Business Finance Director! This position can be located in Midland, MI or Houston, TX.

You will provide leadership to a global or regional Business Finance Team and develop plans of execution to ensure alignment with operational long-term strategy for the business. You will provide financial counseling for strategic implementation, economic evaluation, and business analysis and direct major finance activities, especially strategic and financial counsel, for a regional business team or a moderately sized global business.

It is your responsibility to be able to identify and resolve complex operational and organizational problems and leverage the appropriate resources within or outside your discipline or functional area. You will need to be able to lead a large team or multiple related teams and develop plans of execution to ensure alignment with long-term operational strategy. Your performance impacts your discipline's results by supporting and funding projects, products, services, and/or technology and is guided by business plans for your function.

Responsibilities

P&SP Segment Business Finance Capital Leader

• CoPilot of P&SP segment M&E / Capital and BEMS Director

• Partner with P&SP leadership and business finance analysts to evaluate strategic capital projects, leases, and large contracts including sustainability related projects

• Coordinate globally all economic evaluations for strategic capital investments for the segment

• Work directly with Strategic Planning as the P&SP segment steward of all Capital Plan Forecast that must be submitted to Corporate – this is done with BEMS director

• Coordinate and lead economic evaluation for capital projects, leases, and contracts – global P&SP business and Americas Olefins & Aromatics and Energy

• Coordinate, train, and coach business analysts across the segment on economic evaluations including capital projects, leases and contract modeling

• Engage with Strategic Planning to focusing on discussing, implementing, and leveraging best practices with regards to capital, leases, and contract approval guidelines, along with economic evaluations, this is facilitated through frequent economic evaluation committee meetings across the different businesses within Dow

Business Finance Director for Olefins (Global) and Energy (Americas)

• Coordinate the long-term forecast for feedstocks, energy and monomer prices (Long Term Hydrocarbon Values or LTHVs)

• Oversee, update, and further enhance the Global Olefins Economic Model that analyzes the global cash costs of all ethylene producing assets

• Manage / coordinate business insights and act as IR focal point by collecting, writing and coordinating quarterly prompts

• Collaborate with the business and other functions on all aspects of the compliance in the contract routings and provide annual training for the H&E business

• Finance focal point for business contracts and lease analyses globally

• Leadership over 4 direct reports

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree or relevant military experience at or above a U.S. E6 or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class or Sergeant ranking

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant working experience

• A minimum requirement for this 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

• A degree discipline in finance, engineering, or related

• Influential Leadership - ability to inspire and empower others to achieve shared goal

• Financial Modeling - skilled at creating mathematical models designed to represent the performance of a financial asset or portfolio of a business

• Business Financial Planning - experienced in creating comprehensive evaluations using current known variables to predict future income, asset values and withdrawal plans

• Decision Making - ability to make choices by gathering information and assessing alternative resolutions

• Internal Controls - skilled at assuring an organization's objectives in operational effectiveness and efficiency, reliable financial reporting, and compliance with laws, regulations, policies and procedures related to Delegation of Authority, Approvals and relevant accounting aspects

• Engaging People - ability to understand the environment in which one is operating, the ability to gather intelligence and understand others

• Analytical Thinking - ability to break down a complex situation into its parts, identify key issues and use logic and critical thinking to solve problems

• Strategic Thinking - ability to apply an intentional and rational thought process that focuses on the analysis of critical factors and variables that will influence the long-term success of the business.

Additional Notes

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

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, financial, and social 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.

• Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).

• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).

• Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees’ Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.

• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.

• 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.

• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.

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

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

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

• Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.

• On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).

• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.

• Additionally, some of our locations might offer:

• Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)

• Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)

• Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visitingwww.dow.com.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available onwww.dow.com.

Dow is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing opportunities without regard for race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability and genetic information, including family medical history. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call us at 1-833-My Dow HR (833-693-6947) and select option 8.