EMEA Regional Finance Business Partner

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations. If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!   Your Role at Cabot: The EMEA Regional Finance Business Partner plays a key role within the Performance Chemicals segment within the Carbon and Silica Technologies (CST) business unit, partnering closely with commercial and product management teams across Europe. Acting as a trusted advisor to regional business leaders, this role provides both financial and business expertise, turning complex data into actionable insights, challenging assumptions, and supporting strategic decision-making.  The role requires a high level of independence, ownership, and initiative. Working with stakeholders across the region and reporting to a manager in a different time zone, the successful candidate must be able to prioritize work, identify business issues, perform analysis, develop recommendations, and drive actions forward with limited day-to-day guidance. Key responsibilities include forecasting, analyzing, and reporting monthly business results, with a focus on contribution margin performance and working capital management. The role supports monthly and quarterly reporting, provides financial insights on risks and opportunities, contributes to regional business reviews, and partners with leadership on financial and operational decisions. It also drives process improvements by enhancing the quality, efficiency, consistency, and automation of reporting, forecasting, and analytical activities. The position has one direct report and is responsible for providing coaching, direction, and development support to ensure high-quality analytical support for the CST European business. This role reports directly to the Performance Chemicals Segment Finance Director, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the supported Regional Business Director. How you will make an impact: Operate as an autonomous finance partner for the European region, independently identifying business issues, structuring analysis, developing recommendations, and driving follow-through with commercial and product management stakeholders. Proactively advise on critical financial matters of moderate complexity and participate in projects by providing analytical decision support and financial expertise. Engage with leadership teams of supported commercial functions within the European region. Lead, coach, and develop one direct report, ensuring clear priorities, strong analytical output, and effective support for regional business needs. Responsible for accumulating, analyzing, validating and reporting of forecasted and actual monthly results for the region. Prepare and communicate monthly analysis of business results to senior management team. Coordinate, prepare and communicate forecasts, budgets and other financial information required by management. Initiate studies to clarify results and define opportunities for profit improvement. Conduct analysis of volumes and variable margins by working closely with the regional commercial teams and gaining a deep understanding of the drivers of actuals and forecasted results. Partner with commercial organization on customer margin: pricing recommendations, trend/comparative analysis, thought partnership; provide perspective on full financial