Senior Manager of Commercial Finance

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Alcoa Corporation is seeking a Senior Manager of Commercial Finance to join our Financial Accounting organization. This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Commercial Finance team which is a critical part of Alcoa’s global finance function. While positioned within Finance, this role allows the candidate to interact with and support key members of Alcoa’s Commercial and Operations teams, creating an opportunity to develop broad knowledge of the Company.   This role is seeking a dynamic finance professional with a process improvement focus, and a finance forecasting and planning mindset. The role offers a high degree of learning opportunities both in terms of Alcoa’s business and technical accounting knowledge. This role will have considerable ongoing interaction with a wide group of stakeholders across the company including Alcoa’s Commercial, Supply Chain, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Operations Teams.   This position requires a results-oriented, innovative thinker, with exceptional communication skills who demonstrates the highest level of integrity and trust. The position reports to the Director - Commercial Finance.   Major activities of this position include:  Deep understanding of Alcoa's aluminum segment revenue and its components, reporting insights to senior management Manage the monthly and quarterly closing and reporting processes for Alcoa’s aluminum HQ and commercial solutions activities, including aluminum hedge results. Manage the monthly, quarterly and annual forecasting and planning processes for Alcoa’s aluminum HQ and commercial solutions activities, including the Aluminum segment overall revenue. Prepare monthly balance sheet and income statement fluctuation analysis for Alcoa’s aluminum HQ and commercial solutions activities. Assess the accounting for complex commercial transactions, including inventory repurchase arrangements, aluminum buy/resell transactions, revenue recognition, and intercompany profit elimination. Liaise with the Regional Finance team leads and location Controllers to address accounting and forecasting matters related to Aluminum revenue or commercial transactions. Analyze working capital changes and provide insights on key business drivers and working capital strategies. Drive critical process enhancements across the commercial functions of the business segments through use of automation, collaboration and business insights. Coordinate with European counterparts to drive consistency in process and reporting across the regions. Present forecasts/results to key members of Commercial leadership and Executive Team Be the Finance Business Partner of the aluminum business, supporting Commercial, Supply Chain and Operations. SEC, external reporting as required.   What you can bring to this role: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance 5 - 7 years of finance / accounting experience Proficient in Microsoft Office applications Strong interpersonal and communication skills Strong organization and documentation skills  Strong analytical and decision-making skills  Enthusiastic about working in a team environment / good collaborator CPA certification and/or Master's degree / MBA is preferred Manufacturing experience is preferred Experience with enterprise performance management systems and working knowledge of Oracle or equivalent ERP system, and Financial Planning systems (Connected Planning or