.Responsible for providing financial support and performance analysis to the global/regional operations and plant management teams. The role requires an exceptional business partner to drive organizational success through the development and execution of financial strategies. Key responsibilities include managing a team of operational financial analysts/plant controllers, consolidation and analysis of actual results/forecasts/budgets, conducting monthly plant reviews, product/conversion/material productivity analysis, driving freight/inventory reductions, and supporting capital investments. The position also requires coordination with the regional/global BU supply chain team.**BUSINESS STATEMENT**We are looking for a Mgr. Finance MFG & Operations supporting AMERICA region and Global supply chain to be part of the Operations Finance team of TE Connectivity Global Application Tooling Division. This position reports to the Sr. Mgr. of Global Operations Finance and will be in frequent contact with the global finance teams, the BU leadership team and BU functional leaders.**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:- Support business leaders in Annual & Monthly budgeting, forecasting, cost management and control for the Plants operations (American region).- Serve as a key member of the plant/region Leadership Team, regularly participating in driving the Plant operations and compliance for growth and success of the business.- Identify gaps and reasons for variance communicated early and that appropriate actions are taken to meet the business financial commitments.- Make recommendations for potential solution and improvements. Promote the active use of financial data to drive business success, and continuously identify and make visible all potential risks and opportunities.- Oversee month-end close process through journal entry reviews, variance analysis to forecast/budget, and account reconciliation reviews.- Manage the forecasting, budgeting and annual recosting.- Manage preparation and delivery of all financial information related with plant performance, including standard costs and hourly rate, CERs, cost improvements, in compliance with TE Financial manual policies and practices.- Support the vertical integration and localization with value added analysis.- Maintain compliance with TE accounting policies focused on maintaining the strong control environment around inventory and fixed assets areas.- Perform cost center control, including cost center accounting, cost accounting, cost savings review and tracking- Provide service and support in terms of analysis and numbers for all the departments and all reasonable needs, e.G., conversion cost, productivity, or TEOA.- Develop local talents and build a strong team.- Support Global supply chain analysis and KPIS including cost reduction initiatives program such Freight/custom and other logistic optimization