Sr. Doors Finance Analyst, Manufacturing Controls
Owens Corning · Toledo, Ohio, United States
Wholesale Building Materials · 10,001+ employees
About the role
The role involves leading the assessment and improvement of internal controls across the manufacturing network to ensure compliance and operational efficiency. It also requires partnering with plant teams to drive process improvements, support audit activities, and provide financial analysis.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting and at least 5 years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, or internal audit. The position requires the ability to travel 30-50% of the time and strong analytical and communication skills.
Full description
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The Senior Manufacturing Analyst is a key role within Doors Manufacturing Finance, focused on strengthening internal controls awareness, capability, and compliance across the Doors Manufacturing network. This role partners closely with finance and operations leaders, plant teams, Internal Audit, Internal Controls, and other business partners to help ensure controls are practical, effective, and embedded in day-to-day operations. The position is well-suited for a proactive, curious, and collaborative finance professional who is comfortable working independently, influencing across functions, and leading medium to large projects. Qualified candidates will bring at least 5 years of accounting, finance, internal audit, or controls experience, preferably within a multi-national organization.
Successful candidates will bring strong communication and analytical skills, sound business judgment, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented manufacturing environment.
Join an organization where every employee plays a role in delivering bold growth goals and long-term success. Owens Corning is a market-leading innovator and Fortune 500® company committed to delivering sustainable solutions across our businesses. We are proud to foster an inclusive, diverse, and global workplace where people can grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact. As a company that is global in scope and human in scale, we invest in our people, our communities, and the safe, sustainable future of our enterprise.
Reports to: This position reports to the Doors Manufacturing Finance Leader
Span of Control: Individual Contributor
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Lead the ongoing assessment of the control environment across Doors plants, helping ensure internal controls are effective, efficient, and aligned to business needs.
• Evaluate internal controls to assess performance, confirm controls are operating as intended, and recommend practical improvements as business needs evolve.
• Develop a strong understanding of key internal audit findings, control gaps, and opportunities to strengthen the control environment.
• Perform analytical work to understand root cause of control exceptions and assess the potential impact to the control environment.
• Support data analytics initiatives that provide insight, identify trends, and strengthen the overall control environment.
• Identify and share best practices across plants and functions to drive consistency and continuous improvement.
• Promote internal controls awareness, knowledge, compliance, and excellence across the business to help mitigate operational and financial risk.
• Partner closely with Doors plants to implement, improve, and sustain controls, including supporting remediation efforts when needed.
• Support new controllers during onboarding by helping plants through transitions and providing ongoing internal controls education.
• Lead internal controls education and reinforcement in recently deployed SAP plants.
• Monitor non-SAP plants to help ensure an appropriate internal controls environment is in place.
• Build strong relationships with subject matter experts in Finance, Accounting, Audit, and Operations to ensure changes to internal controls over financial reporting address risks efficiently and effectively.
• Drive timely issue resolution, including root-cause assessment and follow-through on corrective actions.
• Lead and participate in cross-functional teams focused on internal and external audit results, process improvement, and control excellence.
• Drive a robust Management Representation Letter process that provides assurance and visibility to the health of the internal control environment.
• Manage and consolidate plant responses to support a complete and timely process.
• Ensure outstanding items are tracked, escalated when appropriate, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Provide flexible finance and controls support to team members across the business.
• Support plant controller activities across U.S.-based facilities as business needs require.
• Support capital finance activities and related analysis as business priorities require.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
• 5 years of progressive finance, accounting, internal audit, or internal controls experience
• Ability to travel up to 30-50%
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
• Advanced degree in Finance or related field
• Experience working in a multi-national corporation
• Public accounting experience, particularly in control assessment, audit, or risk advisory settings
• Complex project leadership experience
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
• Strong accounting and business acumen, with the ability to apply a practical business lens to compliance and controls.
• Strong understanding of operational and financial statement risk, effective control design, and sustainable control execution.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and organizational skills, with the ability to identify trends in data and drive to root cause.
• Demonstrated ability to succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic, and team-oriented manufacturing environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across geographies, levels, and functions.
• Organized, dependable, and solution-oriented, with a deliberate approach to structuring work and solving problems
About Owens Corning
Owens Corning is a branded building products leader with three complementary market-leading businesses providing roofing, insulation, and doors primarily for residential markets in North America and Europe. The company operates with an integrated go-to-market strategy and a unique set of OC Advantages™ – including its iconic brand, unparalleled commercial strength, leading technology, and winning cost position – to help customers win and grow in the market. Owens Corning is committed to helping build better and achieve more through winning partnerships, leading performance, and engaging people. Founded in 1938 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: OC). For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.
Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.