Where you will work
This opportunity is considered a hybrid national position, allowing employees to reside in all states except Hawaii, and Alaska and travel to other mill locations as necessary”! Clearwater Paper is proud to embrace a remote workforce model for specific positions. Our Company has proven success with remote and flexible work locations while maintaining a collaborative and supportive work environment. We use effective communication tools to foster teamwork and collaboration.

Clearwater Paper (NYSE: CLW) is a publicly held company and a premier supplier of private brand tissue to major retailers, including grocery, drug, mass merchants, and discount stores. In addition, the company produces bleached paperboard used by quality-conscious printers and packaging converters and offers services that include custom sheeting, slitting, and cutting. Clearwater Paper's employees build shareholder value by developing strong relationships through quality and service. Working at Clearwater Paper provides an opportunity to enrich your career through challenging and meaningful work and ongoing training and development—all in a supportive environment. We know our success depends on your success.

What you will do

Phase and Continuous Execution

• Set financial continuous improvement targets in collaboration with CLW business leaders and track actuals performance against targets
• Train business and finance teams on CTT financial valuation, business case creation, and actuals/KPI tracking
• Ensure a standardized approach to the valuation across CLW and adjust valuations accordingly in response to external and internal changes in the business
• Present CTT performance actuals and forecasts to diverse audiences in the company, including Senior Leadership Team and Monthly Business Review attendees
• Partner with Capital Engineering and Technology Operational Excellence teams to ensure a consistent approach to projects across CLW

Organizational Leadership and Development

• Coach CTT, OpEx, mill, and functional teams on financial analysis and related problem-solving methodologies
• Communicate the financial performance of the Transformation as well as potential risks and opportunities
• Drive a standardized approach to continuous improvement throughout the company
• Support the ideation and progression of a 3 to 5-year transformation and strategic capital plan for the company

Change Management and Communication

• Support development, execution, and implementation of MCO projects incorporating stakeholder identification, alignment, and engagement
• Develop change management and communication plans to support the execution of MCO’s in partnership with CTT Lead and Workstream Sponsors
• Define and include all key stakeholders in the evolution and ownership of the financial planning and tracking process

Key Competencies and Attributes

• Demonstrated depth and breadth in understanding and applying critical financial business metrics
• Demonstrated confidence in challenging the status quo while maintaining productive business partnerships
• Ability to develop and leverage data to quantitively and analytically make business decisions and take smart risks
• Ability and confidence in thinking strategically and acting tactically
• Demonstrated ability to lead in a matrixed and highly collaborative environment to influence change and core processes
• An ability to think about “practical strategies” by utilizing systems to pull and analyze data
• A high degree of business curiosity; quick learner with a proactive and agile mindset
• Optimistically looks toward the future for opportunities to iteratively innovate and improve
• Lead with data, transparency, and courage with a strong track record of results
• Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal); leading and presenting complex materials for various audiences
• Demonstrated experience in leading and influencing without authority setting vision, strategy, tactics, and delivery
• Demonstrated strong change management skills with an ability to challenge the status quo while aligning and bringing others along

What you will need

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or Business required
• Master’s degree in business administration (MBA) preferred.
• 5+ years experience managing financial budgets- delivering projects on time and on budget
• Experience in bridging relationships between manufacturing operations and commercial markets to drive business results and operations improvements
• Depth and breadth in developing financial modeling and analysis
• Strong understanding of P&L, change management, and written and verbal communication
• Navigating financial reporting within ERPs – preferable JDEdwards
• Office environment; with limited exposure to manufacturing production mill environment—hot, dusty, humid, noisy, various environmental exposures
• Some eye fatigue due to computer use and sitting for extended periods of time
• Up to 33% of domestic travel

Total Reward Details

We’re committed to providing an exceptional workplace experience, including a comprehensive total reward package. The base salary range for the position is $121,500 - $182,500 and is eligible for our Annual Incentive Plan. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience among other factors. Benefits are generally available after 30 days and include medical, dental, vision, life, disability coverage, employee assistance program, and a 401k plan. Starting paid time off includes 15 vacation days, 5 floating holidays, and 9 company holidays per full year.

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#LI-Hybrid

Clearwater Paper does not offer sponsorship for employment-based visa status (including, but not limited to, H-1B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require Clearwater Paper's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)