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Avery Dennison is seeking a results-oriented Financial Analyst, Graphics Solutions to join our North America Graphics Solutions Division in Mentor, OH. In this role, you will play a critical function within our North American FP&A and Commercial Finance Team. As a Financial Analyst, Graphics Solutions, you will strive for continuous improvements in the division’s financial analysis tools, data, and reporting capabilities, while ensuring all business-performance reporting and analytics are timely and accurate. You will work collaboratively across a variety of functional areas by taking the lead in analyzing, understanding, and providing financial insight that allows for faster and better decision-making across the organization. Primary Responsibilities: Remote / Hybrid work flexibility available (based in Mentor, OH). • Comprehensive Commercial Finance & Strategic Business Partnership: Serve as a key business partner to the Sales and Marketing organizations, providing proactive analytical guidance and support for our commercial organization. This will be in tandem with developing a deep understanding of customers, sales and marketing strategies, and profitability across our portfolio. • Forecasting, Planning & AOP: Help support weekly, monthly, and quarterly forecasting processes and month-end closing activities. Take a hands-on role in pulling and structuring large data files for the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and analyzing key revenue drivers (Price, Volume, Mix). • Data Analytics & Standardized Reporting: Manage daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly commercial performance reporting. Leverage Business Intelligence tools to fulfill ad-hoc financial requests and empower commercial leadership with actionable margin insights. • Driving Business Analytics: Leveraging our Business Intelligence tools and platforms, empower the team with tools and models to understand result drivers to make informed business decisions that lead to profitable growth. Quick interpretation of data and financial modeling will be required to further answer the current needs of the business and to continue leading proactive insights. • Cross-functional Collaboration and Continuity: Drive synergy and optimization of commercial finance work. Additionally, collaborate on finance matters with cross-functional teams (Commercial Sales, Marketing, IT, Finance) and cross-train with senior team members to develop sustainable processes and maintain business continuity. • Controllership and Compliance: Support activities related to finance compliance and policies (SOX, Trade Compliance, External & Internal Audit, etc.), identify compliance gaps, and provide meaningful analysis to explain variances and meet all required audit deadlines. Maintain a high-level of controllership in regards to financial accuracy and transparency. • Education & Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting required, along with 3+ years of financial and/or accounting experience (manufacturing or commercial environment experience preferred). • Financial Modeling: Strong ability to build robust, dynamic financial models that support clear storytelling and rapid comprehension for business stakeholders. • Technical & Software Acumen: Expert-level, hands-on capabilities in Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel (advanced formulas, VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, large dataset management). Experience with Oracle EBS/R12, Salesforce, Pricefx, and Oracle Business Intelligence (OAC) preferred • Communication & Collaboration: Strong collaborative bias and superior communication skills to articulate financial results, variance drivers, and strategic opportunities. • Innovation & Automation: Initiative to drive automation, rapidly learn and adopt AI tools, and continuously challenge processes for optimization and actionable insights. Avery Dennison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer Pay Transparency The salary range for this position is $66,375 to $99,120/year. The hiring base salary range above represents what Avery Dennison reasonably expects to pay for this position as of the date of this posting. Actual salaries will vary within the range, and in some circumstances may be above or below the range, based on various factors including but not limited to a candidate’s relevant skills, experience, education and training, and location, as well as the job scope and complexity, responsibilities, and regular and/or necessary travel required for the position, which may change depending on the candidate pool. Avery Dennison reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected status. Reasonable Accommodations Notice If you require accommodations to view or apply for a job, alternative methods are available to submit an application. Please contact (440) 534-6000 or NA.TA.Operations@averydennison.com to discuss reasonable accommodations. Identity Verification Notice To maintain the integrity of our hiring process and protect our candidates from identity fraud, we require video and/or in-person interviews. As part of this verification, we may also ask you to take a brief photo. This image is used exclusively to ensure identity consistency and will be permanently deleted once the hiring process concludes. Pre-employment Screening Notice As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and productive work environment, Avery Dennison requires all final candidates to successfully complete a comprehensive background check and a drug screening. These checks are conducted post-offer and are a condition of employment. All results will be considered in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws.

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Financial Modeling: Strong ability to build robust, dynamic financial models that support clear storytelling and rapid comprehension for business stakeholders.
Communication & Collaboration: Strong collaborative bias and superior communication skills to articulate financial results, variance drivers, and strategic opportunities.
Innovation & Automation: Initiative to drive automation, rapidly learn and adopt AI tools, and continuously challenge processes for optimization and actionable insights.
Avery Dennison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer

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Education & Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting required, along with 3+ years of financial and/or accounting experience (manufacturing or commercial environment experience preferred).

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