Finance Manager

Our team in Reading currently has an opening for a Finance Manager, Regulatory.

Role & Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Finance Manager, Regulatory to join our North America Finance team. This role is responsible for leading and standardizing finance processes that support a variety of regulatory reporting requirements, with a strong emphasis on tax-related reporting (sales tax, use tax, excise tax—including alcohol tax and over-the-road tax—income tax support, unclaimed property, and other industry-specific taxes).

This position partners closely with Corporate Tax, Controlling, Commercial Business, and Operational Finance teams to ensure the accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of financial data that underpins regulatory compliance filings. The ideal candidate will be a finance operations expert, able to drive process improvements, strengthen data governance, and enhance collaboration across multiple stakeholders to support tax and other regulatory reporting requirements in a consistent, controlled manner.

Job Responsibilities

Regulatory Finance Reporting Support:

• Own the finance data preparation and reporting processes that feed tax compliance filings, including sales tax, use tax, excise tax (alcohol tax, fuel/over-the-road tax), real/personal property tax, income tax support, and unclaimed property filings.
• Partner with Corporate Tax to ensure standardized data outputs and reconciliations for timely, accurate regulatory submissions.
• Support third party regulatory service providers.

Process Standardization & Controls:

• Develop and maintain standard processes, coding structures, and reporting templates to ensure consistency of data supporting tax and other regulatory filings across all NA entities.
• Design and oversee financial controls and reconciliations that ensure data integrity for all regulatory reporting obligations.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Act as a bridge between finance, tax, and operational teams, ensuring that data for tax and other filings is complete, properly classified, and aligned with business activity.
• Support internal and external audit activities related to regulatory reporting, providing documentation and analysis as required.
• Liaison with Brenntag operations on business licenses and various permits

Finance Transformation & Business Change Initiatives:

• Actively support North America Finance Transformation programs, contributing to process optimization, technology enablement, automation and enhanced reporting capabilities.
• Partner with business transformation teams to align regulatory finance processes with evolving systems, shared service models and organizational priorities, ensuring future scalability and compliance readiness.

Continuous Improvement:

• Identify and lead process enhancements and automation opportunities to improve the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of finance support for regulatory compliance.
• Develop KPIs and reporting tools to monitor data readiness, compliance support timelines, and issue resolution.

Stakeholder Support:

• Provide training and guidance to finance and operational teams on proper coding, documentation, and reporting practices related to tax and other compliance reporting needs.
• Serve as a subject-matter resource within Finance for data and process requirements impacting regulatory filings.

IDEAL PROFILE

• Experience in chemical distribution, manufacturing, or similar industries with multi-jurisdictional tax and compliance reporting obligations.
• Demonstrated ability to standardize finance processes across multiple business units or geographies.
• Familiarity with shared services operating models and cross-functional reporting support.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with competing priorities and tight deadlines.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• CPA, MBA, or other advanced certifications preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience, ideally with exposure to regulatory tax reporting support in a large, multi-entity or multinational environment.
• Proven experience supporting tax compliance functions (sales, excise—including alcohol tax, unclaimed property, and income tax) from a finance operations perspective.
• Strong background in process improvement, controls design, and data governance within finance.
• Experience working with ERP systems, tax engines (Vertex, Avalara), and advanced financial analytics tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Qlik, OneStream, Ceridian Dayforce, Service Now).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; able to partner effectively across finance, tax, and operational teams.
• Experience supporting internal/external audits for tax and regulatory reporting requirements.

OUR OFFER

We aim to create an environment where the best people want to work, where they can turn their passion into their job and realize their full potential.

• Individual development, on-the-job training, and development programs designed to help our employees grow in their careers.
• Paid parental leave
• Education assistance program
• Employee assistance program
• Various healthcare plan options as well as 401(k)

About Brenntag

Brenntag is the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution. The company holds a central role in connecting customers and suppliers of the chemical industry. Headquartered in Essen, Germany, Brenntag has more than 17,000 employees worldwide and operates a network of about 700 sites in 78 countries. In 2021, Brenntag generated sales of around 14.4 billion EUR. The two global divisions, Brenntag Essentials and Brenntag Specialties, provide a full-line portfolio of industrial and specialty chemicals and ingredients as well as tailor-made application, marketing and supply chain solutions, technical and formulation support, comprehensive regulatory know-how, and digital solutions for a wide range of industries. In the field of sustainability, Brenntag pursues specific goals and is committed to sustainable solutions in its own sector and the industries served. Brenntag shares have been listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2010, initially in the MDAX and since September 2021 in the DAX. In addition, the Brenntag SE shares are listed in the DAX 50 ESG and DAX ESG Target. For more information, visit .

Brenntag provides equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees of all backgrounds and identities to create a workplace where difference is valued because it forms a resilient and more innovative organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds.

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