Senior Manager, Finance – Procurement

Management Level:

88

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

The Senior Manager, Finance – Procurement serves as a strategic finance business partner to Procurement, leading financial analysis, planning, and initiatives that improve cost performance, supplier economics, and working capital across the organization. This role translates complex financial and market information into actionable insights, supports supplier negotiations and commercial decisions, and provides financial guidance to Procurement and Business Unit leadership.

The role leads procurement finance processes and cross-functional initiatives, including supplier payment-term optimization, direct materials guidance, annual budgeting, savings validation, contract financial analysis, and procurement-related reporting and disclosures. Working closely with Procurement, Treasury, Accounts Payable, Business Unit Finance, Accounting, and Corporate Reporting, the Senior Manager drives consistent financial methodologies, strengthens controls, and identifies opportunities to improve efficiency through process improvement, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Strategic Procurement Business Partnership: Serve as a trusted finance partner to Procurement leadership, translating spend, pricing, supplier performance, and market trends into financial insights, recommendations, and actions that support business objectives.
• Supplier Economics and Commercial Analysis: Lead financial modeling and scenario analysis for supplier negotiations, sourcing events, RFPs, and commercial agreements. Evaluate pricing mechanisms, payment terms, volume commitments, and contractual risks to inform decisions and improve total economic value.
• Savings and Financial Value Realization: Establish consistent methodologies to quantify, validate, and track procurement savings and cost-avoidance initiatives. Monitor realized results against commitments, identify gaps, and drive accountability for delivering expected financial benefits.
• Working Capital Optimization: Lead supplier payment-term strategy and standardization initiatives in partnership with Procurement, Treasury, and Accounts Payable. Quantify cash, cost, and supplier implications; establish targets; monitor performance; and drive implementation and sustained results.
• Direct Materials Guidance and Forecasting: Lead the quarterly direct materials guidance process, incorporating market outlook, commodity and supplier cost drivers, pricing trends, and forecast implications. Communicate risks and opportunities to Procurement, Business Unit Finance, and business leadership.
• Budgeting and Financial Planning: Own the annual budgeting process for direct materials and indirect spend, establishing assumptions, coordinating with Business Unit Finance, challenging inputs, and communicating key risks and opportunities to Procurement and BU leadership.
• Procurement Financial Reporting and Disclosures: Lead the preparation of annual procurement-related guidance supporting SEC reporting, including purchase commitments and supplier-related disclosures. Coordinate with Accounting and Corporate Reporting to ensure accuracy, appropriate documentation, and timely completion.
• Capital Investment Requests: Lead financial analysis and business case development for Capital Investment Requests (CIRs), including evaluation of financial returns, key assumptions, risks, and alignment with company investment criteria. Coordinate required reviews and approvals.
• Financial Processes, Controls, and Governance: Establish and maintain consistent financial processes, methodologies, documentation, and controls across procurement finance activities. Ensure compliance with company policies and reporting requirements while identifying opportunities to strengthen financial integrity and process effectiveness.
• Data, Automation, and AI Enablement: Identify and lead opportunities to automate reporting, improve data quality, and apply AI-enabled workflows to procurement finance processes. Build or implement scalable solutions that reduce manual effort, improve analytical capabilities, and deliver timely, actionable insights.
• Reporting and Decision Support: Oversee the development and enhancement of financial reporting, KPI scorecards, and analytical tools that improve visibility into supplier economics, spend, pricing, savings, working capital, and forecast performance. Translate results into clear recommendations for stakeholders and leadership.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Build effective partnerships across Procurement, Supply Chain, Business Unit Finance, Treasury, Accounts Payable, Accounting, and Corporate Reporting. Lead initiatives that require alignment across functions, influence stakeholders, and deliver measurable enterprise value.
• Team Leadership and Development: Develop team capabilities in financial analysis, business partnership, data and AI tools, and executive communication. Establish clear accountability for deliverables and outcomes while fostering continuous improvement, proactive problem-solving, and ownership.
• Ad Hoc Analysis and Strategic Projects: Lead complex analysis and special projects in support of procurement strategy, financial performance, working capital, and evolving business priorities.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field preferred.
• Experience: Eight or more years of related experience in finance, accounting, procurement finance, supply chain finance, or business finance, with demonstrated progression in responsibility. Experience leading process improvement, automation, or technology implementation is strongly preferred.
• Computer Skills:
  • Proficiency in SAP.
  • Working knowledge of Power BI, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Proficiency with AI tools and prompt-based workflows required.
  • Experience with AI-enabled finance solutions, workflow automation, or technology implementation preferred.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex financial and operational information into concise, actionable business recommendations for stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Special Skills:
  • Strong financial acumen and analytical skills, including financial modeling, scenario analysis, forecasting, budgeting, supplier economics, and working capital optimization.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead complex initiatives, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and deliver measurable business outcomes with limited oversight.
  • Proven ability to improve end-to-end processes and develop practical solutions that strengthen financial performance, controls, and operational efficiency.
  • Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools and automation to solve business problems, improve finance workflows, and build sustainable solutions.
  • Strong business judgment and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to assess commercial trade-offs, identify risks and opportunities, and provide clear recommendations.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously while maintaining quality, accuracy, and accountability.
  • Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills across functions, organizational levels, and geographic locations.
  • Commitment to continuous improvement, team development, sound financial governance, and a proactive, results-oriented approach.

Internal Management & Management Support Applicants:

Automatic notification to your current manager will be initiated upon selection for interview. This applies to all candidates who are level 79 or above.

All professional team members are expected to demonstrate responsible use of approved AI tools, including safeguarding sensitive information, adhering to company policies, and validating AI-generated outputs. Individual Contributors should demonstrate the ability to integrate AI into daily work, improve efficiency through AI-enabled solutions, evaluate outputs critically, and apply professional judgment when using AI. People Leaders should demonstrate the ability to drive responsible AI adoption, enable effective use of approved solutions, identify opportunities to improve team performance through AI, and ensure accountability for the quality and accuracy of AI-supported outcomes.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

Yes

Referral Payout Eligible:

No

For Professional Management levels, internal applicants should either upload a resume to their application OR complete their application fully showing current and past work experience in the sections provided.

The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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