.As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller's (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2023 revenue of $3.5 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,000 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in over 140 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets. Position Overview The Finance Business Partner reports directly to the International Growth Markets Finance Director and indirectly to the regional General Manager. The primary objective of the job holder is to support India, Middle East, and Africa, contributing to the development and implementation of overall business strategy and the day-to-day operations of the business. The role also ensures the optimization of business financial results by proactively monitoring financial trends, performance metrics and responding with value-added analysis to facilitate decision making. Specific activities may also include development, implementation and continuous improvement of financial processes, systems, and internal controls as well as business cases preparation for strategic investments. PRIMARY DUTIES 45% Finance Business Partnering Provide monthly performance overviews, variance analysis and signal key trends, risks, and opportunities to the leadership team to allow commercial leadership team to make informed and prudent business decisions to improve the financial performance of the business unit / region. Deliver comprehensive analysis of the financial results of the business unit / region following each reporting period so that the leadership team is clear about the status of the business (what is going well, what is not going well, and why), comparisons relative to budget, prior year, and previous period. Give ad hoc support to the requirements of the business; Commercial contract support - key point person to initiate and execute all commercial contracts (supply, consignment, equipment, rebate, index, etc.); collaborate with sales organization, legal group, credit department, and others as necessary. 25% Forecasting, Budgeting, and Strategic Planning Support Collaborate with business leadership teams to develop a financial outlook (forecast) for each business unit supported (updated monthly/quarterly); focus on outlook accuracy and determining the most likely scenario for the balance of the year; outlook should factor in changes in raw material costs, pricing actions, new business closes, changes in end-market conditions, etc