Lead Process Improvement Analyst

Lead Process Improvement Analyst

The Process Improvement Lead plays a key role in transforming and optimizing processes within the Accounting and Controllership organization. Reporting to the Senior Process Improvement Manager, this role collaborates with finance leadership and cross-functional teams to identify inefficiencies, streamline operations, and implement sustainable, data-driven improvements.

With a strong foundation in Lean Six Sigma and Business Process Improvement (BPI), this position leads initiatives that enhance efficiency, strengthen compliance, and drive operational excellence across finance functions. The role is central to fostering a culture of continuous improvementleveraging Lean principles, process mapping, and performance metrics to deliver measurable outcomes and support a future-ready finance organization.

Success in this role requires a proactive, analytical mindset, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, feedback-driven environment.

Location and Status : This is a full-time hybrid position requiring in-office presence 3 days per week (Tue, Wed, Thu) with the ability to work from home on Mondays and Fridays. The successful candidate must live within a commutable distance of our Deerfield, IL offices.

Responsibilities :

• Lead and execute process improvement initiatives across finance operations using Lean Six Sigma methodologies to drive efficiency, accuracy, and standardization.
• Partner with Accounting, Controllership, and cross-functional teams to identify pain points, map current-state processes, and design optimized future-state workflows.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and apply hypothesis testing to validate assumptions, uncover underlying issues, and implement data-driven solutions.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), process maps, and control plans.
• Track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the impact of improvement efforts and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Facilitate continuous improvement workshops, such as Kaizen events, to engage stakeholders and foster a culture of operational excellence.
• Support change management efforts by communicating process changes, training impacted teams, and ensuring successful adoption of new practices.
• Stay informed on emerging trends, tools, and methodologies in the process improvement and operational excellence space, applying relevant innovations to continuously enhance finance operations.
• Leverage data to articulate process improvement outcomes, building clear, insightful dashboards and visualizations that communicate impact to stakeholders; work closely with a data analyst for data extraction while independently driving analysis and reporting.

Qualifications :

Preferred qualifications :

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range : $90,000 USD - $143,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates' unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates' feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN.

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