Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and longrange financial plans across multiple manufacturing sites
- Analyze budget vs. actual results and deliver actionable insights to plant and corporate leadership
- Build and maintain financial models for capacity, capital investments, and margin improvement
- Support strategic initiatives, plant footprint decisions, and operational improvement programs
- Oversee standard cost setting and variance analysis for materials, labor, and overhead
- Ensure accurate product costing, inventory valuation, and management of obsolete inventory
- Partner with operations to improve cost transparency and manufacturing efficiency
- Manage accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual closes with compliant financial reporting
- Maintain strong internal controls and support internal and external audits
- Act as a finance business partner to operations and lead, develop, and align finance teams across locations
Education and Experience Requirements
- Requires a bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance and 8 or more years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Must be proficient in Word, PowerPoint, Excel and have solid knowledge of US GAAP.
- Experience with ERP system required, SAP preferred.
- Must understand standard cost accounting, internal control concepts and practices.
- CPA and/or CMA is desired, MBA a plus.
Preferred Skills and Abilities
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills
- Strong understanding of manufacturing KPIs and operational metrics
- Strong business partnership and communication skills
- Ability to translate financial data into operational insights
- Handson, detailoriented with a continuous improvement mindset
- Comfortable working crossfunctionally and influencing without authority
