The Finance Manager role will support multiple strategies across a diverse group of product lines. These strategies will drive increased profitability, process efficiency, reduced costs, and overall business improvement reporting directly to the General Manager. The role will be the primary liaison for the Commercial and Operations teams. This role will also lead Financial Planning and Analysis. Primary responsibility will include commercial and operational analysis and tracking, presentation of commercial and operational metrics, sales and margin forecasting, and full budget cycle. The team member will be proactive in sales and manufacturing data analysis, process improvement and being a strategic business partner to multiple business functions.
Primary Responsibilities:
Drive financial performance by measuring and analyzing commercial and manufacturing results
Control, coordinate, and develop forecast execution and proactively follow up on deviations with the management team.
Joint P&L responsibility with the Commercial and Operations management
Support Commercial & Operations management with ad hoc information for decisions
Develop tracking tools and key performance indicators to drive business decisions
Track customer profitability trends and provide concise reporting for decision-making
Track and present pricing trends to drive customer profitability
Lead periodic forecast activities - Weekly and Monthly
Develop automated forecasting process - Commercial (Sales and Profit) and Operations (Manufacturing Absorption and Spend)
Coordinate and consolidate annual budget(s)
Participate in the annual re-cost process
Assist with the analysis and preparation of capital expenditures
Partner with Supply Chain to drive cash flow through cross-functional working capital initiatives
Prepare periodic management presentations
Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required, MBA/CMA/CFA preferred
Minimum of 5-7 years of relevant experience
Manufacturing experience in extrusion, polymerization, or product assemble is a plus
Experience leading/managing multiple diverse P&Ls highly desired
Strong proficiency with MS Office applications particularly Microsoft Excel required
EPICOR, PowerBI, and Peoplesoft experience is a plus