Director, Manufacturing, Operations & Supply Chain Finance

Commonwealth Fusion Systems•Devens, MA

12d•$170,000 - $250,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is seeking a strategic and analytical Director of Manufacturing, Operations & Supply Chain Finance to lead their operations finance team. This role provides financial leadership across manufacturing sites, including planning, reporting, inventory management, capital investment, and continuous improvement initiatives. The Director will manage a team of finance business partners, owning finance support across plants/BUs and allocations across a matrixed Operations team. As CFS shifts from proving fusion to manufacturing it, this key role will build the operations-finance leadership that turns the breakthrough into economics that support scalability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
15+ years of progressive experience in finance, with a focus on manufacturing and supply chain operations.
Deep understanding of Cost Accounting mechanics
Proven management skills and the ability to lead, mentor and develop high-functioning finance teams.
Demonstrated success building scalable processes and systems in a high-growth organization
Experience supporting multi-site, manufacturing operations and ability to operate in a matrixed organization
Proven ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels
Ability to travel occasionally to manufacturing facilities and supply chain locations
Perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time
Willingness to travel or work required nights/weekends/on-call occasionally
Work in a facility that contains industrial hazards including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead (Pb), high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics

Nice To Haves

Masters in Business Administration/CMA
Experience supporting a high-growth company

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary financial advisor to the Manufacturing and Supply chain leadership teams, providing strategic decision support on cost management, capital investments, and operational efficiencies
Translate financial results into operational decisions; bring proactive analysis and clear recommendations to the leadership table
Responsible for multi-year budgets, cash flows and long range plans as well as financial KPIs to inform leadership decisions
Lead the economics of make-vs-buy, sourcing, and vertical integration decisions
Own the financial and capital allocation framework for capital projects including factory build-outs, capacity expansions, new-capability introductions. Drive the development of business cases, ROI/NPV, and post-investment review
Build and mature the operations-finance infrastructure —data, processes, reporting and systems— for a fast-scaling organization
Provide financial expertise to support decisions related to production planning, inventory management, and procurement strategies for manufacturing plants that support vertical integration as well as supply external customers
Responsible for long term COGS improvement and supporting margin optimization efforts
Direct variance analysis, and management reporting for operations, in partnership with Cost Accounting
Standardize and own the standard-costing framework, ensuring cost roll-ups, and unit-cost tracking across the plants; oversee analysis of purchase price variance, absorption, yield, scrap, and capacity utilization
Support the implementation and rollout of planning tools and ERP modules to enable manufacturing and cost reporting