Finance Business Partner

Hypertherm Associates•Hanover, NH

About The Position

Hypertherm Associates is seeking a collaborative, forward-thinking Finance Business Partner to support its Global Supply Chain team as a strategic advisor to Supply Chain leadership. The role partners closely with Operations, Procurement, Logistics, and Manufacturing to provide financial insights and decision support that advance operational excellence, cost optimization, working capital improvement, profitable growth, and achievement of company objectives. The Finance Business Partner leads planning and financial review processes, advises on operating and investment decisions, and communicates performance, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership. The position also supports financial controls, reporting compliance, audits, inventory controls, and process improvements across Supply Chain. The role is based in Hanover, New Hampshire, and relocation assistance is available.

Requirements

At least 7 years of progressive finance experience in FP&A, operations finance, supply chain finance, or manufacturing finance.
Experience partnering with Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, or Manufacturing leadership.
Strong knowledge of cost accounting, including standard costing, inventory management, and working capital principles.
Experience in a global manufacturing environment.
Proven ability to build relationships and influence effectively at all organizational levels.
Demonstrated ability to drive decisions through data-driven insights, sound analysis, and actionable recommendations.

Nice To Haves

MBA or master's degree.
Skills with Oracle Planning tools such as Oracle EPM, Hyperion, or Essbase.
Experience in an Oracle ERP environment.
Experience in a matrix reporting environment.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted finance partner to Supply Chain leadership, translating financial insights into decisions that improve profitability, productivity, and cash flow.
Lead annual planning, forecasting, long-range planning, and monthly financial reviews.
Communicate performance, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership and support Management and Board presentations.
Build financial models to guide investments, sourcing strategies, supplier negotiations, make-versus-buy decisions, and footprint optimization.
Partner with Operations, Procurement, Logistics, and Cost Accounting to reduce costs and improve margins.
Use standard costing, product cost analysis, manufacturing variances, and business cases to support productivity and lean initiatives.
Improve working capital and cash conversion by optimizing inventory investments, turns, reserves, and excess or obsolete stock while balancing on-hand inventory needs.
Develop executive reporting and dashboards covering inventory turns, working capital, material inflation, freight and logistics costs, supplier performance, manufacturing productivity, cost savings, and service levels.
Evaluate capital investments and automation projects using business cases, ROI, NPV, and payback analysis, and track results to confirm expected benefits.
Strengthen financial controls, reporting compliance, and data integrity.
Support audits and inventory controls and streamline processes across Supply Chain.