Finance Manager Inventory Control

Stampede Culinary Partners•Bridgeview, IL

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Stampede Culinary Partners is looking for a Finance Manager - Inventory Control to join our Finance & Accounting team. If you have a strong background in inventory, costing, controls, and manufacturing finance and enjoy partnering with Operations and Supply Chain, this could be a great opportunity for you. This role supports multiple sites and is responsible for inventory control, production costing, financial and operational controls, and business partnership across the network. You'll help strengthen transaction integrity, physical inventory practices, cost accuracy, working-capital visibility, forecast quality, and operational decision-making. This full-time Finance Manager - Inventory Control position offers a competitive salary, annual bonus eligibility, and the opportunity to play a key role in strengthening our accounts receivable operations and financial reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field
5+ years of progressive experience in inventory accounting, cost accounting, operations finance, supply chain finance, manufacturing finance, or a related discipline
Experience with inventory controls, physical inventories, cycle counts, transaction reconciliation, production costing, and variance analysis
Experience partnering with manufacturing, purchasing, logistics, supply chain, and accounting teams
Advanced Excel skills and ability to analyze large, detailed data sets
Experience with ERP systems and financial or operational reporting tools
Strong understanding of internal controls, documentation, and audit support
Ability to support a multi-site environment
Ability to travel as business needs require

Nice To Haves

Experience in food or high-volume manufacturing
Power BI
Standard costing
Certifications such as CPA, CMA, or CSCP

Responsibilities

Lead inventory-control and production-costing activities across the network.
Oversee physical inventories and cycle counts, investigate variances, reconcile inventory and production transactions, maintain cost formulas, and analyze material, labor, overhead, manufacturing, and logistics cost drivers.
Partner with manufacturing, purchasing, logistics, supply chain, accounting, and finance teams to resolve inventory and costing issues, strengthen internal controls, improve forecast accuracy, and identify cost-reduction and value-creation opportunities.
Prepare inventory, costing, and working-capital KPIs.
Support audits.
Standardize processes across locations.
Provide coaching and technical guidance to project teams and operational users as assigned.