Finance Manager - Operations and Supply Chain (Systems)

Chamberlain Group•Germantown, WI

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Systems, LLC, an affiliate of Chamberlain Group, is a U.S.-based manufacturer of loading dock equipment. This role serves as the Finance lead/business partner to the dock equipment manufacturing and supply chain team, managing the development of the yearly budget, monthly financial forecasts, and scorecard metrics. The position involves managing the end-to-end product costing process, integrating material costs, transportation, and duties to provide reliable landed cost data. It also supports risk management, internal control awareness, and process improvements to enhance financial reporting and decision-making. The Finance Manager will forecast and report inventory positions, lead monthly operational reviews, and oversee the accuracy of the Manufacturing reporting package and KPIs. Additionally, the role involves driving standardized reporting between Systems and CG, serving as a super user for financial systems like Safelite, Power BI, SAP/ECC, and BPC, and ensuring compliance with health and safety guidelines.

Requirements

Serve as Finance lead/business partner to the dock equipment manufacturing and supply chain team
Manage the development of the yearly budget, monthly financial forecasts, and scorecard metrics
Manage the development of the yearly budget, monthly forecasting and reporting of material spend, including PPV, labor and overhead spend, and cost reduction (productivity) projects
Identify relevant trends and key drivers on the reasons for variances
Advise senior leadership of cost opportunities and risk
Manage the end-to-end product costing process, working cross functionally to establish and update annual and new product standard costs
Integrate material cost, inbound transportation, duties and any other relevant cost to provide reliable landed cost on all materials for sourcing, NPD, product marketing and other interested users of this critical data
Support the dock equipment manufacturing and supply chain team in building strong and effective risk and internal control awareness
Facilitate continuous improvement of risk management and control processes
Implement process improvements to reduce finance business process cycle times, improve financial forecast quality, and enhance information provided to leadership for business decisions
Forecast and report inventory positions by facility as part of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process
Lead the preparation of monthly operational reviews and other recurring deliverables
Oversee accuracy of the Manufacturing reporting package and KPIs
Provide insight and analysis on month, year to date and full year results
Compare actuals to Budget and Forecast
Drive development of standardized reporting between Systems and CG as well as cost accounting procedures for proper make vs buy analysis
Serve as super user in Safelite, Power BI, SAP/ECC and BPC
Train, test, and assist in the development of new functionality
Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules
Protect Chamberlain Group’s and Systems’ reputation by keeping information confidential
Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies
Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed

Nice To Haves

Experience with lean manufacturing techniques

Responsibilities

Serve as Finance lead/business partner to the dock equipment manufacturing and supply chain team in meeting their business and financial objectives
Manage the development of the yearly budget, monthly financial forecasts, and scorecard metrics to drive appropriate and timely decision making
Manage the development of the yearly budget, monthly forecasting and reporting of material spend, including PPV, labor and overhead spend, and cost reduction (productivity) projects; identify relevant trends and key drivers on the reasons for variances; advise senior leadership of cost opportunities and risk
Manage the end-to-end product costing process, working cross functionally to establish and update annual and new product standard costs
Integrate material cost, inbound transportation, duties and any other relevant cost to provide reliable landed cost on all materials for sourcing, NPD, product marketing and other interested users of this critical data
Support the dock equipment manufacturing and supply chain team in building strong and effective risk and internal control awareness; facilitate continuous improvement of risk management and control processes
Implement process improvements to reduce finance business process cycle times, improve financial forecast quality, and enhance information provided to leadership for business decisions
Forecast and report inventory positions by facility as part of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process
Lead the preparation of monthly operational reviews and other recurring deliverables
Oversee accuracy of the Manufacturing reporting package and KPIs; provide insight and analysis on month, year to date and full year results; compare actuals to Budget and Forecast
Drive development of standardized reporting between Systems and CG as well as cost accounting procedures for proper make vs buy analysis
Serve as super user in Safelite, Power BI, SAP/ECC and BPC; train, test, and assist in the development of new functionality
Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules; managers should also ensure compliance across their teams
Protect Chamberlain Group’s and Systems’ reputation by keeping information confidential
Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies
Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed