Finance Manager, Operations

TTM•Farmingdale, NY

About The Position

TTM Technologies is hiring a Finance Manager, Operations to lead operations finance and support operational management and reporting. The role establishes and manages procedures and controls for inventory integrity, costing, reconciliations, reporting, and compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements. It oversees personnel responsible for reconciliations and financial reporting and serves as a strategic financial resource to operations management and reporting staff. The position leads the development, maintenance, and approval of operational basis of estimating (BOE) processes, templates, and data for production, non-recurring engineering, aftermarket, and sustainment or repair proposals. It works across operations departments and with compliance officers, manufacturing engineering, production test, quality, product support, production control, support engineering, and test engineering to prepare accurate estimates and proposals. The role maintains proposal data and documentation, supports requests for quotation, and assists with audits and inquiries from the Defense Contract Audit Agency and Defense Contract Management Agency, including compliance with applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations. The Finance Manager develops and reports indirect budgets and savings programs, prepares operational and financial performance reporting, chairs weekly operations management meetings, and supports capital equipment requests. It leads physical work-in-process inventory audits, manages quarterly estimated-time-to-complete analyses and labor and material estimates at completion, reconciles forecast-to-actual variances, and supports inventory and material movement activities. The position also champions continuous-improvement projects and trains operations personnel on key performance indicators, BOEs, and proposal estimating. The role has supervisory responsibilities, including assigning and reviewing work, training and developing staff, evaluating performance, addressing disciplinary matters, and hiring. The position must comply with TTM export-control policies and applicable laws, including ITAR, EAR, and OFAC requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university.
At least 10 years of related experience and/or training, with at least 5 years of management experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge of PCs and software.
Ability to interact with varying levels of management, subordinates, coworkers, and customers.
Ability to comply with TTM Export Control Policies and Procedures and applicable laws, including ITAR, EAR, and OFAC.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Establish, analyze, and manage inventory policies and procedures to ensure inventory integrity, accurate costing, timely transactions, reconciliations, ownership determinations, and compliant reporting.
Conduct and participate in audits, respond to adverse findings, and implement corrective action plans.
Generate and reconcile financial reports and report results to operations and financial management teams.
Supervise personnel responsible for accurate reconciliations and timely financial reporting.
Develop, update, and maintain standard operating procedures and estimating tools for operational basis of estimating (BOE) processes and proposals.
Coordinate BOE development across operations departments and relevant engineering, quality, product support, production control, and test groups.
Maintain proposal estimating data, responsibility assignment matrices, task cost summaries, documentation, and managerial approvals in a centralized depository.
Support request-for-quotation activities and participate in proposal clearance meetings; occasionally act as General Manager designee for formal bid approvals.
Develop and substantiate monthly operations indirect budgets, coordinate approvals, and lead operations profit-savings programs and reporting.
Support formal DCAA and DCMA audits, information requests, data mining, and justifications for certified US Government BOE proposals.
Maintain estimating procedures and implement improvements to comply with DCAA/DCMA requirements, FAR, and DFARS.
Prepare bi-monthly reporting for the General Manager on backlog, revenue, past due items, headcount, and key business issues.
Chair weekly Operations management meetings to review site performance reporting.
Partner with operations departments to prepare and submit capital equipment requirements, ensuring accuracy and alignment with budgets and priorities.
Lead monthly and annual independent physical work-in-process inventory audits, including factory-floor counts and reconciliation of findings.
Manage quarterly estimated-time-to-complete analyses for active production, NRE, and aftermarket and sustainment projects, including labor and material estimates at completion.
Train operations personnel on KPIs, BOEs, and proposal estimating.
Compile site-level backlog, revenue, and KPI reporting, including yield, RMAs, turnaround times, past dues, and on-time delivery.
Champion and track continuous-improvement projects supporting Lean and cost-saving initiatives, including 9CI and Six Sigma.
Reconcile monthly forecast-to-actual revenue and profit-margin variances.
Monitor and support borrow-payback reconciliations, production planning, advanced material procurement movements, and residual materials.
Complete standardized and ad hoc reporting for the General Manager, including financial Pareto analyses.
Help manage materials inventory, including authorized offsite storage.
Plan and assign subordinate work, review its quality and timeliness, train and develop staff, evaluate performance, manage disciplinary issues, and hire staff.
Comply with TTM export-control policies and applicable ITAR, EAR, and OFAC requirements.