Finance Manager - Operations and Supply Chain (Systems)
About The Position
The Finance Manager serves as the finance lead and business partner to Systems’ dock equipment manufacturing and supply chain functions, helping them meet business and financial objectives. The role leads analysis of monthly material, labor, and overhead spending and costing results, identifies trends and cost drivers, and consolidates reporting for operations leadership. It oversees financial models, monthly forecasts, annual budgets, scorecard metrics, operational reviews, and manufacturing reporting and KPIs. The position manages end-to-end product costing, including establishing and updating standard costs for annual and new products, and integrating material, inbound transportation, duties, and other relevant expenses to provide reliable landed costs. It also forecasts and reports facility inventory through the Sales and Operations Planning process; supports risk and internal-control awareness; and improves finance processes, forecasting quality, reporting, and cost-accounting procedures. The Finance Manager serves as a super user for Safelite, Power BI, SAP/ECC, and BPC, including training, testing, and assisting with new functionality. The role requires extensive travel of up to 50% in North America.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent work experience.
- At least 5 years of financial support experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Ability to work in a cross-functional matrix environment.
- Advanced knowledge of US GAAP.
- Technical skill with accounting systems.
- Advanced knowledge of planning and reporting software solutions.
- Advanced knowledge of cost accounting processes and procedures.
- Advanced English proficiency.
- Ability to travel extensively, up to 50% of the time in North America.
Nice To Haves
- MBA, CMA, or CPA.
- FP&A and general accounting experience.
- Working knowledge of SAP and BPC.
Responsibilities
- Serve as finance lead and business partner to the dock equipment manufacturing and supply chain team in meeting business and financial objectives.
- Manage development of the yearly budget, monthly financial forecasts, and scorecard metrics to support timely decision-making.
- Manage budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for material spend, including purchase price variance (PPV), labor and overhead spending, and cost-reduction projects.
- Identify trends and variance drivers, and advise senior leadership on cost opportunities and risks.
- Manage the end-to-end product costing process and work cross-functionally to establish and update annual and new-product standard costs.
- Integrate material costs, inbound transportation, duties, and other relevant costs to provide reliable landed-cost information for sourcing, new product development, product marketing, and other users.
- Support the manufacturing and supply chain team in building risk and internal-control awareness and improving risk-management and control processes.
- Implement process improvements to reduce finance process cycle times, improve forecast quality, and enhance information provided to leadership.
- Forecast and report inventory positions by facility as part of the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
- Lead preparation of monthly operational reviews and other recurring deliverables.
- Oversee the accuracy of the Manufacturing reporting package and KPIs, analyze monthly, year-to-date, and full-year results, and compare actuals with budget and forecast.
- Drive standardized reporting between Systems and Chamberlain Group and develop cost-accounting procedures for make-versus-buy analysis.
- Serve as super user in Safelite, Power BI, SAP/ECC, and BPC; train users, test, and assist with developing new functionality.
- Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules, and ensure team compliance as a manager.
- Protect Chamberlain Group’s and Systems’ reputation by keeping information confidential.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, networks, and professional societies.
- Contribute to team efforts by accomplishing related results and participating in projects as needed.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Eligibility to participate in a short-term incentive plan, subject to applicable plan terms and policies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
