Finance Manager

Lineage • Novi, MI

25d

About The Position

Lineage is currently searching for a Manager to join our team! Ideal candidates are Bachelor or MA level graduates who possess in-depth training in finance, economics, or accounting. This role requires a high degree of logical thinking, research, communication and multi-tasking. In this role, the Manager will lead high visibility reporting, play a crucial part in strengthening Lineage’s commercial systems foundation, and support commercial pricing to grow business and increase margins. The right person must be comfortable using technical skills to extract data, create models, use judgement to solve problems, and be highly collaborative to thrive while working in a team environment. You will work cross-functionally with Sales, Accounting, FP&A, Legal, and Operations to report key results and play a role in the development of core systems that better support our growing business. You will succeed due to being independently driven and intellectually curious. Your strong communication skills, process driven approach, and customer service mentality allow you to confidently support strong decision making by Lineage leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s in accounting/Finance/Economics or equivalent experience
• 7-10+ years of progressive relevant experience, including management experience
• Strong analytical (quantitative as well as qualitative) skills including the ability to solve practical problems and analyze processes for improvement
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex information crisply and succinctly
• Strong interpersonal skills and presence to quickly gain respect and build strong working relationships across the organization at all levels, including C-Suite/Executive
• Comfort working in a hands-on, highly engaged environment and willingness to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility along with a strong work ethic and bias for action
• Natural curiosity along with a high degree of enthusiasm, commitment, servant leadership skills and a willingness to challenge the status quo
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence without specific authority (cross-functional, matrixed teams)
• Judgment and decision making, with an ability to get past data gaps by applying appropriate logic.
• Commitment to providing outstanding internal customer service support.
• Ability to drive projects, develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize and accomplish work.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel is required; familiarity with CRM/Financial management tools helpful (Salesforce, Adaptive Insights, Workday, Sigma)

Responsibilities

• Lead discussions with sales and operations to develop pricing strategies that help Lineage “win” in the marketplace.
• Partner with senior commercial leaders as their financial liaison, providing support, training and consultation as needed.
• Develop accurate financial (pricing) models that help Lineage understand costs, margins, and risks associated with pricing decisions.
• Analyze financial data by collecting, monitoring and creating financial models for decision support.
• Improve financial margins by proactively analyzing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends; recommending actions to management.
• Consolidate, validate, analyze and report key non-financial metrics.
• Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; study proposed changes in methods and materials.
• Market research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuation comps
• Create executive dashboards and reports that show how we are tracking against our pricing goals.
• Help drive system and process improvements that better accomplish the above.

Benefits

• Lineage provides safe, stable, reliable work environments, medical, dental, and basic life and disability insurance benefits, 401k retirement plan, paid time off, annual bonus eligibility, and a minimum of 7 holidays throughout the calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager