Finance Manager

Gulfstream • Westfield, MA

13d

About The Position

The Finance Manager assists operational business area management in developing, implementing, and managing financial matters, and provides business judgment for decisions with financial implications. The role interprets and administers policies, processes, and procedures that may affect sections and subordinate work units, while maintaining an appropriate control environment consistent with Sarbanes-Oxley reporting requirements.

The position ensures accurate, timely financial performance analysis and reporting; administers annual budget development; supports operational initiatives and business cases; and coordinates financial tracking and reporting. It develops reporting mechanisms for leadership and senior management and promotes continuous improvement in operational and financial processes. The manager also plans, evaluates, organizes, integrates, and controls staff work activities. This is a full-time, first-shift position in GAC Westfield, with travel up to 25%.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related curriculum, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions.
• Seven years of increasing financial responsibility.
• Working understanding of GAAP.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP financial processes, reporting, and transaction-level analysis.
• Strong financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis skills.
• Experience with operational/cost accounting, work in progress (WIP), and financial reconciliations.
• Ability to analyze large datasets and translate results into actionable business insights.
• Strong business partnership and communication skills with finance and operational leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred; an advanced degree may be used to reduce the work experience requirement by two years.
• Previous managerial or leadership experience preferred.
• Other certification preferred.
• Power BI, Power Query, automation, and process-improvement experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely financial performance analysis and reporting, including ongoing analysis of actual performance versus budgets and forecasts, root causes, and corrective actions.
• Administer annual budget development, including underlying assumptions, target setting, and staffing, revenue/margin, and expense plans to meet business targets.
• Understand and analyze revenue/margin, capital, and direct and indirect costs for assigned business areas.
• Provide analysis and business-case support for operational initiatives and opportunities, and coordinate financial tracking and status reporting.
• Ensure appropriate planning and effective execution of financial deliverables.
• Develop reporting mechanisms that communicate results meaningfully to the leadership team and senior management.
• Maintain continuous process improvement in support of operations and financial processes, and capture and report savings as appropriate.
• Plan, evaluate, organize, integrate, and control staff work activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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