Finance Manager – Distribution & Transportation

Chamberlain Group • Oak Brook, IL

1d • $102,600 - $165,375

About The Position

The Finance Manager serves as the finance lead and business partner for Chamberlain Group’s Distribution and Transportation function across eight North American facilities. The role builds and maintains financial models to monitor and forecast the function’s key metrics and results, and supports its business and financial objectives.

The Finance Manager drives the annual budget and monthly financial forecasts, analyzes monthly overhead spending and cost-reduction project results, and advises senior leadership about trends, variances, opportunities, and risks. The role also leads analysis and reporting on transportation spending, maintains KPI status, supports monthly operational reviews, and helps improve financial processes, forecast quality, risk management, and internal controls. The position supports inventory control cycle-counting initiatives at Distribution Centers and may require travel throughout North America up to 50% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• At least 7 years of financial support experience in a manufacturing or distribution organization.
• Working knowledge of ERP financial systems, such as SAP, and data analysis.
• Ability to work and manage relationships in a matrix corporate environment.
• Outstanding written and oral English communication skills.
• Ability to travel extensively throughout North America, up to 50% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Business Administration, CPA, or CMA.
• Experience with activity-based costing and financial forecast development.
• Experience developing and presenting complex financial data in Microsoft Excel.
• SAP experience.
• Proficiency in Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Act as the finance lead and business partner for the Distribution and Transportation function across eight North American facilities.
• Build and maintain financial models to monitor and forecast the function’s key metrics and results.
• Drive development of the yearly budget and monthly financial forecasts to support timely decision-making.
• Oversee and analyze monthly overhead spending and cost-reduction project results; identify trends and variance drivers, and advise senior leadership of forecast opportunities and risks.
• Lead value-added analysis and reporting on transportation spending, including ad hoc requests, to explain cost changes and identify efficiency opportunities.
• Maintain and communicate KPI status to support effective business decision-making.
• Assist with monthly operational reviews and other recurring deliverables.
• Assess and manage process improvements to reduce finance process cycle times, improve forecast quality, and enhance information provided to leadership.
• Support the Distribution and Transportation function in building risk and internal-control awareness and improving risk-management and control processes.
• Support inventory control cycle-counting initiatives at Distribution Centers.

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.

What This Job Offers

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