Finance Manager

CMC•Irving, TX

10d

About The Position

The Finance Manager supports financial reporting, planning, analysis, internal controls, and strategic business initiatives for manufacturing operations. The role partners with accounting and finance leadership, plant and corporate leaders, and the Director of Finance to ensure accurate and timely reporting and to align business-unit objectives with divisional and corporate goals. It also contributes to financial modeling, forecasting, acquisition integration, capital investments, and cross-functional projects.

Requirements

Minimum 5–7 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, FP&A, or a related field.
Strong month-end close leadership skills, including managing deadlines and coordinating cross-functional inputs while maintaining accuracy.
Strong strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Experience developing financial models, forecasts, and performance-management tools to support business decisions.
Strong understanding of profitability drivers, financial systems, and data-mining techniques across multiple platforms.
Ability to synthesize complex information and communicate clear, actionable insights to senior leadership.
Ability to build trusted relationships, influence stakeholders, and collaborate across organizational levels.
Experience with internal controls, SOX compliance, audit support, and control documentation.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related business field.
Ability to travel up to 10% as needed.

Nice To Haves

Distribution or manufacturing experience.
At least one year of people-management experience.
MBA, CPA, or CMA.

Responsibilities

Support the month-end close by coordinating with accounting and finance leadership to complete accurate financial statements by reporting deadlines.
Analyze monthly results and explain variances affecting revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, working capital, and cash flow.
Prepare financial reporting packages, variance commentary, balance-sheet reviews, and management reporting for plant and corporate leadership.
Partner with general managers and operations leaders to explain performance and analyze production costs, material usage, labor efficiency, inventory, freight, pricing, and plant profitability.
Support internal controls by ensuring financial controls are documented, executed, reviewed, and retained in accordance with company policy and public-company compliance requirements.
Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning for manufacturing operations, including sales volume, selling prices, labor, raw materials, maintenance, plant overhead, and capital expenditures.
Contribute financial analysis and project discipline to special projects, strategic initiatives, capital investments, and cross-functional efforts.
Support the development, enhancement, and governance of financial models for long-range planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
Partner on integration activities for recently acquired companies, including system changeovers, financial reporting alignment, process integration, and project execution support.
Serve as a strategic partner to the Director of Finance and business leadership, aligning business-unit objectives with divisional and corporate goals.