Finance Manager - Operations and Supply Chain (Systems)

Chamberlain Group • Germantown, WI

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About The Position

Systems, LLC, an affiliate of Chamberlain Group, is a U.S.-based manufacturer of loading dock equipment marketed under the Poweramp, DLM, and McGuire brands. This role is part of Chamberlain Group’s Finance group and serves as the finance lead and business partner to the dock equipment manufacturing and supply chain functions. The Finance Manager supports their business and financial objectives through budgeting, forecasting, reporting, cost analysis, product costing, and operational decision support.

The role oversees financial models, monthly forecasts, and annual budgets for operations; analyzes material, labor, and overhead spending and costing results; and provides consolidated reporting and insights to operations leadership. It manages end-to-end product costing, including establishing and updating standard costs and integrating material, inbound transportation, duties, and other relevant costs into reliable landed-cost information. The position also supports risk and internal control awareness, process improvement, inventory forecasting, operational reviews, manufacturing reporting, and standardized reporting and cost accounting procedures. The role serves as a super user for Safelite, Power BI, SAP/ECC, and BPC, including training, testing, and supporting new functionality. Extensive travel in North America, up to 50% of the time, is required.

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 U.S. 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.
• Financial planning and analysis (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.
• Develop budgets, forecasts, and reporting for material spend, including purchase price variance (PPV), labor and overhead spend, 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 cost, inbound transportation, duties, and other relevant costs to provide reliable landed-cost information for sourcing, new product development, product marketing, and other users.
• Support risk and internal control awareness across manufacturing and supply chain, and facilitate continuous improvement of risk management and control processes.
• Implement process improvements to reduce finance process cycle times, improve forecast quality, and enhance information for leadership decisions.
• 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 proper make-versus-buy analysis.
• Serve as a super user in Safelite, Power BI, SAP/ECC, and BPC; train, test, and assist in developing new functionality.
• Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules, and ensure team compliance.
• Protect Chamberlain Group’s and Systems’ reputations by keeping information confidential.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, networks, and professional societies.
• Contribute to team efforts by completing related work 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.

What This Job Offers

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