Plant Finance Manager
About The Position
The Plant Finance Manager leads financial activities at the Massillon, Ohio plant as an integral member of the Plant Leadership team. The role drives process enhancements and productivity improvements while ensuring compliance with corporate policies. Working in partnership with the Site Director, HQ Finance/Accounting, Operations, Continuous Improvement, and other teams, the manager provides timely analysis and insights to support decision-making across plant operations, spend management, forecasting, inventory control, and improvement initiatives. The position reports to the Director of Supply Chain Finance. The manager is an active presence on the production floor, engages with associates while emphasizing safety, and identifies opportunities to improve productivity. The role also fosters collaboration and financially informed decision-making across organizational levels, communicates insights clearly, and turns large quantities of data into actionable recommendations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- At least 7 years of experience in finance or accounting, including analyzing cost reporting results and variances, identifying trends, and recommending and driving actions.
- At least 2 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated understanding of financial metrics in a manufacturing organization.
- Ability to work with teams and lead decision-making processes in a team environment.
- Strong relationship management skills and ability to influence at various levels.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Advanced Excel capabilities and proficiency in PowerPoint and Word.
Responsibilities
- Lead plant financial reporting, spend management, annual budgeting, variance investigation, financial modeling, and productivity forecasting.
- Ensure the plant team maintains fiscal integrity in accounting practices, financial reporting, and decision-making.
- Collaborate with plant leadership to provide financial impact analysis and recommendations on cost savings, loss avoidance, and risk mitigation.
- Support capital and non-capital plant initiatives by validating cost assumptions and productivity savings and providing recommendations.
- Contribute ideas and solutions to short- and long-term strategic initiatives and day-to-day operational productivity.
- Work with Commercial Finance to develop new product costing models and monitor and assess the productivity impact of new product startups at the plant.
- Foster collaboration across teams and influence financial acumen and informed decision-making at different organizational levels.
- Identify issues, diagnose problems, research best practices, and generate alternatives to improve financial processes and productivity outcomes.
- Maintain an active presence on the production floor, interact with associates, emphasize safety, and proactively seek productivity improvement opportunities.
- Communicate information clearly and engagingly so teams across organizational levels can understand and apply it.
- Synthesize large quantities of data into actionable insights.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
