Sr Manager, Finance

Hologic • Marlborough, MA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Operations Finance leads operations finance and cost accounting for Hologic’s Simarano and Redwood manufacturing sites, partnering with site leadership, the Global Supply Chain Leadership Team, and finance leaders across the company. The role also supports the broader manufacturing network by sharing best practices and improving cost accounting, close, and plant financial management across sites.

The position provides an integrated view of manufacturing performance by translating plant results, inventory, product cost, and operational trends into actionable insights for leadership. It owns plant month-end close and variance analysis, leads the annual standard cost update, oversees inventory reporting and reserves, and drives the plant budget and forecast. The role identifies risks, opportunities, and cost-reduction levers that affect gross margin.

As a leader within Global Supply Chain Finance, the Senior Manager manages and develops a team of analysts, strengthens analytical standards, controls, and cross-functional accountability, and drives automation and process improvements to improve financial decision support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of related financial experience, including cost accounting or operations finance in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or managing analysts.
• Experience leading month-end close, standard cost, budgeting, and forecasting processes for manufacturing sites.
• Strong cost accounting and manufacturing finance expertise, including standard costing, inventory accounting, variance analysis, and cost roll processes.
• Strong financial and business acumen, including the ability to translate complex financial and operational information into recommendations for plant and supply chain leaders.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing insights and materials for executive audiences.
• Ability to work effectively in a complex, matrixed, multi-site organization and partner across functions, sites, and leadership levels.
• Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills and a strong understanding of accounting principles, US GAAP, and internal controls.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a finance team, lead through influence, and raise work quality across a team.
• Strong ownership mindset, sound judgment, and ability to operate effectively in an evolving environment.
• Commitment to learning, a growth mindset, and focus on automation and innovation.
• Experience with Oracle, Hyperion, or similar ERP and planning platforms.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CPA, or CMA.
• Experience supporting multiple sites or broader supply chain functions such as distribution or logistics.
• Experience in medical device or another FDA-regulated manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead operations finance for the Simarano manufacturing site and provide site leadership with a forward-looking view of performance, cost drivers, risks, opportunities, and priorities.
• Own plant month-end close and variance analysis, including manufacturing variances, purchase price variance, absorption, and scrap, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of COGS and inventory.
• Lead the annual standard cost update and site cost roll, partnering with Global Supply Chain Finance on inventory revaluation and gross margin impacts.
• Provide financial leadership for product transfers and capacity changes, including cost, inventory, and standard cost impacts.
• Oversee inventory reporting, excess and obsolete reserves, and physical and cycle counts; partner with Operations and Supply Chain on inventory reduction targets and working capital improvements.
• Lead plant budgeting, forecasting, and spend tracking, including cost center and capital reporting; coordinate with Corporate FP&A and align assumptions with production plans and operating trends.
• Contribute site content to the Global Supply Chain monthly business review and global gross margin reporting, including commentary and variance explanations.
• Partner with Accounting, Quality, and Operations to maintain internal controls and SOX compliance over inventory, standard cost, and manufacturing accounting processes.
• Establish and share manufacturing-network best practices for standard costing, cost roll, inventory reserves, variance analysis, and month-end close.
• Support site finance teams across the network as an operations finance resource, improving consistency, analytical quality, and business partnership.
• Manage, mentor, and develop analysts; establish analytical standards, review deliverables, and coach the team in cost accounting, financial analysis, storytelling, and business partnership.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation across close, costing, reporting, and analytics to improve cycle time, accuracy, scalability, and decision support.
• Drive accountability through clear communication, constructive challenge, follow-through, and ownership of issues through resolution.

What This Job Offers

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