Sr. Finance Manager Operations

Novolex • Charlotte, NC

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About The Position

The Senior Operations Finance Manager will lead financial oversight, consolidation, and strategic project support for six plastic bag manufacturing plants. This role serves as a key finance business partner to plant leadership and operations, driving financial performance through disciplined forecasting, cost control, capital project evaluation, and standardized reporting. The position requires strong consolidation expertise, hands-on operational finance experience, and the ability to manage complex cross-plant initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 8–12+ years of progressive finance experience, including operations or manufacturing finance.
• Proven experience consolidating financial results across multiple plants or business units.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, manufacturing variances, and capital project finance.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with ERP systems and BI tools.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to influence plant and senior leadership.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CPA, or CMA designation.
• Experience in plastics, packaging, or high-volume manufacturing environments.
• Prior responsibility for multi-site operations or shared services environments.
• Experience supporting Lean, continuous improvement, or automation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial consolidation for six manufacturing plants, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and consistency.
• Prepare consolidated P&L, gross margin, and operating cost analysis with clear insights into plant-level and enterprise performance.
• Develop standardized financial reporting, dashboards, and KPIs across all plants.
• Ensure alignment with corporate accounting policies, internal controls, and audit requirements.
• Partner with plant managers and operations leaders to analyze manufacturing costs, variances, yield, scrap, labor efficiency, and overhead absorption.
• Drive cost reduction initiatives across raw materials, conversion costs, logistics, and fixed costs.
• Support pricing, margin analysis, and customer profitability initiatives specific to plastic bag products.
• Monitor working capital metrics, including inventory turns and slow-moving or obsolete inventory.
• Lead the annual budget and rolling forecast processes across all six plants.
• Evaluate volume, mix, and cost assumptions; identify risks and opportunities.
• Support long-range planning with scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis.
• Provide variance explanations and actionable recommendations to senior management.
• Financial lead for capital investments, automation projects, and process improvement initiatives across plants.
• Build business cases, ROI analyses, and post-investment reviews for capital and strategic projects.
• Track project spend, timelines, and financial benefits realization.
• Ensure cross-plant alignment and financial discipline on major initiatives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to plant leadership, operations, supply chain, and engineering teams.
• Drive best practice sharing and financial standardization across plants.
• Support integration of new plants, lines, or systems as needed.
• Mentor and develop plant staff or analysts, fostering a strong operations finance culture.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health
• Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union)

What This Job Offers

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