Manufacturing Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• University Degree, with a focus in Finance or Accounting.
• 5+ years of finance experience in a hands-on FP&A role within a complex organization.
• Proven expertise in financial modelling and planning, with a strong commitment to driving continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of cash flows, ability to create cash flow modeling, intelligent forecasting methodologies including identifying drivers in the operations to improve cash and capital returns.
• Sound judgment, with the ability to critically analyze situations, problem-solve, and deal with ambiguity.
• Strong customer focus with excellent relationship building and a collaborative working style.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrates the highest level of ethics, personal integrity, and detail orientation.
• Ability to handle multiple competing deliverables at a time, with accurate and timely delivery.
• Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with leveraging AI tools like CoPilot, Claude, or ChatGPT in a Finance context.
• Experience in highly automated manufacturing environments
• Experience with OneStream, JDE, or Hyperion
• Relevant designation

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain driver-based financial models reflecting production volume, yield, scrap, labor/machine rates, and overhead absorption.
• Prepare annual budgets and rolling forecasts (P&L, cash flow, working capital) with clear assumptions and scenario analysis, as well as presentation materials for executive audiences.
• Produce margin bridges and conduct cost variance analysis for key performance drivers (e.g. price, volume, mix, labor/efficiency, overhead absorption) to support monthly performance reviews.
• Support ERP implementation and maintenance by defining reporting requirements, validating data, and designing dashboards for operational and financial metrics.
• Collaborate with accounting and cost accounting teams to ensure accurate, timely reporting of financial results and inventory/costing data.
• Be a key point of contact and provide strategic decision support to Operations, Supply Chain, and Corporate Stakeholders.
• Partner with business groups to understand drivers and assumptions to improve forecasting accuracy as well as identify risks, opportunities and potential actions.
• Continuously evaluate and implement improvements to processes and analysis capabilities.
• Ad hoc analysis and projects, including NPV, margin and ROI analysis and board materials.
• Foster strong working relationships across the businesses and work proactively to identify opportunities for finance to act as a strategic business partner.
• Other duties as required.

Benefits

• annual bonus program