Plant Finance Manager

About the Role

Financial Analysis: Analyze and validate financial data and performance metrics, including sales and purchasing transactions related to operations, to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement. Drive accountability for results and define key performance metrics together with business leaders. Decision Support: Provide financial insights and analysis to support operational decision‑making, such as evaluating capital deployment opportunities or new projects. Lead initiatives related to CAPEX and working capital, ensuring productivity improvements in operational excellence, continuous improvement, quality, and supply chain management. Collaborate with the operations team to develop action plans, strategies, and initiatives based on financial insights, and monitor their implementation. Financial Modeling: Create models to assess the impact of various scenarios on operational performance. Identify financial risks within operations and propose mitigation strategies, while monitoring key performance indicators and operational metrics against targets. Manage operational costs to achieve efficiency and cost reduction, maintain ERP accuracy, and implement inventory control actions to maximize cash and profitability. Lead site forecasting and profit‑plan processes, and analyze cost data to inform pricing and performance decisions. Act as a liaison with the Finance transformation organization, including North America Controllership, Global Financial Shared Services, Global Payroll, and FP&A. Build organizational capability through hiring, talent development, and succession planning, and support leadership team requirements. Manage and track COGS to ensure absorption values meet financial plans and forecasts. • Analyze and validate financial data and performance metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities. • Define and drive accountability for key performance metrics with business leaders. • Provide financial insights for operational decision‑making, including capital deployment and new projects. • Lead CAPEX and working‑capital initiatives to improve operational excellence and supply‑chain performance. • Collaborate with operations to develop and monitor action plans based on financial analysis. • Build financial models to evaluate scenario impacts on operational performance. • Identify operational financial risks and propose mitigation strategies. • Track KPIs and operational metrics against targets. • Manage operational costs, ensure ERP accuracy, and implement cost‑reduction initiatives. • Oversee inventory control actions to enhance profitability and cash flow. • Lead site forecasting, profit planning, and cost‑accounting analysis. • Liaise with Finance transformation groups (NAC, GFSS, Global Payroll, FP&A). • Build organizational capability through hiring, talent development, and succession planning. • Manage and track COGS to meet financial plan and forecast targets. • Review finance roles, support MRP development, and guide change‑management for facility and product improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸financial modeling
• ▸kpi tracking
• ▸cost management
• ▸inventory control
• ▸erp accuracy
• ▸forecasting

What You Bring

Interim responsibilities include reviewing finance roles with the transformation management office, supporting MRP development, and aiding change‑management for facility and product improvements. Required qualifications are a bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field, three or more years of varied accounting/finance experience, and preferred master’s degree. Technical skills include Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Oracle, ENCORE, with knowledge of PBI, AS400, SAP, auditing, dual‑currency accounting, and cost accounting. Candidates must communicate financial concepts to non‑financial professionals, be detail‑oriented, highly analytical, self‑motivated, and possess competencies such as results‑orientation, digital mindset, building capability, and strategic thinking. • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field. • Minimum 3 years of varied accounting/finance experience; master’s degree preferred. • Proficiency with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Oracle, ENCORE; knowledge of Power BI, AS400, SAP preferred. • Understanding of auditing, dual‑currency accounting, and cost accounting principles. • Ability to explain financial concepts to non‑financial audiences. • Strong organization, time‑management, detail‑orientation, and analytical skills. • Self‑motivated, results‑driven, with a digital mindset and strategic thinking.

Requirements

• ▸bachelor's
• ▸microsoft 365
• ▸oracle
• ▸sap
• ▸power bi
• ▸analytical

Work Environment

Onsite