Manager Manufacturing Finance

About the role

The Manager, Manufacturing Finance (FP&A & Execution) provides integrated financial leadership across multiple manufacturing sites. The role combines financial planning, analysis, and performance insight with operational execution support. As a trusted partner to Plant Leadership Teams, the manager interprets financial results, guides tradeoffs, and drives cost, productivity, and performance improvement actions. The role supports financial rigor, cost discipline, and planning credibility through close engagement with Operations across a network of manufacturing plants. Expected travel is approximately 25-40%.

Responsibilities

• Business partnership and decision support: Partner with Plant Leadership Teams across assigned sites, frame financial implications and tradeoffs, translate financial and operational performance into priorities and actions, and challenge assumptions about cost, productivity, staffing, and service.
• Financial performance and cost execution: Analyze manufacturing cost performance across labor, overhead, materials, efficiency, and waste. Work with Operations on root cause analysis and corrective actions for cost and productivity gaps.
• Track the financial impact of operational initiatives, continuous improvement projects, and productivity actions; follow through on agreed performance improvement plans.
• Ensure cost standards are understood, applied consistently, and reflect operational reality. Support standard cost reviews and product costing analyses with Accounting and Costing.
• Budgeting, forecasting, and planning: Lead site-level execution of budgets, forecasts, and annual operating plan inputs across...

Key facts

• The role provides financial leadership across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Expected travel is approximately 25-40%.
• The role partners with Plant Leadership Teams and Operations.
• Responsibilities include manufacturing cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and planning.