About the job Plant Finance Manager Are you ready to take your financial leadership to the next level? Join an incredible team at our Defiance, OH plant, where youll play a pivotal role as the senior financial leader onsite. This is your opportunity to not only drive financial success but to make a real impact in a dynamic manufacturing environment. As a key member of the site leadership and division finance teams, youll partner closely with the plant manager to steer cost productivity initiatives, analyze complex data, and contribute to the future growth of an amazing organization. If you thrive on financial leadership, operational excellence, and inspiring change, this role is for you! Your Day-to-Day:
- Identify and implement performance-based metrics to optimize financial performance, partnering with the plant manager to drive cost and productivity efforts.
- Lead accurate monthly financial closing and reporting for the plant manager, site leadership, and division teams.
- Provide in-depth analysis of monthly operational results, evaluating sources of variability, inflation, and productivity.
- Ensure strong internal controls and SOX compliance requirements are met.
- Manage the monthly forecasting and annual budgeting process.
- Conduct financial evaluations for capital spending projects.
- Lead, mentor, and evaluate a team of salaried employees, ensuring direction and resource deployment.
- Collaborate with suppliers and third parties to negotiate and drive financial success.
What You Bring to the Team:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting/Finance with a minimum of 3 years of plant financial experience, and 6 overall years of increasing financial responsibility.
- Proven experience in driving cost reduction and productivity initiatives, fostering organizational participation in change efforts.
- Proficiency in performance-based metrics and financial scorecards.
- Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Strong leadership, analytical, and project management skills.
- Strong manufacturing and plant-level accounting experience managing payroll, accounts payable, inventory, general ledger, etc.
- Experience with Six Sigma, Kanban or Lean manufacturing highly preferred
- Strong working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, Infor, Dynamics, etc).
Join us in Defiance and become a key player in shaping financial and operational success! Apply today to be part of a thriving organization where your skills will make a difference.