The Supply Chain Finance Manager is a data-driven manufacturing finance leader responsible for accounting integrity, capital governance, forecast reliability, working capital discipline, and EBITDA protection across sourcing, procurement, freight, and supply operations. Reporting to the VP Operations Finance, this role anchors financial transparency, capex discipline, and audit-ready documentation across the supply chain.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
Maintain Growth, Profitability, and Discipline in Support of the Supply Chain
- Drive decision-making processes for procurement costs and sourcing.
- Ensure timely and accurate accounting and analysis of all tariff costs and purchase price variances.
- Deliver financial insights to optimize the supply chain’s use of resources and maximize profitability.
- Proactively identify and mitigate cost impacts to avoid financial surprises.
- Support, analysis and record inventory slow moving and obsolescence and revaluation
- KPIs: Deliver budgeted Gross Profit.
- Provide timely input as it relates to cost of goods sold (COGS), purchase price variances & capitalized variances, producing monthly outlooks and quarterly forecast updates.
- Optimize budget processes and ensure alignment with an 18-month S& OP (Sales and Operations Planning) process.
- Deliver precise and accurate Net Working Capital (NWC) forecasting, focusing on inventory, COGS, and procurement.
- KPIs: Maintain high forecast accuracy (100% on key COGS elements for the next quarter) and improved transparency for the 15-month forecast.
- Collaborate with the Pro-track and Tariff Projects, related to sourcing initiatives validating timing, results, and achieving savings projections.
- Partner with sourcing and planning teams to ensure alignment with financial goals.
- KPIs: Deliver Pro-track Project Objectives.
- Oversee capital and depreciation budgets, targets, forecasts
- Ensuring projects are being capitalized timing, lease accounting is following ASC 842
- Collaborate on SAP system improvements to enhance operational efficiency.
- KPIs: Capital depreciation is completed on time, passing all audit requirements for assets and expenses.
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing, operations finance, cost accounting, or supply chain finance.
- Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and variance analysis.
- Expertise in standard costing, inventory accounting, fixed assets, and cost management.
- Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing or distribution operations.
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
Preferred
- MBA and/or CPA designation.
- Experience with ERP systems, including SAP.
- Background supporting large-scale operational or transformation initiatives.
- Experience working with external auditors and complex audit requirements.
