About this role
Provide financial analysis, forecasting, and business supporting the Global Supply Chain leadership team, including regular interaction with VP-level stakeholders. Reporting to the Finance Manager, Operations. This role supports financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis for annual material and freight spend across multiple divisions, with direct impact on margin performance and operational decision-making. The role operates in a dynamic cost environment with significant exposure to commodity and transportation market volatility, requiring both financial rigor and the ability to translate complex cost drivers into executive-ready insights.
Leadership Scope: Individual contributor role with matrixed influence across plant controllers, commodity managers, and logistics leaders
Success in this position requires moving beyond variance reporting to identify root causes, provide actionable insights, and influence decisions related to material costs, freight spending, inventory, and margin performance.
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in manufacturing finance, cost accounting, supply chain finance, FP&A, or related analytical roles.
- Direct experience with standard cost accounting, material cost analysis, and purchase price variance (PPV).
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong analytical capabilities (complex modeling, large data sets, variance analytics).
- Proven ability to influence senior cross-functional stakeholders with data-backed recommendations.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Preferred
- MBA, CPA, or CMA.
- Direct exposure to direct materials procurement and/or multimodal transportation cost structures.
- Experience with Oracle ERP and Hyperion Essbase (or equivalent EPM/consolidation tools).
- Multi-site or multi-divisional manufacturing finance experience.
- Familiarity with commodity indices, hedging concepts, and freight rate benchmarking.
Behavioral Competencies
- Comfort challenging senior operations and supply chain leaders with data-driven perspectives.
- Ability to translate complex cost drivers into concise, executive-ready narratives.
- Bias for action, ownership mindset, and continuous improvement orientation.
Work Conditions
- Primarily office-based with on-site work arrangement.
- Standard business hours, with occasional overtime during month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close cycles.
- Travel: up to 20%, primarily domestic to manufacturing plants, distribution centers, and supplier locations.