Finance & Accounting Manager

Lindsay Precast Master; Canal Fulton (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Lindsay Precast is seeking a Finance & Accounting Manager to join our Canal Fulton, OH facility. You will drive close, reporting, and forecasting, partnering with plant leadership to improve profitability and cost control.

Lead AR/AP, manage a small team, and push ERP improvements and automation while delivering accurate accounting and KPI insight.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in manufacturing finance or accounting.
• Experience overseeing AP and AR and billing.
• GAAP knowledge for manufacturing and inventory accounting.
• ERP and Excel proficiency.
• Ability to translate financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-finance audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end close, budgeting, forecasting.
• Partner with plant leadership to improve profitability and efficiency.
• Manage AP and AR processes with plant teams.
• Coach Plant Accountants and ensure accurate reporting.
• Drive ERP initiatives and process automation.
• Analyze financial results, KPIs, and operational performance, turning variances into insights.
• Use financial reporting and dashboards to provide leadership with visibility into performance.
• Partner with plant teams on inventory analysis, including variances and turnover.
• Manage, coach, and develop Plant Accountants while ensuring accurate financial processes.
• Drive ERP initiatives and process automation.

Skills

Business partnering

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Job Details

Job Details: Job Location: OH Canal Fulton - Canal Fulton, OH 44614, Salary Range: $85,000.00 - $105,000.00 Salary/year,
LINDSAY FAMILY OF BRANDS

Job Description

Finance & Accounting Manager

Position Summary

Lindsay Precast is seeking a Finance & Accounting Manager to join the team. The individual will help drive the close, reporting, and financial analysis process, and be a key contributor to the budgeting and forecasting process. Responsibilities include serving as a finance business partner to plant and operational leadership, owning the AR and AP processes, leading variance and inventory analysis, partnering with operators on cost drivers and profitability, and coaching a small team.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted finance business partner to plant and operational leadership, providing financial insight and recommendations to improve business performance.
• Partner with operational leaders to understand cost drivers, identify improvement opportunities, and support decisions that improve profitability and efficiency.
• Support monthly close, budgeting, forecasting, and reforecasting activities in partnership with plant and functional leadership.
• Own the AP and AR processes, partnering with plant teams to ensure accurate, timely processing.
• Review and approve journal entries and prepare account reconciliations
• Analyze financial results, KPIs, and operational performance, translating variances and trends into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Use financial reporting, dashboards, and analytical tools to give leadership clear, ongoing visibility into business performance.
• Partner with plant teams on inventory analysis, including physical count variances, inventory turns, valuation, usage, and opportunities to improve accuracy.
• Manage, coach, and develop Plant Accountants while ensuring accurate, timely, and consistent financial processes and reporting.
• Drive continuous improvement across accounting processes, systems, and reporting, including support for ERP initiatives and automation.

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience overseeing AP and AR functions, including billing, collections, and vendor payment processes.
• Practical understanding of the month end close process, cost accounting, inventory analysis, and plant-level financial operations.
• Proficiency with ERP systems and Excel
• Working knowledge of GAAP as it applies to manufacturing and inventory accounting.
• Proven ability to translate financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-finance audiences.

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Industry experience in precast concrete or manufacturing.
• Experience supporting ERP implementations or process automation initiatives.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong business partnering and influencing skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong communication skills
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with plant operations teams

Travel

Ability to travel to plant locations as needed (approximately 25%).

About Lindsay Family of Brands

Lindsay Family of Brands is a PE-backed infrastructure company building a leading North American platform across precast concrete, integrated solar and energy solutions, and specialty tank systems. With 10 plants, 575 employees, and operations across 40 states, we are executing an aggressive growth strategy toward $500M in revenue by 2030.

We move fast, hold ourselves accountable, and invest in people who want to grow with us.