Finance Director — Manufacturing Growth & Strategy

Pregis; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Pregis seeks a Finance Director – Thermal Solutions to lead financial planning, budgeting, reporting, and governance for manufacturing operations. You will partner with plant leadership, supply chain, operations and executive management to drive profitability, asset management and strategic decision-making.

You will oversee the financial close, cost accounting, capital investment analysis, long-range planning, and performance analytics.

Qualifications

• Financial leadership experience in a progressive organization.
• Operational finance experience, including three years in a leadership position; SAP preferred.
• Proven experience leading a multi-million dollar P&L, preferably in a product manufacturing business
• Seven to fifteen years of experience in related manufacturing industry
• BA/BS degree in Finance, Economics or Accounting; MBA preferred.
• CPA/CMA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financial close process.
• Provide financial leadership and business partnership to the commercial and operations teams.
• Develop and execute financial strategies that support company objectives and growth plans.
• Deliver actionable insights to improve profitability, productivity, and operational efficiency.
• Support strategic initiatives, acquisitions, expansions, and capital investment decisions.
• Contribute to the development of the company strategy across all areas of the business unit, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate and providing financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers to optimize the company's financial performance and strategic position.
• Partner with the business unit president and leadership team to deliver on an accelerated five-year growth strategy to grow the business over 5x in the next five-years.
• Direct activities associated with revenue generation, cost management, capital expenditure investment, asset management and balance sheet of the business unit.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Analyze financial and operational performance against budgets and targets.
• Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct and evaluate the organization’s financial function and performance.
• Establish and maintain a high performing team. Foster growth and development within the team.
• Drive cash flow and manage the working capital of the business.
• Maintain strong internal controls and compliance with company policies and accounting standards.
• Oversee standard costing, product costing, and cost accounting processes.

Skills

Financial leadership

Budgeting

Forecasting

Operational finance

P&L management

Education

BA/BS in Finance

MBA preferred

CPA/CMA preferred

Tools

SAP

Job description

Pregis seeks a Finance Director – Thermal Solutions to lead financial planning, budgeting, reporting, and governance for manufacturing operations. You will partner with plant leadership, supply chain, operations and executive management to drive profitability, asset management and strategic decision-making.

You will oversee the financial close, cost accounting, capital investment analysis, long-range planning, and performance analytics.