Finance Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 83,000 - 136,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Mentor

Job summary

Merck in Lansing, MI is seeking a Finance Manager for a part-time arrangement. You will own the close processes, manage intercompany transactions, and ensure transparent finance practices across the ledger.

This role emphasizes ownership, mentorship, and a bias-to-action culture in a forever-learning environment. You will contribute to a culture that values collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement, with the flexibility and growth opportunities that come with a part-time setup in

Qualifications

• 8+ years of facilitation experience.
• Ability to adapt to evolving business needs.

Responsibilities

• Keep the part-time commission calc transparent enough to survive a dispute
• Draft tax memos clear enough that legal signs without rewrites
• Reconcile the inventory ledger to a physical count without the drama
• Run the part-time close for a manager ledger you fully own
• Handle intercompany transactions and eliminations during consolidation
• Convert a messy chart of accounts into something a newcomer can read
• Watch DSO and DPO together, not as isolated numbers
• Keep capital-expenditure approvals flowing without losing the paper trail

Skills

Facilitation

Job description

The right Finance Manager sees a budget not as a cage but as a map, and Merck wants that mind in Lansing, MI. We're looking for 8+ years of Facilitation; in return you'll get $83,000 - $136,000, ownership, and a team worth joining.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep the part-time commission calc transparent enough to survive a dispute
• Draft tax memos clear enough that legal signs without rewrites
• Reconcile the inventory ledger to a physical count without the drama
• Run the part-time close for a manager ledger you fully own
• Handle intercompany transactions and eliminations during consolidation
• Convert a messy chart of accounts into something a newcomer can read
• Watch DSO and DPO together, not as isolated numbers
• Keep capital-expenditure approvals flowing without losing the paper trail

What You'll Bring

• A MI sensibility, or genuine curiosity about this market
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• Comfort with part-time arrangements and the rhythms of a bias-to-action workplace
• A growth mindset that treats feedback as fuel, not threat

Joining Merck means joining a forever-learning group of professionals who push finance forward from Lansing. We look out for one another, and burnout is treated as a problem to solve, not a badge to wear.

You get $83,000 - $136,000, a growth runway, a mentor, full benefits, and a flexible Lansing, MI setup, no fine print, no catch.

Current and accurate as of this visit, the part-time opening stands ready.