Finance Manager

Ainsley Search Group; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

401k with match

Profit sharing

PTO and paid holidays

Health insurance

Dental and vision

Long-term/Short-term disability

Paid life insurance

FSA/HSA

Job summary

Ainsley Search Group is seeking a Finance Manager specializing in COGS for a manufacturing environment in the greater Philadelphia area. The role reports to Head of Finance and leads cost analysis, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration to improve profitability.

You will own monthly close, budgeting, and forecasting, develop cost models, and partner with supply chain, manufacturing, and RGM teams to drive performance and strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing COGS, FP&A, or controllership.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; SAP/ERP experience preferred.
• Strong communication, detail orientation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with plant leadership to develop productivity targets.
• Forecast, variance analysis, and budget vs actual reporting.
• Provide financial analysis on make vs. buy, capital spend, and profitability.
• Lead 5-year planning and monthly/quarterly reporting.
• Support month-end/year-end closing and budget processes.

Skills

COGS analysis

Forecasting & budgeting

Financial modeling

Excel (advanced)

PowerPoint

SAP/ERP

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or business

Tools

SAP/ERP

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Ainsley Search Group is hiring a Finance Manager with experience in COGS in manufacturing to join a Global Manufacturer located in greater Philadelphia, this is a Full-Time opportunity with lucrative compensation, bonus, benefit, and career advancement patch. The ideal candidate will report to Head of Finance, provide analytical and problem solving on financial trend and performance, generating financial reports based on analysis across product cost, make vs. buy, supply chain, capital expenditure, revenue and profit, accounting, cash-flow and support month-end and year-end closing. This full time, hybrid opportunity offers excellent growth potential, they would like this individual to expand the financial team and become their next Financial Director.

PRINCIPAL JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with manufacturing plant leadership to develop, track, and execute annual productivity targets.
• Support Supply Chain and Production Annual Plan, forecasting, and Actual variance analysis
• Report results to leadership teams, communicate COGS risks and opportunities versus MU Annual Plan
• Advise on strategic initiatives within manufacturing plants related to sourcing changes, capital spend, and innovation.
• Work with cross-functional partners including supply/demand planning, Revenue Growth Management (RGM), and Transport teams to understand fully burdened COGS within supply chain and manufacturing.
• Support Manufacturing teams on analysis of product cost, make vs. buy, revenue and profit, risks, provide solutions to mitigate risks and drive supply chain stability and consistent revenue growth.
• Develop understanding of transport, commodities, and manufacturing process in order to assess impact on COGS and set standards for designated areas.
• Develop, implement, and educate business partners on non-Financial KPI’s
• Lead business 5-year planning based off business performance KPI across sales, profit, operational cost, etc.
• Partner with cross functional leadership and/or supply chain management to develop projects/plans to improve KPIs, further improve profitability/productivity.
• Conduct presentations of analyses and recommendations to senior leadership and business unit leaders
• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, COGS, and capital expenditures, prepare planning processes related to price, volume, mix, variations, EBITDA, generate cash flow report.
• Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance, analyzing and report current financial results and variations against forecast, budget and compare current results to previous years’ trend to identify bridge and gaps.
• Oversee and manage the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan and Modeling tools
• Generate quarterly and monthly financial reports, provide Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis, analyze data and index using Excel
• Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives, analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes.
• Support month-end and year-end closing with accounting team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or business.
• Distribution or manufacturing corporate environment experience supporting Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), Financial, Planning and Analysis (FP&A) or having controllership responsibilities.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills. Experience with SAP/ERP is a plus.
• Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills, attention to details and strong problem-solving skill.
• Ability to think creatively, highly driven and self-motivated.
• Demonstrated ability to roll-up sleeves and work with team members in a hands-on management capacity.
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Lucrative base compensation
• Annual bonus
• 401k with match
• Profit sharing
• Yearend merit increase
• PTO and paid holidays
• Competitive health insurance, dental and vision
• Long-term/Short-term disability
• Paid life insurance
• Flexible Spending and Health Spending accounts