Finance Strategy Lead, Life Sciences Manufacturing & Ops

Integrated DNA Technologies; Fayetteville (NC); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) and Aldevron are seeking a Sr. Director, Finance Operations and Manufacturing to align manufacturing performance with financial outcomes across the IDT and Aldevron network.

You will lead cost accounting, product costing, standard costing, and profitability initiatives while partnering with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering and Commercial teams. The role requires 15+ years in finance leadership within regulated, multi-site manufacturing in life

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA or CPA preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive Finance leadership experience supporting manufacturing, operations, supply chain, or technical operations, with 5+ years leading leaders or senior teams.
• Demonstrated experience supporting multi-site operational finance in biotech, pharmaceutical, CDMO, medical device, life sciences, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• Deep expertise in manufacturing finance, including product costing, standard costing, cost accounting, COGS management, manufacturing variance analysis, absorption costing, inventory valuation, and profitability analysis.
• Strong understanding of P&L management, manufacturing cost structures, inventory optimization, capital deployment, capacity investment decisions, forecasting, and S&OP processes.
• Experience with ERP systems, enterprise reporting, executive KPI dashboards, and advanced financial modeling.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior Finance partner to Operations and Manufacturing across IDT and Aldevron, connecting operational execution to financial outcomes, enterprise value, and strategic decision-making.
• Build and lead financial operating mechanisms that improve visibility to cost, capacity, quality, delivery, inventory, working capital, and profitability performance.
• Design, strengthen, and scale product costing, standard costing, cost accounting, manufacturing variance, COGS, absorption costing, inventory valuation, BOM/routing cost, and profitability frameworks.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Commercial, R&D, and Corporate Finance to identify risks and opportunities early and drive better business decisions.
• Support capital deployment, capacity expansion, manufacturing network planning, automation, ERP implementation, and investment decisions through rigorous financial analysis and business case development. Improve forecast accuracy, operational KPI governance, executive reporting, and business review processes across a complex manufacturing footprint.
• Lead Finance through transformation, integration, organizational redesign, and continuous improvement initiatives while building standard work, accountability, and scalable processes.
• Build, coach, and develop a high-performing Operations Finance team and Finance Business Partner capability across IDT and Aldevron.

Skills

Strategic finance partnership

Manufacturing finance

Cost accounting

Financial modeling

ERP systems

Education

MBA or CPA preferred

Tools

ERP systems

BI/tools analytics

Job description

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) and Aldevron are seeking a Sr. Director, Finance Operations and Manufacturing to align manufacturing performance with financial outcomes across the IDT and Aldevron network.

You will lead cost accounting, product costing, standard costing, and profitability initiatives while partnering with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering and Commercial teams. The role requires 15+ years in finance leadership within regulated, multi-site manufacturing in life