Finance Strategy Leader, Manufacturing & Operations

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus/incentive pay

Health insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) and Aldevron, Danaher’s life sciences portfolio, seek a Sr. Director of Finance Operations and Manufacturing to align manufacturing with financial outcomes. This role drives costing, capacity planning, and profitability across a multi-site network.

You will partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering to improve visibility and decision making. 15+ years in regulated manufacturing finance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA/CPA preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive finance leadership experience supporting manufacturing, operations, supply chain, or technical operations.
• Deep expertise in product costing, standard costing, cost accounting, COGS management, and profitability analysis.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior Finance partner to Operations and Manufacturing across IDT and Aldevron, linking operational execution to financial outcomes and enterprise value.
• Build and lead financial operating mechanisms that improve visibility to cost, capacity, quality, delivery, inventory, working capital, and profitability.
• Design, strengthen, and scale product costing, standard costing, cost accounting, manufacturing variance, COGS, 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.
• 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 across IDT and Aldevron.

Skills

Finance leadership

Manufacturing finance

P&L management

Cross-functional leadership

Cost accounting

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field

MBA or CPA preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Financial reporting tools

Job description

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) and Aldevron, Danaher’s life sciences portfolio, seek a Sr. Director of Finance Operations and Manufacturing to align manufacturing with financial outcomes. This role drives costing, capacity planning, and profitability across a multi-site network.

You will partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering to improve visibility and decision making. 15+ years in regulated manufacturing finance is required.