Finance Transformation Leader — Manufacturing & Ops

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Aldevron, a Danaher operating company, is seeking a Sr. Director of Finance Operations and Manufacturing to lead financial strategy for IDT and Aldevron manufacturing. You will drive cost, capacity, quality, and profitability through scalable costing and reporting models.

This role partners with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and Commercial leadership to guide capital decisions and improve forecast accuracy across a global manufacturing footprint.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, 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.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the 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.

Skills

Finance leadership

Manufacturing finance

Cross-functional partner

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting

MBA or CPA

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Aldevron, a Danaher operating company, is seeking a Sr. Director of Finance Operations and Manufacturing to lead financial strategy for IDT and Aldevron manufacturing. You will drive cost, capacity, quality, and profitability through scalable costing and reporting models.

This role partners with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and Commercial leadership to guide capital decisions and improve forecast accuracy across a global manufacturing footprint.