Head of Financial Operations & Manufacturing Excellence

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

Job summary

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) and Aldevron operate with a strong focus on life sciences, diagnostics, and manufacturing excellence. The Sr.

Director, Finance Operations and Manufacturing will anchor financial leadership across the IDT and Aldevron manufacturing network, shaping costing frameworks, profitability analyses, and capital decisions. Reporting to the CFO, this role drives cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering to improve visibility,

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.
• 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, 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.
• Ability to operate with high accountability, influence cross-functional leaders, challenge assumptions, and create clarity through metrics, standard work, and disciplined operating mechanisms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior Finance partner to Operations and Manufacturing across IDT and Aldevron, connecting 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, 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.
• Lead Finance through transformation, integration, organizational redesign, and continuous improvement initiatives while building standard work, accountability, and scalable processes.

Skills

Manufacturing finance

Cost accounting

P&L management

Capital deployment

ERP systems

Cross-functional leadership

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business (MBA/CPA preferred)

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) and Aldevron operate with a strong focus on life sciences, diagnostics, and manufacturing excellence. The Sr.

Director, Finance Operations and Manufacturing will anchor financial leadership across the IDT and Aldevron manufacturing network, shaping costing frameworks, profitability analyses, and capital decisions. Reporting to the CFO, this role drives cross-functional collaboration with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering to improve visibility,