Manufacturing Finance Director: Cost Accounting & Strategy

Geneva Search Partners LLC; Alexandria (LA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Geneva Search Partners LLC is seeking a Director of Finance for a large manufacturing operation in Alexandria, Louisiana. You will lead financial reporting, close under US GAAP, and partner with plant leadership and corporate finance to shape pricing, investments and strategy.

Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, and capital planning, with a strong focus on cost accounting, inventory, and cash flow.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing accounting and finance experience.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting; MBA and CPA are a plus.
• Experience in a large-company environment with advanced reporting systems.
• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and hands-on experience with ERP and consolidation tools.
• Self-starter who stays on top of tight month-end deadlines.
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail and a collaborative/comfortable but decisive style.

Responsibilities

• Run the monthly and quarterly close under US GAAP and review journal entries and reconciliations.
• Prepare the monthly financial package for senior leadership and investigate variances.
• Track working capital drivers and oversee inventory control, including physical inventories.
• Prepare forecasts with clear explanations of variances to budget, prior year and plan.
• Oversee day-to-day accounting: payables, receivables, bank reconciliations, payroll and inventory.
• Lead the annual budget process and capital and expense planning.
• Strengthen internal controls and GAAP compliance, and manage relationships with internal and external auditors.
• Handle year-end reporting, impairment analyses and corporate data requests.
• Review and model customer quotes to capture material, labor, overhead, supply chain and tariff costs.
• Analyze pricing and margin scenarios and their effect on profit and cash flow.
• Build business cases for capital projects, including payback, returns and risk.
• Validate cost-savings initiatives and track them from projection to actual results.
• Model strategic options such as expanding, consolidating or relocating operations.
• Assess tariff and trade-cost exposure and build it into pricing and sourcing decisions.
• Challenge assumptions and work across Sales, Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations.
• Build reports and dashboards to help plant leadership make faster decisions.
• Manage and develop the local accounting team.

Job description

Geneva Search Partners LLC is seeking a Director of Finance for a large manufacturing operation in Alexandria, Louisiana. You will lead financial reporting, close under US GAAP, and partner with plant leadership and corporate finance to shape pricing, investments and strategy.

Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, and capital planning, with a strong focus on cost accounting, inventory, and cash flow.