Senior Finance Manager

Vaco by Highspring; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring seeks a Senior Finance Manager to drive product cost visibility and gross margin analysis across global operations in the RTP area. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and cost control initiatives in close partnership with Supply Chain and Operations.

The role emphasizes standard costing, inventory management, and robust financial modeling to support strategic decisions and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Requires strong manufacturing cost accounting background including standard costing, inventory accounting, BOMs, transfer pricing concepts, and variance analysis.
• Progressive finance leadership experience in a manufacturing environment (Plant Controller/Cost Accounting Manager or similar).
• Demonstrated ability to partner with Supply Chain and Operations across multi-site/global organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial oversight of product costs, inventory valuation, and gross margin performance across global operations.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Procurement, and Operations leadership to improve cost transparency and drive informed decision-making.
• Analyze standard costs, manufacturing variances, inventory movements, and overhead allocations to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for product costs, inventory, and operational spending.
• Partner with regional finance and operations teams to ensure consistency in costing methodologies, reporting, and financial controls.
• Support new product introductions, sourcing initiatives, and operational projects through cost analysis and financial modeling.
• Oversee month-end close activities related to inventory, cost of sales, reserves, accruals, and related balance sheet accounts.
• Enhance reporting, dashboards, and analytics to improve visibility into operational and financial performance.
• Support audit, compliance, and process improvement initiatives while maintaining strong governance around costing practices.

Skills

Cost accounting

Manufacturing costing

Variance analysis

Inventory accounting

Transfer pricing

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cross-functional partnering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business

Job description

We are recruiting a Senior Finance Manager for a growing Manufacturing company in the RTP area. In this role, you will partner across Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Operations. This role will own product cost visibility, gross margin analysis, inventory performance, and operational financial planning. The ideal candidate brings a strong manufacturing cost accounting foundation

Responsibilities:

• Lead financial oversight of product costs, inventory valuation, and gross margin performance across global operations.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Procurement, and Operations leadership to improve cost transparency and drive informed decision-making.
• Analyze standard costs, manufacturing variances, inventory movements, and overhead allocations to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for product costs, inventory, and operational spending.
• Partner with regional finance and operations teams to ensure consistency in costing methodologies, reporting, and financial controls.
• Support new product introductions, sourcing initiatives, and operational projects through cost analysis and financial modeling.
• Oversee month-end close activities related to inventory, cost of sales, reserves, accruals, and related balance sheet accounts.
• Enhance reporting, dashboards, and analytics to improve visibility into operational and financial performance.
• Support audit, compliance, and process improvement initiatives while maintaining strong governance around costing practices.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline.
• Strong manufacturing cost accounting background, including standard costing, inventory accounting, BOMs, transfer pricing concepts, and variance analysis.
• Progressive finance leadership experience in a manufacturing environment, ideally including experience as a Plant Controller, Manufacturing Controller, Cost Accounting Manager, or Operations Finance leader.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with Supply Chain and Operations stakeholders across multi-site or global organizations.

Equal Opportunity Notice

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries "we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring" are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail].

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

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By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations; and
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).