Senior Manager, Operations Finance

Vaco; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonuses

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring seeks a Senior Finance Manager, Operations Finance, to lead manufacturing finance initiatives across a complex environment in the RTP area.

You will partner with operations and supply chain, lead COGS analysis and gross margin reporting, and drive profitability through actionable insights. The role provides visibility and influences budgeting, forecasting, and strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing/operational finance.
• Strong understanding of product costing, inventory accounting, and standard costing.
• Ability to translate complex financial information into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Partner with operations, supply chain, procurement, and commercial leaders to analyze data and support decisions.
• Lead analysis and reporting of COGS, variances, gross margin, and cost drivers.
• Develop insights to improve profitability and cost efficiency.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for manufacturing and supply chain.
• Evaluate product costing, inventory, sourcing, and production initiatives for financial impact.
• Monitor performance against budget and forecast, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Support business cases for new products and process improvements.
• Collaborate to strengthen reporting, controls, and decision-support.
• Participate in special projects and potential acquisitions/integration.

Skills

Manufacturing finance

Cost accounting

Financial planning

Strategic partnering

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

We are recruiting a Senior Finance Manager, Operations Finance, for a rapidly growing global organization in the RTP area. This role will support operational and supply chain finance initiatives across a complex manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate will bring a strong foundation in manufacturing finance, cost accounting, or plant finance and have progressed into broader operational finance leadership responsibilities. This position offers significant visibility across the organization and the opportunity to influence both strategic initiatives and day-to-day business performance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with operations, supply chain, procurement, and commercial leaders to provide financial analysis and support key business decisions.
• Lead the analysis and reporting of cost of goods sold (COGS), manufacturing variances, gross margin performance, and operational cost drivers.
• Develop insights and recommendations to improve profitability, cost efficiency, and overall operational performance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities related to manufacturing operations and supply chain functions.
• Evaluate product costing, inventory, sourcing, and production-related initiatives to assess financial impact and business value.
• Monitor financial performance against budget and forecast, identifying risks, opportunities, and key performance trends.
• Support business case development for new products, operational investments, process improvements, and strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with finance and operational leadership to strengthen reporting, controls, and decision-support capabilities.
• Participate in special projects, process improvement initiatives, and potential acquisition or integration activities as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing finance, operational finance, cost accounting, plant controllership, or related disciplines.
• Strong understanding of product costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing operations, standard costing, and financial planning processes. Foundational Cost Accounting experience is required
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with operational leadership and translate complex financial information into actionable business insights.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer 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 federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [e-mail].

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

For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring's discussions with its Client, Highspring's understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

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;
• 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.