Strategic Finance Leader for Life Sciences Manufacturing

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

Job summary

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) and Aldevron, Danaher operating companies, seek a Senior Director of Finance Operations and Manufacturing to guide financial strategy for the integrated IDT and Aldevron network. You will drive cost, capacity, quality, and profitability across a multi-site manufacturing footprint.

You will partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and Commercial teams to deliver scalable costing, KPI governance, and robust financial models.

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.
• 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.

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 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.
• Lead Finance through transformation, integration, organizational redesign, and continuous improvement initiatives while building standard work, accountability, and scalable processes.
• Build, coach, and develop a high-performing Operations Finance team and Finance Business Partner capability across IDT and Aldevron.

Skills

Finance leadership

Multi-site operations

P&L management

Forecasting & S&OP

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

MBA or CPA preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Financial modeling software

Job description

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) and Aldevron, Danaher operating companies, seek a Senior Director of Finance Operations and Manufacturing to guide financial strategy for the integrated IDT and Aldevron network. You will drive cost, capacity, quality, and profitability across a multi-site manufacturing footprint.

You will partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and Commercial teams to deliver scalable costing, KPI governance, and robust financial models.