Strategic Finance Leader | FP&A, Forecasting & Ops

Confidential; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential, a growing industrial manufacturing organization in the United States, seeks a Senior Finance Manager to provide financial leadership, strategic support, and business insight across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate will lead budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, KPI development, and performance analysis while partnering with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, and HR to align financial targets with business strategy.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Finance, FP&A, Accounting, or related discipline.
• Experience leading and developing finance/accounting teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the company’s annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
• Develop financial models and analysis to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Analyze revenue, profitability, expenses, working capital, and other key financial metrics.
• Identify trends, variances, risks, and opportunities and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, HR, and other business leaders to establish financial targets and monitor performance against plan.
• Develop and maintain meaningful financial KPIs, dashboards, and performance reporting.
• Provide financial analysis for capital investments and strategic initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted financial advisor to senior leadership and business stakeholders.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting and provide meaningful analysis of business performance.
• Monitor cash flow, working capital, inventory, receivables, payables, and other balance sheet drivers.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, productivity, cash flow, and overall financial performance.
• Lead finance-related process improvements and reporting enhancements.
• Develop standardized reporting and analytical processes for visibility and accuracy.
• Lead, coach, and develop Finance and Accounting personnel.
• Strengthen financial controls and accountability across the organization.

Skills

Finance leadership

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Data analysis

Excel

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Confidential, a growing industrial manufacturing organization in the United States, seeks a Senior Finance Manager to provide financial leadership, strategic support, and business insight across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate will lead budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, KPI development, and performance analysis while partnering with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, and HR to align financial targets with business strategy.