Finance Manager

FINANCE MANAGER

Job Summary:
Strategic business partner that will manage the company's planning, budgeting and forecasting processes to include project business case development. Typical analyses include product cost analyses, sales analytics, marketing analyses, and supply chain evaluations such as make vs. buy. Leader will ensure that expenses are managed within budgetary guidelines and controls are followed. Provide ad hoc analyses to varying stakeholders. Job location: Philadelphia, PA.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Financial Analysis & Reporting: Develop and generate weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, and analyze financial data to support strategic business decisions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, and other departments to provide performance insights, cost analyses, and support forecasting processes.
• Data Visualization & Business Intelligence: Translate complex financial analyses into clear visualizations, and leverage business intelligence tools to create dashboards and track key performance indicators.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Develop the annual budget and financial 18-month forecast (updated monthly) modeling working capital and cash position. Manage company 5-year long-term forecast.
• Corporate Performance Management: Identify opportunities for process improvements to drive greater organizational efficiency and financial performance.
• Project & Model Management: Support business cases for strategic investments, maintain accurate cost structures, and build models to improve performance tracking and forecast accuracy.

Qualifications:

• Superior knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Budgeting, financial analysis, cost accounting, and/or P&L management experience.
• Comfortable working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (e.g. Power BI) and ERP systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across functions while working independently.
• Ability to quickly identify issues, develop effective courses of action and implement solutions.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required; MBA, CPA or other related degree is a plus.
• 7+ years previous of corporate finance-related reporting and analysis experience.
• Experience within a manufacturing environment is a plus.
• Strong experience and demonstrated skills working with ERP systems and business intelligence tools is required, with Microsoft Dynamics AX365 experience a plus.