Manager, Finance

Job Description

The Manager, Finance serves as a strategic business partner to Operations leadership, driving financial performance, productivity improvements, and cost optimization within a high-volume manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for financial planning and analysis, manufacturing costing, operational reporting, forecasting, and business case development. The successful candidate will leverage key operational metrics-including Cost per Unit (CPU), Hours per Unit (HPU), and Fixed Cost per Unit-to provide actionable insights that improve plant performance and support strategic decision-making.

This position will serve Rheem North America , located in Atlanta, GA (Hybrid) . This role follows our hybrid work arrangement, with team members working in the office Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual operating plan, budgeting, and monthly forecasting processes aligned with production volumes, capacity planning, and operational goals.
• Develop and maintain volume-driven financial models that connect production output, labor, overhead, and manufacturing costs.
• Partner with manufacturing leadership to identify risks and opportunities impacting financial performance.
• Deliver monthly and quarterly financial performance reporting for manufacturing operations.
• Provide detailed variance analysis, including volume, mix, efficiency, and cost driver impacts.
• Translate financial results into actionable recommendations that improve operational performance and profitability.
• Analyze key cost drivers affecting manufacturing performance, including labor efficiency, material consumption, and overhead utilization.
• Monitor and improve fixed cost absorption and cost leverage across the operation.
• Support inventory valuation processes and ensure cost accuracy within financial reporting.
• Build and evaluate business cases using financial metrics such as ROI, IRR, and payback analysis.
• Perform sensitivity analysis to assess the impact of changes in volume, cost structures, and operational assumptions.
• Provide financial recommendations to support strategic investment decisions.
• Serve as a trusted finance partner to plant and operations leadership teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Operations teams to improve business performance.
• Translate financial and operational metrics into meaningful business insights and action plans.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting automation, efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Strengthen financial processes, data integrity, and reporting controls.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, internal controls, and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on operational effectiveness and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive finance experience with significant exposure to manufacturing operations.
• Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and variance analysis.
• Demonstrated expertise in standard costing and cost accounting principles.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modeling.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and partner with senior operational leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, CPA, CMA, or other relevant professional designation.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms.
• Background in Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, or operational excellence initiatives.
• Multi-site manufacturing or plant finance experience.

As a leader at Rheem, how you achieve results is as important as the results you achieve. While LEADING OTHERS, you will be expected to demonstrate the following competencies and behaviors:

• Aligning Performance for Success
• Applying Business Knowledge
• Building Talent
• Building Trusting Relationships
• Communicating with Impact
• Customer-Orientation
• Delegating Tasks
• Executing/Leading the Team
• Facilitating Change
• Fostering Relationships/Emotional Intelligence
• Influencing
• Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Supporting Innovation

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