Finance Manager

Strategic Finance Partner

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Position Overview

You will serve as a strategic finance partner to the Supply Chain and Sourcing organization, providing guidance on key financial decisions that impact sourcing strategies, supplier selection, and cost management. You will work closely with cross-functional leaders to evaluate financial implications of global supply chain initiatives, including total landed cost optimization and tariff mitigation strategies. In this role, you will help shape forward-looking supply chain strategy by identifying risks, opportunities, and cost drivers across a global supplier network. You will also lead financial reporting, analysis, and continuous improvement efforts to enhance decision-making and operational performance. This role offers the opportunity to directly influence enterprise-wide supply chain strategy through high-impact financial insights and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with supply chain and procurement leaders to evaluate sourcing strategies, supplier footprint decisions, and key cost drivers.
• Lead development and refinement of total landed cost models and enterprise cost frameworks, incorporating freight, tariffs, duties, inventory, and working capital impacts.
• Serve as the finance lead on global supply chain initiatives, including tariff mitigation, supplier transitions, nearshoring/onshoring, and dual sourcing strategies.
• Monitor supplier financial health, cost competitiveness, and risk exposure, providing insights to mitigate supply disruption and financial risk.
• Drive financial review cadence with sourcing leadership, analyzing PPV, cost-out initiatives, and key performance drivers.
• Identify and communicate risks and opportunities related to commodity markets, tariffs, supplier pricing, and macroeconomic factors.
• Support executive-level presentations on sourcing strategy, transformation initiatives, and business performance.
• Lead monthly financial close activities for sourcing, including variance analysis and actionable performance insights.
• Drive continuous improvement of sourcing finance processes, tools, and reporting using analytical and lean methodologies.

Desired Competencies

• Business Acumen: You understand how your work impacts financial performance, operational efficiency, and organizational goals, and you make decisions with the broader business context in mind.
• Data & Analytical Literacy: You interpret data, metrics, or reporting to inform decisions, identify trends, and measure outcomes relevant to your role.
• Collaboration: You work effectively with others across functions and levels, contributing to shared goals while respecting different perspectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field required; MBA preferred.
• Minimum of 6 years of finance or accounting experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in supply chain finance, sourcing finance, or operations finance required.
• Experience working with global supply chains, including tariffs, duties, and supplier footprint strategies.
• Ability to assess supplier financial health and evaluate risk exposure.
• Strong financial modeling skills, including advanced proficiency in Excel.
• Experience with financial systems and tools such as OneStream, Power BI, or Alteryx preferred.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and drive process improvement initiatives.
• Some occasional travel required.
• This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

The starting pay range for Minnesota is $110,000 to $140,000 per year. Individual salaries and positioning within the range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. While individual pay could fall anywhere in the range based on these factors, it is not common to start at the high end or top of the range.