Finance Manager

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Finance Manager to provide financial leadership for operations and commercial decision-making in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This role will shape planning, forecasting, and cost analysis while turning complex business and manufacturing data into practical recommendations for leadership. The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in operational finance, pricing and margin analysis, inventory planning, and cash forecasting, along with the ability to partner across functions to improve performance and support growth.

Responsibilities:
• Lead the annual budget process, periodic forecasts, and monthly financial outlooks to support business planning and performance management.
• Develop revenue, margin, and expense projections across customers, channels, and product categories, highlighting risks and opportunities for leadership review.
• Create concise financial reports and presentations that translate results into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Partner with operations teams to evaluate production performance, including yield, scrap, downtime, labor efficiency, and other plant drivers, and quantify their financial impact.
• Oversee standard costing activities by maintaining cost assumptions, bills of materials, routing structures, and labor and overhead models across manufacturing processes.
• Monitor unit conversion costs, shift-level performance, and profitability trends to identify areas for operational improvement and stronger cost control.
• Support pricing decisions and customer profitability reviews by building financial models that assess margins, commercial terms, and quote viability.
• Contribute to sales and operations planning, long-range planning, and scenario analysis to guide strategic decisions, investment priorities, and growth opportunities.
• Evaluate capital projects and business cases using financial return measures, and assist with audit support, process documentation, and adherence to internal financial controls.• 5+ years of experience in finance, with a strong background in operational or manufacturing finance.
• Demonstrated expertise in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting.
• Strong knowledge of cost accounting, inventory planning, and cash flow forecasting.
• Experience analyzing pricing, margins, and customer profitability to support commercial decision-making.
• Ability to interpret complex financial and operational data and connect findings to business strategy.
• Proven skill in partnering with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, and leadership.
• Advanced financial analysis capabilities with the ability to present insights clearly and influence decisions effectively.