Finance Manager - Operations/FP&A | Direct Hire | National City

Finance Manager - Operations & FP&A

National City (San Diego) | Onsite, 5 days per week | Direct Hire

$125,000 - $145,000 base + 10% annual target incentive

Ledgent Finance & Accounting is hiring a Finance Manager for an established maritime transportation and automotive logistics company at their National City marine terminal. This is the finance seat over one of their operating divisions - a fast, tangible, metrics-driven environment with ships, vehicles, rail and high-volume auto flows.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

- Division budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis - hands-on ownership, not reviewing someone else's model

- Client and service-level pricing, profitability and margin analysis, including identifying margin leakage

- ROI, scenario and sensitivity modeling on real operating decisions

- Partnering directly with terminal and site operations leadership as a strategic thought partner

- Oversight of a site-based team covering billing, collections, AP and invoice coding (2 direct reports)

- Building out BI, dashboards and automated recurring reporting

- Presenting to the CEO, CFO and senior leadership

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience

- 5+ years of progressive experience in financial analysis, modeling, budgeting and forecasting

- Prior supervisory or people-leadership experience

- Operations-facing finance experience - partnering with site, terminal, plant or operations leadership

- Pricing, profitability, ROI, scenario and/or sensitivity analysis experience

- Working knowledge of billing, accounting, collections, AP, payroll and cash management at an oversight level

- Strong Excel, quantitative analysis, KPI/metrics and multi-system reporting skills

- Executive-level communication and presentation skills

- Willing and able to work onsite five days per week at the National City marine terminal

NICE TO HAVE

- Finance Manager, Division Controller or Plant Controller experience supporting a terminal, plant, construction operation, logistics business or other tangible operating site

- Manufacturing, construction, transportation, logistics, heavy-industry or multi-site operations background

- Client and service-level pricing and profitability analysis

- Experience implementing or supporting BI, EPM, dashboard or reporting tools and automating recurring reporting

- Comfort learning home-grown or proprietary operating systems; interest in automotive or large-scale logistics

WHY IT IS WORTH A LOOK

- High-visibility role with regular exposure to the CEO/owner, CFO and senior leadership

- Key finance partner at the headquarters site for a large auto-processing operation

- Career runway into corporate FP&A and other West Coast business lines

- The outgoing incumbent is expected to stay through year-end, so there is a genuine transition runway

- Typical schedule is 8:00-5:00 Monday-Friday, and earlier starts (6:00-3:00 or 7:00-4:00) are supported

- No regular travel

Background check required.

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