Associate Finance Director (3681)

Overview Job Location: Littleton, MA Corporate Office - Littleton, MA 01460 Position Type: Full Time Salary Range: $145,000.00 - $165,000.00 per year Highly analytical and business-oriented Senior Manager / Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to lead financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and business decision support for a growing medical technology manufacturing organization. This role will partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Commercial, R&D, Quality, Regulatory, and Executive Leadership to provide financial insight, improve operating performance, and support strategic growth initiatives. Strong experience in manufacturing finance, preferably within medical device, medtech, life sciences, or other regulated manufacturing environments, and is comfortable operating at both a strategic and hands-on level. Responsibilities Lead the annual budgeting, long-range planning, and rolling forecast processes across manufacturing, operations, and corporate functions. Develop financial models to support revenue, gross margin, operating expense, working capital, capital expenditure, and cash flow planning. Analyze business performance versus budget, forecast, and prior periods; identify key drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages for executive leadership and board-level review. Support scenario planning for volume changes, pricing, product mix, cost inflation, supply chain disruption, manufacturing capacity, and new product launches. Partner with manufacturing and operations leaders to analyze production costs, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, yield, scrap, rework, inventory, and capacity utilization. Support standard costing, product costing, cost-of-goods-sold analysis, and gross margin improvement initiatives. Provide financial insight into make-versus-buy decisions, manufacturing footprint, automation investments, and operational productivity programs. Monitor inventory levels, excess and obsolete inventory exposure, cycle counts, reserves, and working capital performance. Partner with Supply Chain and Procurement to evaluate supplier cost trends, purchase price variance, material availability, and sourcing strategies. Serve as a trusted finance partner to senior leadership, translating financial data into actionable business insights. Support strategic initiatives including new product introductions, product lifecycle management, manufacturing scale-up, market expansion, and margin optimization. Partner with Commercial teams to analyze revenue growth, pricing, customer profitability, channel performance, and product-line profitability. Work with R&D, Regulatory, and Quality teams to support investment planning and cost tracking for product development and compliance initiatives. Provide financial support for business cases, capital investment proposals, and operational improvement projects. Build and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and management reporting tools to improve visibility into financial and operational performance. Drive improvements in FP&A processes, forecasting accuracy, reporting timelines, and cross-functional financial discipline. Support implementation or enhancement of ERP, planning, business intelligence, and reporting systems. Ensure consistency, accuracy, and integrity of financial data across reporting platforms. Develop scalable FP&A processes suitable for a growing medical technology manufacturing business. Lead, mentor, and develop FP&A team members, depending on organizational structure. Promote a culture of accountability, analytical rigor, continuous improvement, and strong business partnership. Collaborate with Accounting and Controllership teams to ensure alignment between actual results, forecasts, and management reporting. Present financial insights clearly and confidently to senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders. Qualifications Education, Training, and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or work experience equivalent. 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, operational finance, or manufacturing finance. Strong experience supporting a manufacturing environment, including cost accounting, gross margin analysis, inventory, standard costing, and operational KPIs. Experience partnering with senior leaders and cross-functional teams. Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis skills. Strong understanding of income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, and capital expenditure planning. Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders. High proficiency in Excel and financial planning/reporting systems. Strong attention to detail, business judgment, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Preferred Experience Experience in medical device, medtech, diagnostics, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or other FDA-regulated manufacturing environments. Experience with ERP and planning systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, Planful, OneStream, Hyperion, or similar platforms. MBA, CPA, CMA, or CFA preferred. Experience supporting manufacturing scale-up, product launches, contract manufacturing, or global supply chain operations. Familiarity with quality systems, regulatory requirements, and compliance considerations in medical technology manufacturing. Prior people management experience preferred for Director-level candidates. Physical and Environmental Considerations Must be able to sit and stand for long periods of time. Must be able to walk through the factory environment safely. Typical office and lab environments. Must be able to use standard office equipment including laptop, copier, phone, etc. Qualifications #J-18808-Ljbffr Mevion Medical Systems