Director Finance

Director of Finance


Director of Finance South Pittsburg, TN (hybrid)

ABOUT LODGE CAST IRON

We got our start over 125 years ago when Joseph Lodge founded the Blacklock Foundry in South Pittsburg, TN. His scrappy, hardworking spirit continues to lead us today. As a team, we believe cast iron is for everyone. We're dedicated to manufacturing American-made cookware that we're proud to use in our very own homes and excited to bring to kitchens, backyards, and campfires around the world. Day in and day out, we work together to stay safe, have fun, and be better than we were the day before.

WHAT FIRES US UP?

By now, you may have caught on to the fact that we're serious about spreading the joys of cast iron. And while we're always on the lookout for ways to innovate, we believe in the adage: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's why we stand by a simple recipe of just iron and oil (no forever chemicals, since forever!). It's also why we're passionate about keeping our campus in our hometown of South Pittsburg, Tennessee, providing great jobs to our community. As we bring our cookware to the next generation of cast iron chefs, we're looking for people to help us stay true to our roots every step of the way. Does that sound like something you can get behind?

A DAY IN THE LIFE

Lodge is building a Finance organization that does more than report results; we want the Finance team to collaboratively improve decisions, test assumptions with colleagues, strengthen financial discipline, and support our collective efforts to to connect strategy to action. The Director of Finance will be critical to that evolution as they own FP&A, Commercial Finance, and Operations Finance with broad exposure across a consumer-products business, major retail and digital channels, and a vertically integrated manufacturing operation. This role is for a Finance leader who wants to build. Build stronger people. Build better decision processes. Build deeper commercial and operational partnerships. And help build the next chapter of a company that has been making products in South Pittsburg since 1896.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Financial Planning & Enterprise Performance

• Lead the annual budget, quarterly forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
• Lead monthly performance analysis, including business drivers, risks, opportunities, and forward-looking recommendations.
• Support executive and Board financial materials with clear commentary, analysis, and business context.
• Build financial models, scenario analysis, and decision frameworks that improve resource allocation.

Commercial Finance & Business Partnership

• Serve as a trusted finance partner to Sales and other commercial leaders.
• Provide insight into customer, channel, product, and promotional profitability across major retail, digital, and direct-to-consumer channels.
• Partner with teams supporting major national retailers, digital marketplaces, sporting goods, hardware, and other strategic channels.
• Support pricing, promotions, product innovation, commercialization, and other commercial investment decisions.

Operations Finance

• Lead and develop Operations Finance and provide strong partnership to manufacturing and supply chain leaders.
• Build visibility into manufacturing economics, labor, overhead, productivity, capacity, cost drivers, standards, and variances.
• Provide financial analysis for capital investments, automation, productivity initiatives, and make-versus-buy decisions.
• Ensure operational plans and S&OP outputs are appropriately reflected in financial forecasts and business planning.

Leadership, Talent & Finance Evolution

• Lead, coach, and develop Finance team members while building a culture of ownership, curiosity, collaboration, continuous improvement, and constructive dialogue.
• Continue elevating Finance from reporting results to proactively influencing decisions and improving financial acumen across Lodge.
• Partner with IT & Technology to expand self-service analytics, trusted data, automation, and AI-enabled decision support.
• Improve Finance processes to increase speed, quality, scalability, and insight.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• 10+ years of progressive Finance experience with meaningful people-leadership responsibility
• Strong FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and business-partnering foundation
• Experience supporting a consumer-products business and large national retailers and/or eCommerce marketplaces
• Meaningful exposure to manufacturing finance and the economics of a manufacturing operation
• Strong executive communication and financial storytelling skills
• A collaborative thought partner who can pressure-test assumptions, bring an independent financial perspective, and strengthen decisions while building trusted relationships
• A hands-on, low-ego leader who develops people and is comfortable moving between strategy and execution
• Experience in manufacturing or tangible consumer products, highly preferred

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:

• Competitive Pay
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Insurance Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription, Life, and Short-Term Disability)
• On-Site Clinic and Fitness Center

• 401K Match and Deferred Profit-Sharing Program
• Quarterly Profit Sharing
• Employee Assistance Program
• Scholarship Opportunity and Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discount at Lodge Factory Store and Big Bad Breakfast
• Safety, Holiday, and Celebration Events

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Lodge Manufacturing does not discriminate based on race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, political affiliation or belief, veteran status, or citizenship status (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law).

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