Director of Finance And Accounting

Director of Finance, Manufacturing (Cost Accounting) | Alexandria, Louisiana

Relocation Assistance Provided

Lead finance for a 400-person manufacturing operation inside a multi-billion-dollar company.

Our client is a well-established manufacturer with revenues in the billions. They're looking for a Director of Finance to run financial operations at their 400-employee Louisiana plant. You'll be the finance partner to the plant's General Manager and leadership team, helping shape pricing, investment and strategy decisions as well as the numbers.

Why this role

Big-company resources, plant-level impact: billions in revenue behind you, and real influence on the decisions that matter locally

️ A stable, essential industry: steady demand and long-term staying power

⚖️ Good work-life balance

Excellent benefits

A high-visibility seat: you'll work directly with plant leadership and corporate finance

What you'll own

Reporting and close

• Run the monthly and quarterly close under US GAAP and review journal entries and reconciliations
• Prepare the monthly financial package for senior leadership and investigate variances
• Track working capital drivers and oversee inventory control, including physical inventories
• Prepare forecasts with clear explanations of variances to budget, prior year and plan
• Oversee day-to-day accounting: payables, receivables, bank reconciliations, payroll and inventory

Planning and controls

• Lead the annual budget process and capital and expense planning
• Strengthen internal controls and GAAP compliance, and manage relationships with internal and external auditors
• Handle year-end reporting, impairment analyses and corporate data requests

Strategic finance partnership

• Review and model customer quotes to make sure material, labor, overhead, supply chain and tariff costs are fully captured
• Analyze pricing and margin scenarios and their effect on profit and cash flow
• Build business cases for capital projects, including payback, returns and risk
• Validate cost-savings initiatives and track them from projection to actual results
• Model strategic options such as expanding, consolidating or relocating operations
• Assess tariff and trade-cost exposure and build it into pricing and sourcing decisions
• Challenge assumptions and work across Sales, Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations
• Build reports and dashboards that help plant leadership make faster decisions

Leadership

• Manage and develop the local accounting team

What you bring

• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing accounting and finance experience (general accounting, reporting, analysis, internal controls)
• Bachelor's degree in accounting (required); MBA and CPA are a plus
• Experience in a large-company environment with advanced reporting systems; exposure to corporate, division and plant levels is a plus
• Advanced Excel, working knowledge of PowerPoint, and hands-on experience with ERP and consolidation tools
• A self-starter who stays on top of tight month-end deadlines
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail and a confident but collaborative style