5-7+ years of experience in operations finance or cost accounting with a focus on COGS.
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.
Strong understanding of key cost drivers including materials, labor, overhead, and logistics.
Advanced Excel skills are required; familiarity with SAP HANA and Power BI is a plus.
Experience in Manufacturing, Food Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods, or co-packing environments is preferred.
Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Responsibilities
Partner with Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Procurement to analyze and impact COGS drivers.
Own monthly COGS and manufacturing variance analysis, explaining deviations vs AOP and forecast.
Support cost optimization initiatives to enhance plant efficiency and margin improvement.
Lead the annual operating plan and forecasting process for Operations and COGS, identifying risks and opportunities.
Develop models linking operational KPIs to financial outcomes for better insights.
Participate in month-end close processes to ensure accuracy in Operations and COGS results.
Lead monthly performance reviews with stakeholders to align on cost targets and actionable plans.
Benefits
Opportunity to work in a high-impact role affecting plant financial performance.
Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams in Manufacturing and Supply Chain.
Exposure to advanced financial modeling and analytics tools.
Potential for domestic and international travel to engage directly with plants and operations.
Full Job Description
Job Summary
Support Operations Finance Manager with design standardized & improved plant accounting operations in support of general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, capital assets, raw materials, and finished goods accounting.
Support Operations Finance Manager with development of consistent and improved activity- based costing metrics and cost allocations for insightful plant performance analysis.
Support and create streamlined plant financial accounting processes, reporting, and analysis.
Job Description
Partner with Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Procurement to analyze COGS drivers, including raw materials, packaging, ingredients, conversion, labor, overhead, logistics and co-packing costs, and identify impacts to profitability.
Own monthly COGS and manufacturing variance analysis, including volume, yield, usage, mix, rate and conversion cost variances, explaining deviations vs AOP and forecast.
Support cost optimization initiatives across internal manufacturing and co-packing operations, including plant efficiency, yield improvement, sourcing decisions and margin improvement opportunities.
Lead the annual operating plan and forecasting for Operations, COGS and related manufacturing cost drivers, highlighting key risks and opportunities while driving potential mitigating actions.
Develop driver-based models linking volume, yield, COGS components, co-packing assumptions and operational KPIs to financial outcomes.
Participate in the month-end close to ensure accuracy of Operations and COGS results, timely understanding of variance drivers and appropriate follow-up with Accounting and Operations teams.
Lead monthly COGS and plant performance reviews with stakeholders to ensure accountability, alignment on cost targets and timely action plans for performance gaps.
Support financial evaluation of operational initiatives and manufacturing-related investments, ensuring assumptions, benefits and cost impacts are appropriately reviewed.
Support capital planning and post-implementation reviews for manufacturing and operations initiatives, with focus on COGS impact, productivity benefits and execution against approved assumptions.
Partner with operations to evaluate capacity, automation, co-packing and cost reduction initiatives, including make-versus-buy considerations and financial impact on COGS.
Conduct ad hoc analyses and projects to support Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement and business management decisions related to COGS, plant performance and co-packing economics.
Qualifications
5-7+ years of experience in operations finance, or cost accounting, plant finance or a similar COGS-focused role
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Finance, or related field is required
Strong understanding of cost drivers (materials, labor, overhead, logistics, etc.)
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel required - SAP HANA and Power BI a plus
Prior work experience in Manufacturing, Food Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods or co-packing environments is preferred
Analytical, ability to multi-task, attention to detail and self-motivated
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to travel domestically and internationally (15 ? 20%) to support plant visits, operational reviews and cross-functional collaboration
