The Manufacturing Finance Budget Manager partners closely with plant leadership and operations teams to manage financial planning, performance reporting, and cost control across the manufacturing site. This role is responsible for consolidating forecasts, budgets, and standard costing packages; translating operational results into actionable financial insights; and supporting decision‑making through analysis, reporting, and business case development. The Manufacturing Finance Budget Manager also oversees capital project spending and fixed assets accounting to ensure projects are managed through completion and assets are identified with the correct in-service date. 

Schedule: Monday-Thursday, 7:00am-5:00pm

• Acts as the primary finance business partner for the plant VP and manufacturing operations, supporting plant leadership with financial insight, performance management, and decision support. 
• Provides direct people leadership to two finance team members, including workload prioritization, coaching, development, and performance management.
• Accountable for end-to-end plant planning process including forecasting, budgeting, standards, and performance analysis.
• Manages multiple cost centers and operational budgets including labor, scrap, NPOT, indirect spending, and productivity metrics.
• Assists the plant director in consolidating and tracking performance on the operational strategic plan and KPIs.
• Oversees fixed asset integrity and compliance at the site level by ensuring accuracy of in-service dates and identifying fixed assets based on project spend. 
• Develops and evaluates financial business cases to support operational initiatives, capital decisions, and action plans.
• Leads financial review meetings with plant VP and operations to uncover financial deviations and action plans to improve cost performance. 

• Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of finance and budgeting experience

OR

• Master's degree and at least 4 years of finance and budgeting experience

OR

• At least 8 years of finance and budgeting experience

• Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)

• At least 1 year of lead experience 
• Sharp analytical and problem solving skills with a business savvy mindset. 
• Ability to perform causal analysis and translate operational drivers into financial results.
• Excellent communication abilities including written, verbal, and executive ready. Solid understanding of manufacturing operations and key performance metrics (NPOT, HPU, scrap, productivity, labor analysis).
• Ability to partner effectively with operations leaders to identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Comfort balancing operational realities with financial discipline and corporate expectations.
• Advanced Excel, PowerBI and data analysis skills; ability to work efficiently with large, complex data sets through SQL or other means of advanced data analysis. 
• Familiarity with Infor LN, SAP, and PeopleSoft ERP systems.
• High level of integrity, attention to detail, and commitment to financial controls and compliance. 

This position offers competitive market-based compensation, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employee wellbeing. You can learn more about the benefits offered for this position by visiting https://careers.international.com/#benefits.The expected salary offered for this position will fall within the stated range, with the final offer based on the candidates' applicable skills, knowledge, and experience.