Finance Manager - Portage, IN

Scrap Metal Services, LLC

$90K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong understanding of leveraged balance sheets and loan covenants
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • 10+ years of experience in private equity ownership and accounting
  • Proficient in stakeholder management with executive communication capabilities
  • Effective problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
  • CPA certification is required

Responsibilities

  • Manage high-capital financing activities and ensure accurate tracking and compliance
  • Build and maintain fund level cash flow models for liquidity planning
  • Oversee tax filing requirements and ensure compliance with regulations
  • Coordinate year-end audits and serve as liaison with auditors
  • Enhance internal controls and manage compliance processes
  • Act as finance lead on cross-functional automation projects
  • Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage from day one
  • 401(k) plan with 4% matching, fully vested from the first contribution
  • Generous paid holidays and 4 weeks of paid vacation
  • Comprehensive compensation package with performance-based bonuses
  • Opportunity for career growth within a high-performing team
  • Collaborative and dynamic work environment focused on operational improvements
Full Job Description
This role oversees finance, accounting, reporting, and compliance activities, including capex financing, cash-flow forecasting, tax compliance, financial reporting, audits, and close processes. The role ensures strong controls, accurate reporting, disciplined liquidity management, and effective support for automation, ERP, and special projects.

The Finance Manager will report to the Sr. Vice President of Finance.

Key Responsibilities:
Finance
  • Capital expenditure financing - Manage high-capex financing activities, including financing tranches, payment schedules, lease documentation, and related accounting to ensure accurate tracking, compliance, and full visibility over capital commitments.
  • Cash flow forecasting - Build and maintain fund level cash flow models covering capital deployment, operating cash flows, debt activity, capital calls, distributions, and liquidity planning and oversee borrowing base submission.
Accounting & Reporting
  • Tax filing & compliance - Manage federal, state, and local tax filing requirements, coordinate with external tax advisors, and ensure timely compliance with all applicable tax regulations.
  • Financial reporting - Oversee monthly/quarterly financials, capital account statements, and GAAP compliant reporting. Prepare consolidation and external and internal reporting packages.
  • Audit & compliance - Manage and coordinate year-end external audits, internal audits, and ad-hoc audit requests, serving as primary liaison with auditors and key stakeholders.
  • Oversee audit readiness, issue resolution, and implementation of audit findings to strengthen internal controls and financial governance.
  • Strengthen internal controls, governance, and process automation.
  • Act as a local finance lead on cross-functional initiatives such as automation projects and ERP enhancements.
  • Manage month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing activities.
  • Other analysis and special projects as needed.

Qualifications
  • Strong understanding of highly leveraged balance sheets, debt structures, and loan covenant requirements, with experience monitoring covenant compliance and supporting lender reporting.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • 10+ years experience in PE ownership and Accounting
  • Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills; able to challenge constructively
  • Effective presentation skills
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills
  • Intermediate to advanced excel
  • CPA certification is required

Physical / Work Conditions
Generally working within a professional office environment using electronic and other company resources as essential tools to complete required work; travel to supplier and/or internal customer locations may be required.

What we can Offer:
  • A comprehensive compensation package to commensurate with experience including bonuses
  • Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, company-paid life insurance, etc. offered on day 1!
  • 401(k) with 4% matching, 100% vested as of first contribution
  • Paid holidays, 4 weeks paid vacation
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
  • Opportunity to help drive operational improvements and team success
  • Opportunity to grow within operational organization


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