Airstream Manufacturing Finance Manager Job DescriptionJob Summary:
As the Manufacturing Finance Manager at Airstream you will own standard costing, inventory valuation, variance analysis, and cost-related month-end close and plays a strategic role in the Company's overall financial analysis and broader cost management initiatives
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Own standard costing: develop, maintain, and roll annual standards for materials, labor, and overhead across all models and options.
- Oversee inventory accounting, including valuation of raw materials, work-in-process (WIP), and finished goods; reserves for excess and obsolete stock; and physical and cycle count reconciliations.
- Analyze and explain manufacturing variances (purchase price, usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption) and present findings to leadership.
- Lead cost-related month-end close activities: journal entries, account reconciliations, and inventory roll-forwards.
- Maintain strong internal controls over inventory and costing, ensuring Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and timely reporting.
- Prepare product and model profitability analysis to support pricing updates and new model launches.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for cost and inventory matters during internal and external audits, preparing supporting schedules, documentation, and prompt responses to auditor requests.
- Develop, enhance, and enforce manufacturing finance policies and procedures, and lead continuous improvement initiatives that reduce costs, increase efficiency, and improve data accuracy.
- Build strong cross-functional relationships as a trusted finance business partner to other departments and respond flexibly to a wide variety of corporate requests with timely, accurate analysis.
- Support special projects and ad hoc analyses as business needs evolve, including system improvements, process changes, and other finance initiatives as assigned.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
- CPA strongly preferred.
- MBA preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive experience, preferably in cost accounting within a manufacturing environment.
- Deep knowledge of standard costing, inventory valuation, and variance analysis under US GAAP.
- Hands-on experience with a manufacturing ERP system (Microsoft D365 F&O or similar), including BOMs, routings, and inventory modules.
- Advanced Excel skills; comfortable working with large data sets.
- Experience with SOX internal controls in a public company environment preferred.
- Experience using AI tools in finance and accounting functions is a plus.
- Well organized, articulate, and self-directed.
- High integrity and honesty.
- Clear communicator who can present complex analysis in simple terms to all levels of the Company.
