Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field.
7+ years of finance/accounting experience, focusing on cost analysis and variance reporting.
2+ years of experience in a manufacturing setting.
Strong understanding of financial metrics specific to manufacturing.
Proven ability to lead teams and facilitate decision-making processes.
Excellent relationship management and influencing skills across various organizational levels.
Advanced proficiency in Excel, with strong skills in PowerPoint and Word.
Responsibilities
Lead plant financial reporting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
Ensure fiscal integrity in accounting practices and financial reporting.
Collaborate with leadership to analyze financial impacts and recommend cost-saving measures.
Support capital and non-capital projects by validating cost assumptions and productivity savings.
Contribute to strategic initiatives and operational productivity improvements.
Develop new product costing models in partnership with Commercial Finance.
Foster collaboration and improve financial acumen across teams.
Identify issues and drive continuous improvement in financial processes.
Benefits
Opportunity to work closely with plant leadership and influence decision-making.
Engagement in strategic initiatives that impact long-term and short-term goals.
Active presence on the production floor, enhancing operational understanding.
Focus on continuous improvement and productivity enhancement.
Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
Plant Finance Manager
Onsite: Massillon, OH Plant
As an integral part of our Plant Leadership team, the Plant Finance Manager leads the financial activities at the Plant, helping to drive process enhancements and productivity improvements, and ensuring compliance with corporate policies. The Finance Manager works in partnership with the Site Director, HQ Finance/Accounting, Operations, Continuous Improvement and other teams to provide timely analysis and insights to support sound decision making across plant operations, spend management, forecasting, inventory control, and improvement initiatives. The Plant Finance Manager reports to the Director of Supply Chain Finance.
Your seat at the table:
Accountable for the plant financial reporting, spend management, annual budgeting, variance investigation, financial modeling, and productivity forecasting.
Ensures that the plant team operates with a high level of fiscal integrity in accounting practices, financial reporting and decision making.
Collaborates with plant leadership team to provide financial impact analysis and recommendations on cost savings, loss avoidance, and risk mitigation.
Supports all plant initiatives for the capital and non-capital project by validating cost assumptions, productivity savings, and providing recommendations.
Contributes ideas and solutions to Plant Leadership Team to improve long-term and short-term strategic initiatives and on day-to-day operational productivity.
Teams up with Commercial Finance to develop new product costing models; monitor and assess productivity impact of new product startups at plant.
Fosters collaboration amongst teams and influences up, down, and across organization levels to improve cross-functional financial acumen and financially informed decision making.
Has a forward-thinking mindset and is resilient, adaptable, and curious.
Identifies issues, diagnoses problems, research best practices, and generates alternatives to drive continuous improvement of financial processes and productivity outcomes with urgency.
Is an active presence on the production floor, interacting with associates while emphasizing safety and proactively seeking out areas of opportunity to drive productivity improvement
Shares information in a clear and engaging way that helps teams to understand and apply, across all levels of the organization.
Able to synthesize large quantities of data into actionable insights.
Qualifications
What you bring to the table:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related discipline.
7+ years of experience in finance/accounting: analyzing cost reporting results and variances, identifying trends, recommending, and driving actions.
2+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment
Demonstrated understanding of financial metrics in a manufacturing organization.
Ability to work with teams and lead decision-making processes in a team environment.
Strong relationship management skills and the ability to influence at various levels.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Advanced Excel capabilities and proficiency in PowerPoint and Word.
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About Shearer's Foods
Shearer's Foods is a leading manufacturer of snack foods in North America. The company produces a wide range of products, including potato chips, tortilla chips, popcorn, and other snack foods. Shearer's Foods was founded in 1974 in Massillon, Ohio, and has since grown to become one of the largest snack food manufacturers in the United States. The company operates 11 manufacturing facilities across the country and employs over 5,000 people. Shearer's Foods is committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact.
