Finance Manager

Overview

One of Vaco's Clients is seeking a pro-active and collaborative Finance Manager to join their team. The Finance Manager will be responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis while serving as the on-site finance lead. The ideal candidate will be independent, process-improvement oriented, and comfortable partnering with the leadership, various departments and teams to drive profitability and support decision-making.

• Financial Planning & Analysis: Recommend changes to quarterly and annual forecasts. Investigate root causes of changes. Develop management reporting and KPIs to provide timely, actionable insights. Connect financial performance with sales, marketing, R&D, and operations objectives.
• Reporting: Review integrity of monthly financial reporting. Identify and explain significant variances. Consolidate monthly reporting presentations for leadership.
• Budgeting & Annual Operating Plan (AOP): Partner with functional leads on annual operating plan. Identify, report and communicate variances from forecast vs. current year.
• Business Systems & Data Management: Maintain non-financial reporting (headcount, labor, etc.). Compile/analyze data across ERP and BI tools to build a complete financial picture.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Support: Provide timely variance analysis lines as needed. Hold monthly review meetings with department leads.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years progressive financial experience in manufacturing
• Experience with business intelligence reporting tools (Power BI or similar).
• Strong Excel and ERP experience strongly preferred.
• Understanding of consolidations and manufacturing cost accounting.
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence business decisions.