Operations Finance Lead

About the role  Imagine this. You are building the financial backbone behind a fast-scaling, multi-site manufacturing organization. As our Operations Finance Lead, you will take ownership of how we understand manufacturing costs, margins, inventory and operational performance across the group. This is not a role where you simply inherit established processes. You will build, standardize and improve them, creating the financial discipline and visibility needed to scale our operations.
You will lead operations controlling, cost accounting and FP&A across manufacturing and supply chain, while partnering closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering and Finance leadership. From product costing and inventory economics to forecasting, MES implementation and site performance, you will connect what happens on the factory floor with the numbers driving business decisions.
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What You’ll Do   Own operations cost accounting across multiple manufacturing sites, including inventory accounting, cost of goods produced and sold, capitalization of labor and manufacturing overhead, and manufacturing-related month-end close activities
Take ownership of inventory economics, including variance capitalization, COGS release, excess and obsolete inventory and slow-moving stock exposure
Ensure manufacturing and inventory accounting is consistent across sites and legal entities and aligned with group accounting policies, IFRS and applicable local GAAP requirements
Own and continuously improve the product costing framework across products and sites, including BOMs, routings, labor and overhead rates
Drive cost and margin performance through variance analysis across purchase price, usage, mix, yield, labor efficiency and overhead absorption, identifying root causes and translating them into clear actions
Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to understand and optimize key cost drivers across materials, conversion, productivity, capacity and waste
Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning for manufacturing and supply chain, connecting volumes, pricing, efficiency, capacity, headcount and capex assumptions to financial outcomes
Build rolling forecasts and analyze monthly performance, creating a clear bridge between operational results, margins, working capital and the P&L
Own operational KPIs with financial impact, including OTIF, yield, efficiency, days on hand and forecast accuracy
Build practical management reporting and dashboards that give operations and executive leadership clear visibility into cost, margin, inventory and working capital performance
Turn complex operational and financial data into actionable insights that support decisions around sourcing, pricing, investment and capacity
Design and standardize finance processes across sites for costing, forecasting, month-end close and reporting, replacing fragmented practices with scalable group-wide frameworks
Support MES implementation and ensure reliable manufacturing data flows into financial systems, working closely with Operations and IT to strengthen standard costing, inventory valuation, cost centers and BOM structures
Establish strong internal controls over inventory, cost accounting and…