Finance Manager

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.