Director of Manufacturing Finance

DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING FINANCE ROLE OVERVIEW

As the Director of Manufacturing Finance, you will play a critical role in strengthening the financial performance, data integrity, and operational alignment across Kwik Lok’s global manufacturing network. This role is accountable for the integrity, consistency, and timeliness of manufacturing financial reporting used by executive leadership to make decisions.

This role owns the finalization, validation, and decision‑readiness of manufacturing financial results prior to CFO and executive review. You will ensure consistent, actionable, decision‑grade reporting across all facilities; own the integrity of the manufacturing forecast; and drive alignment between sales, production, and financial expectations, resolving gaps across functions and locations as needed.

This is a key leadership role that reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer and requires deep manufacturing finance expertise, executive‑level judgment, strong systems and process leadership, and the ability to drive results across multiple sites. This position supports Kwik Lok production activities through the manufacture of Kwik Lok closures with a focus on continuous improvement of quality, food safety, and manufacturing processes.

• Own the integrity, timeliness, and finalization of financial reporting across all manufacturing plants, ensuring consolidated results are complete, accurate, and decision‑ready for executive review
• Establish and enforce standardized financial processes, policies, and output requirements across all locations to reduce variability and strengthen accountability
• Own the review, validation, and final readiness of financial results before CFO and executive review, ensuring outputs are consistent, actionable, and decision‑grade
• Require correction of inconsistent, incomplete, or late plant financials and escalate unresolved gaps in quality, accuracy, or timeliness as needed

• Provide expertise in manufacturing cost accounting, including standard costing, inventory valuation, and variance analysis
• Partner with plant leadership to analyze operational performance and identify cost drivers, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities
• Ensure accurate tracking and reporting of material, labor, and overhead costs
• Support analysis of capital investments, equipment utilization, and operational efficiency

• Own the integrity of the manufacturing financial forecast by aligning sales forecasts, production plans, and financial assumptions across functions
• Ensure consistency between demand planning, production activity, capacity assumptions, and financial performance expectations across locations
• Lead development of integrated manufacturing forecasts that reflect operational realities, business objectives, and executive planning needs
• Drive resolution of disconnects between sales, production, and financial expectations, ensuring one aligned view for decision‑making

• Lead efforts to optimize ERP financial modules and reporting capabilities to improve data accuracy, visibility, and efficiency
• Ensure financial data integrity across systems, including validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution
• Collaborate with IT and system administrators to enhance system functionality and resolve technical challenges
• Drive automation and process improvements to streamline financial workflows and reduce manual effort

• Own the end‑to‑end monthly close discipline across all plants, including clear standards for what constitutes a complete close
• Develop and enforce standardized reporting, dashboards, and KPIs that deliver consistent, decision‑grade outputs for plant and executive reviews
• Produce and communicate clear, actionable financial insights for plant leadership and executive stakeholders, with emphasis on decision support and performance management
• Ensure financials are fully validated and complete before review, driving the…