Finance Manager
Location: De Pere, WI 54115 (outside of Green Bay, WI)
Position Type: Full-Time, 100% Onsite
Relocation: May consider for the right candidate
Wheeler Staffing Partners is seeking a Finance Manager for our De Pere, WI location. This role is crucial for handling all accounting and finance functions for our plant facility, which is a union environment. We need a skilled professional with strong Excel and Access skills, and a background in manufacturing, preferably in the Food & Beverage industry.
Responsibilities:
- Manage Supply Chain Finance, Inventory, and Cost Accounting functions, including accounting and reporting for supply chain metrics, inventory, cost of sales, other direct product costs, and variances.
- Own the annual budgeting process for standard costs and partner with Divisional Finance to budget other direct product costs.
- Guide supply chain analysis and reporting in conjunction with the Corporate Operations management team.
- Prepare and publish monthly supply chain reports.
- Act as the resource for Supply Chain, Inventory/Forecasting, Divisional and Corporate Finance, and others for all areas of cost and inventory.
- Determine adequate inventory reserve levels and support balance with detailed analysis.
- Manage the monthly closing process in all areas relating to inventory and cost of sales.
- Review variances and investigate causes.
- Annually determine updated standard costs.
- Partner on budgeting other direct product costs.
- Prepare analysis and management reports related to inventory, material price variance, freight variances, production variances, and various other direct product costs.
- Maintain inventory costing records.
- Assist in the annual closing process, annual audit, and various projects.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or advanced degree preferred.
- 7 to 10 years of similar responsibilities in a distribution or manufacturing company.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Solid understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Strong analytical ability and attention to detail.
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, formulas, etc.) and Access skills.
- Experience with JD Edwards or similar enterprise systems.
- Decision-making abilities commensurate with job responsibilities.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure to meet various deadlines.
- Experience in heavy financial analysis and sales analysis.
- Ability to partner with sales on pricing, sales analysis, RFPs, and quotes.
Additional Information:
- Candidates should anticipate a 5 to 6 step interview process.
- This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports.
- The role involves working closely with the plant's unionized workforce.