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Job Description

Finance Manager to lead site accounting, reporting, and financial controls, with hands-on support for a Microsoft Dynamics 365 transition in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
  • Own general ledger activities, reconciliations, and financial controls to keep reporting on track.
  • Support the transition of finance processes to Microsoft Dynamics 365, identifying ways to simplify, automate, and improve how work is done.
  • Oversee a small finance team of three covering general accounting, cost accounting, and accounts payable.
  • Monitor standard costs and investigate material price, labor, and overhead variances to explain drivers of financial performance.
  • Partner with plant management, supply chain, and engineering to understand production costs, efficiency, scrap, and other manufacturing KPIs.
  • Support compliance with IFRS, statutory reporting requirements, and Morgan corporate governance policies.
  • Challenge inefficient processes and help establish more reliable, practical finance process improvements as the new system is implemented.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, preferably in manufacturing.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing accounting, including standard costing, inventory, and variance analysis.
  • Experience working with an integrated ERP such as Microsoft D365, SAP, or Oracle.
  • Involvement in an ERP implementation, migration, or major system change; D365 experience is particularly useful.
  • Experience managing or supervising accounting teams.
  • Solid knowledge of financial reporting, internal controls, and month-end processes.
  • Working knowledge of IFRS and experience within a global or multinational organization.
  • Strong Excel skills; Power BI experience is a bonus.
  • Problem-solving mindset and ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
  • Comfort working hands-on, managing competing priorities, and maintaining attention to detail.
  • View system changes as an opportunity to improve processes.

Tools & Technologies

  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)
  • SAP
  • Oracle
  • Excel
  • Power BI
  • IFRS

Job Details

  • Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA (onsite)
  • Compensation: USD 74,884 - 112,326 per year
  • Job Type: Contract
  • Reporting line: Controller

Benefits

  • Long-term contract opportunity with participation in a major ERP implementation.
  • Salary range: $74,884 - $112,326

Eligibility / Compliance

  • Role involves working with controlled technical data, requiring meeting U.S. ITAR requirements.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or a Protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) and 22CFR120.15.

What You’ll Get

  • Opportunity to support financial operations while contributing to a major ERP implementation.
  • Direct collaboration with the Controller and cross-functional partners across the business.
  • Use manufacturing finance expertise and systems knowledge to influence how finance processes operate going forward.

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