Finance Manager
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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.