Factory Operations Finance, Senior Manager
Job Number: 9913
External Description:
Our organization is built upon world-class manufacturing facilities that produce our industry-leading products. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are looking for an opportunity to continue to develop your finance career, then we have a great opportunity for you. We are seeking an experienced, highly skilled, and self-motivated person, responsible for leading the Collierville factory finance team and business partnering to deliver operating results for the company.
The ideal candidate will have accounting and finance experience supporting a high-volume manufacturing operation. Overall, this position will provide financial leadership across our Collierville factory which includes support of the monthly close & forecast process, annual plan, variance analysis, KPI tracking & reporting, identifying and driving factory productivity and overall management support.
Key Responsibilities
- Finance site leader and business partner to the Collierville operations leader.
- Provide leadership, while working in partnership with the plant leadership team to drive year-over-year plant productivity across labor, burden and cost of poor-quality metrics.
- Lead the annual business plan cycle, including the establishment of financial targets, metrics, and guidelines; calendar of submissions and reviews; coordination of functional team submissions
- Manage, direct and coordinate the monthly financial close and forecast, weekly productivity reporting, with a focus on leading the site team to achieve their financial commitments and helping drive countermeasures where needed.
- Lead project-based financial analysis and modeling to support profitability and productivity projects
- Partner with Carrier’s Cost Accounting Center-of-Excellence on cost accounting and E&O activities for the site.
- Responsible for internal controls, fixed assets and all Sarbanes-Oxley requirements including documentation, testing and remediation efforts
- Ensure preparation of financial information is in accordance with GAAP and prepares company for internal & external audits
- Provide oversight and direction to plant finance team employees with a focus on their development and supporting the needs of the factory.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of finance experience, including at least 2 years hands‑on in an operations environment such as manufacturing, distribution, or logistics;
Or, Master’s degree with 5+ years of finance experience, including at least 2 years hands‑on in an operations environment such as manufacturing, distribution, or logistics. - 2+ years experience of people management.
Preferred Qualification (nice to have)
Other qualifications you may have that would be beneficial in this role include:
- Proven experience across financial operations, FP&A, manufacturing finance, and cost accounting, supported by strong analytical, forecasting, and financial modeling skills.
- Demonstrated ability to drive year-over-year productivity and performance improvements in operations environment, with a strong bias for action and execution.
- Ability to lead, develop, and influence finance teams within complex, cross-functional and matrixed organizations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present clear, data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.
- Customer-focused mindset with a proven ability to solve problems efficiently and consistently exceed expectations.
Additional information
- Immigration sponsorship is not supported for this position.
Job Number: 30199805
Community / Marketing Title: Factory Operations Finance, Senior Manager
Location_formattedLocationLong: Tennessee, US