Finance Manager | Food & Bev Manufacturing
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Finance Manager | Food & Bev Manufacturing
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Perishable Prepared Food ManufacturingPortfolio Management and Investment AdviceAll Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
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About the Opportunity:
An established, high-volume food manufacturer is hiring a hands-on Finance Manager to own inventory integrity and production costing across a multi-site network. Reporting to the Head of FP&A, you will lead 1-2 Financial Analysts and work closely with plant and supply chain teams.
What You Will Do:
- Lead physical inventories, cycle counts, and variance investigations across the network
- Own production costing, including cost formulas and material, labor, and overhead drivers
- Reconcile inventory and production transactions and review production journals
- Analyze manufacturing variances and report KPIs such as turns, count accuracy, yield, and PPVPartner with operations, purchasing, logistics, and accounting on costing, forecasting, and capex
- Maintain internal controls and drive standardization and reporting automation
- What You Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- At least 3-4 years in inventory, cost, operations, or manufacturing finance
- Hands-on experience with physical inventories, production costing, and variance analysis
- Advanced Excel and ERP experience
- Ability to influence plant leaders with clear, practical analysis
- PreferredManufacturing experience
- Standard costing, BOMs, overhead absorption, and COGS analysisCPA, CMA, or CSCPPower BI or similar
- Why This Role
- Leadership role with direct reports and network-wide scope
- Build and standardize processes, not just maintain them
- Hybrid schedule
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Level
Manager L7
Location
Chicago, IL
Occupation
Financial Managers
Industry
Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing
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