Manager, Finance Operations

We’re looking for motivated, engaged people to help make everyone’s journeys better.

Position is responsible for supervising accounting staff and/or processes ensuring all cost control methods and accounting protocols are maintained and followed, focusing on but not limited to accounts payable and billing customers.

Main Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Maintains office services by organizing office operations and procedures, controls correspondence, designs filing systems, reviews and approves supply requisitions, assigns and monitors clerical functions  

• Provides historical reference by defining procedures for retention, protection, retrieval, transfer, and disposal of records.  

• Designs and implements office policies by establishing standards and procedures: measures results against standards.  

• Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees, following up on work results  

• Keeps management informed by reviewing and analyzing special projects; summarizes information; identifies trends  

• Maintains office staff results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; plans, monitors and appraises job results and/or in the case of dotted line reports influencing and monitoring results and recommending appropriate actions to the BU controller and/or local GM. 

• Performs weekly projections and forecasts as needed  

• Contributes to and performs monthly closing for two operating units  

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing results as needed 

• Manages billing, AP, SAP coordinator, and payroll staff for two operating units  

• Assists controller in ensuring necessary controls are in place  

• Coordinates monthly inventory process and ensures SAP functions are performed on a timely basis  

• Performs other duties as needed  

Qualifications 

 

Education: 

• Associates Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related Field required.  

• BS/BA in Accounting or Finance preferred.  

 

Work Experience:  

• 3 years accounting experience in high volume, high transaction, manufacturing environment.   

• Previous supervisory experience with accounting/payroll staff preferred.  

• Previous experience in SAP or other ERP programs preferred.  

 

Technical Skills: (Certification, Licenses and Registration) 

• CPA or finance/accounting certifications a plus. 

Job Skills:   

• Knowledge of MS Office applications, specifically intermediate knowledge of Excel.  

• Forecasting, budgeting, and implementing/following cost control methods.  

 

Language / Communication Skills: 

• Effective written and oral communications   

• Bi- Lingual is a plus  

 

Job Dimensions 

 

Geographic Responsibility: US Units 

 

Type of Employment: Full time 

 

Travel %: 10% 

 

Exemption Classification: Exempt 

 

Internal Relationships: Unit billing, unit accounts p