Senior Manager, Business Finance - Operations & Supply Chain

About the role

This role is currently based at our Minneapolis office and will transition to our new headquarters in Dayton, MN, in 2027.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the financial forecasting and planning processes with supply chain and operations functional partners, resulting in quarterly forecast updates, annual plans, and long-range plans
• Build and maintain financial models and analyses that support operational investments, productivity initiatives and operational trade-offs
• Prepare scenarios and analysis that help functional partners and business units evaluate priorities and allocate resources
• Identify risks and opportunities in the numbers and surface them to functional partners and finance leadership
• Support the financial narrative for assigned client groups, connecting performance drivers to outcomes and highlighting risks and opportunities
• Collaborate across the business to provide root-cause analysis and actionable insights—based on both financial and non-financial data
• Communicate analysis and insights by leveraging multiple data sources, identifying complete, consistent, and actionable recommendations, and translating them into clear, understandable themes
• Partner with manufacturing and distribution teams to analyze direct labor cost, overtime, and productivity, identifying the drivers behind performance and opportunities to improve efficiency and cost
• Quantify the financial impact of inventory and supply-demand decisions, including excess and obsolete exposure and reserve requirements
• Prepare working capital forecasts and track inventory and related cash flow performance against targets, explaining drivers behind the variances
• Build business cases and ROI analysis for capital investment and productivity projects, and support post-implementation reviews to confirm results are realized
• Translate inventory and working capital trends into actionable insights and recommendations for functional partners and finance leadership
• Partner day-to-day with functional partners and leaders within Operations & Supply Chain to deliver insights that support decision-making
• Work with corporate cost accounting and site-level finance teams to connect financial results and operational drivers
• Provide finance support for cross-functional initiatives that improve cost, service, and efficiency
• Mentor and develop finance team members or analysts, supporting their growth and day-to-day performance
• Lead, mentor, manage, and staff a team of factory-based finance employees and inventory specialists, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and promoting a culture of leadership excellence
• Drive team performance by setting clear goals, providing ongoing feedback, and facilitating professional growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• 8+ years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, including support for operations, supply chain, or manufacturing
• Sound business acumen with the ability to connect financial outcomes to operational drivers
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling capability, with attention to detail and a high-level analytical perspective
• Able to influence partners and support decisions in a cross-functional, matrix environment
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate financial insights into clear business actions for technical and non-technical audiences
• Effective problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with a collaborative and results-oriented approach
• 4+ years of leadership experience, with experience developing high-performing teams

Skills

• Master’s degree or MBA
• Experience supporting operations or supply chain finance
• Exposure to inventory, working capital and capital investment decision-making
• Experience influencing operational strategy through financial insight
• Track record of driving performance improvement and operational outcomes

Benefits

Base pay range: $111,100.00 - $194,400.00