Senior Manager Finance, MIS Operations

Nordson - Columbus, OH

Full-time - Senior

Columbus, OH

Machinery Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Manager of Finance, MIS Operations at Nordson Corporation plays a crucial role as a business partner with Operation Leaders, focusing on the financial management and control of manufacturing operations. This position is responsible for providing decision support for growth initiatives and strategic planning, overseeing financial reporting, and ensuring accurate cost management across global manufacturing sites.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall financial management and coordination of operational results, assessing business trends, providing strategic support, addressing root causes of operation issues.
• Oversee reporting of manufacturing key performance indicators, including metric board report-outs.
• Create and provide monthly presentations to management on manufacturing results.
• Model capital investments used in our plants and labs for costs and savings. Track and report on results.
• Prepare monthly reports, monthly forecasts, budget and annual operating plan and cycle counting and strategic planning.
• Oversee the Global annual manufacturing budgets and forecasts for short- and long-range operating objectives, organizational structure, and staffing requirements for manufacturing and engineering operating teams.
• Analyze and accurately report current month's financial results to the plant, sales, and regional management in accordance with required format and time requirements.
• Manage the annual standard cost revaluation process. Perform audits to ensure product costs are accurate and accounted for properly.
• Drive annual savings by leading cost reduction team to maximize performance between plants and distribution centers.
• Responsible for ensuring that the organization is focused on improving pricing strategies, technology advancements, growing new markets and improving the customer experience.
• Oversee global reporting, planning and forecasting of Indirect Cost of Sales, including all manufacturing locations.
• Oversee global reporting, planning and financial analysis of Inventory & DSI, including all manufacturing locations.
• Assures proper accounting, internal controls and account accuracy for all inventories within area of responsibility, working closely with the Senior Cost Accountant to determine required entries and/or accruals.
• Assists with monitoring of cycle counting activities and administration of required physical inventories. Assists with administration of periodic review of inventory for obsolescence, including identification of candidates, cross-functional review and disposition.
• Provides direction, leadership and supervision to the Senior Cost Accountant in the performance of duties, establishing work priorities, cross training, building capabilities, and in achieving management objectives.
• Assumes other special activities and responsibilities as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA, CPA, CMA desirable.
• A minimum of ten (10) years' experience ideally gained through providing decision support for growth initiatives and strategic planning within a global manufacturing operation.
• Affiliations with successful global manufacturing companies.
• Experience with Standard Costing practices.