Lead, Plant Finance Business Partner

Job Title: Lead, Plant Finance Business Partner Job Description: The Role We are seeking a Lead Plant Finance Business Partner to join our team and serve as the finance lead and strategic business partner for our manufacturing plants in Bedford, MA; Reno, NV; and Danbury, CT. Based in Bedford, MA, this individual-contributor role provides financial leadership, operational decision support, and performance management across the three plants while partnering closely with site leadership and the Advanced Purity Solutions (APS) Division. The Lead, Plant Finance is responsible for all aspects of financial planning, analysis, reporting, cost accounting, inventory control, capital investment analysis, and operational finance for the Bedford, Reno, and Danbury plants. The role drives financial accountability across the plants and ensures alignment among plant operations, division objectives, and corporate financial targets. This is an individual-contributor position with no direct reports and reports to the MS Director. What You'll Do: Strategic Finance Leadership Serve as a key finance partner to the leadership teams at the Bedford, Reno, and Danbury plants, providing financial guidance and strategic decision support to drive operational and financial performance. Partner with plant management across the three sites to develop and execute initiatives that improve profitability, productivity, operational efficiency, and working capital performance. Lead financial risk and opportunity assessments and provide recommendations to achieve plant and division objectives. Drive a culture of financial accountability through KPI management, reporting, and business reviews. Financial Planning & Analysis Lead the annual operating plan (AOP), budget, monthly forecast, and long-range financial planning processes for the Bedford, Reno, and Danbury plants. Ensure financial plans align with operational priorities across the three plants, APS Division objectives, and corporate goals. Develop financial models and scenario analyses to support business decisions, capacity planning, labor strategies, and investment opportunities. Monitor performance against plan and communicate risks, opportunities, and corrective actions to plant and division leadership. Manufacturing & Cost Accounting Own plant cost accounting processes across the three sites, including standard costing, inventory valuation, absorption accounting, and variance analysis. Lead the annual standard cost update process, including material costs, labor rates, overhead allocations, BOMs, and routing structures. Analyze manufacturing variances, including labor efficiency, yield, scrap, inventory, overhead absorption, and productivity performance. Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams to identify cost reduction opportunities and improve manufacturing efficiency. Financial Operations & Performance Management Lead month-end and year-end close activities for the three plants, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with GAAP and company policies. Develop and maintain operational financial metrics, dashboards, and performance reporting tools to enhance decision-making across the three plants. Monitor and report key manufacturing KPIs across the three plants, including productivity, labor efficiency, throughput, inventory turns, yield, scrap, and cost performance. Drive accountability for financial commitments and productivity initiatives across the three plants through regular performance reviews. Provide financial leadership for inventory management across the three plants, including cycle counts, physical inventories, excess and obsolete reserves, and working capital improvement initiatives. Support pricing, sourcing, make-versus-buy, and product profitability analyses. Capital & Continuous Improvement Lead financial evaluation of capital expenditures, including ROI, NPV, IRR, and payback analyses. Partner with Operations and Engineering to prioritize c…

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