Finance Business Partner (Manufacturing Operations)

AirBorn is seeking a dynamic, proactive, Finance Business Partner to support our manufacturing sites.

This role will report to our Director of Finance Operations and serve a critical role by providing timely, accurate financial reporting, insightful analysis, and data-driven recommendations for our plant operational teams.

The role requires the ability to work independently and take initiative.

You will partner with plant operations personnel, supply chain, and division finance team members, providing proactive insights about operational performance.

What You Will Do in Your Role:

Financial Reporting, Planning & Analysis:

• Assist with the plants' monthly closing cycle by performing various month-end reviews and analyses, ensuring financial information is recorded appropriately, and providing financial commentary related to plant performance.

• Support the timely preparation of periodic and ad-hoc management reporting for various stakeholders, including plant directors and division management.

• Analyze financial data and create financial models for decision-making.

• Perform variance analysis around labor, materials, and overhead, identifying trends and recommending areas for improvement.

Finance Business Partnership & Operational Support:

• Engage with Operations developing strong relationships to better understand and anticipate needs; provide analytical and financial guidance in support of plant operational improvement plans.

• Review and analyze manufacturing site and product line profitability, partnering with operations to understand drivers of performance and improvement actions.

• Analyze investment projects and growth opportunities to drive the best uses of capital; develop and present data driven insights to help the business make more informed decisions.

• Analyze operational variances working to identify underlying business issues; provide input to improve performance and drive better decision making.

• Knowledge share around KPI performance, providing input to drive better decision making.

• Monitor inventory levels, working with operations to provide data driven insight on optimizing balances and minimizing obsolescence risk.

• Continuously look to identify, challenge, recommend, and support process improvements, standardization, automation, and optimization.

• Provide continuous finance training (e.g., financial metrics and concepts, decision-making framework) to the plant operations teams.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a Business related field.

• 4+ years of experience in accounting, financial reporting, or financial analysis.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Strong organizational skills to anticipate, plan, organize, and self-monitor workload.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to express ideas and exchange information clearly and concisely a...