Accounting, Alliance/Partner Management, Analysis Skills, Budgeting, Business Administration, Business Case, Capital Allocation, Capital Expenditure (CAPEX), Capital Project, Communication Skills, Continuous Improvement, Cost Control, Cross-Functional, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Establish Priorities, Expense Tracking, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Operations, Financial Planning, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Forecasting, Funding, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Operations, Mentoring, Microsoft Excel, Operations Management, Operations Processes, Oracle, Process Improvement, Profit & Loss, Project/Program Management, Return on Investment (ROI), Safety/Work Safety, Team Player, Test Case, Time Management
Job Title: Manager, Operations Finance
Function/Department: Finance
Reports to: Vice President, Operations Finance
Location: Westerville
FLSA: Exempt
POSITION SUMMARY
Vertiv, a global leader in critical infrastructure solutions and services, is seeking an action-oriented Manager, Operations Finance to join our Americas Finance team based in Westerville, OH. This critical leadership role owns regional and plant-level financial planning, driving a collaborative, bottoms-up approach to fixed cost management, salaried headcount optimization, and capital expenditures. The ideal candidate serves as a strategic gatekeeper for regional Capex-actively partnering with operations to maximize and validate ROI-while standardizing processes and maintaining strict financial discipline across all manufacturing facilities This role requires a self-starter with experience in manufacturing finance, operational leadership, and process improvement.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Leadership and Process Ownership:
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with regional leadership, plant controllers, and operations partners to align objectives.
- Design and standardize scalable bottoms-up monthly and annual forecasting frameworks across all facilities.
- Establish clear reporting mechanisms, ensuring site teams are held accountable for performance & budget variances.
- Synthesize complex facility-level financial performance into concise, insight-driven presentations for leadership.
- Mentor financial analyst(s) supporting regional initiatives, fostering a culture of partnering and analytical rigor.
Fixed Cost Planning & Control:
- Manage the planning and tracking of fixed salary headcount with a recurring target headcount approval process.
- Balance strict fixed-cost containment with strategic resource enablement, ensuring lean overhead while funding the salaried capacity needed for growth, safety, quality, and profitability.
- Partner with operations to convert productivity projects into auditable P&L cost savings.
- Analyze and monitor plant-level fixed overhead structures to proactively identify structural waste and variance risks.
Capex Planning and Execution:
- Drive financial evaluations of capital allocation; pressure-test business cases to optimize ROI and payback periods.
- Monitor capital expenditure project deployment timelines to improve forecast accuracy and drive timely execution.
- Implement a post-mortem financial review on major Capex deployments to ensure projected cost savings are realized.
- Uncover productivity opportunities within plant operations to strategically fund and prioritize high-ROI capital projects.
QUALIFICATIONS
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, or Finance; MBA preferred
6+ years of experience in finance at a multi-site manufacturing organization
Advanced experience in financial planning and analysis
- Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong knowledge of lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies
- Strong leadership skills with a track record of managing high-performance cross-functional teams
- Ability to pull together and summarize large amounts of data into concise explanations
- Comprehensive and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
ERP systems experience, preferably Oracle