Manufacturing Finance & Inventory Operations Manager

Salary: $130,000 - $160,000

We are seeking a Manufacturing Finance & Inventory Operations Manager to serve as the bridge between operations and finance.

This role will own the integrity of inventory transactions, operational financial controls, standard costing methodologies, and manufacturing variance analysis. You will work cross-functionally with operations, logistics, procurement, and leadership to ensure our ERP and inventory systems accurately reflect the economics of the business.

This is a highly hands-on role ideal for someone who has operated in manufacturing, food processing, protein, distribution, or industrial environments where inventory and operational accounting are deeply intertwined.

You will play a critical role in enabling scalable financial reporting, accurate gross margins, inventory visibility, and operational decision-making.

Responsibilities

Inventory & Operational Financial Controls

Own month-end inventory close processes across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods

Ensure timely and accurate closure of purchase orders, receipts, inventory transfers, and sales orders

Reconcile inventory movements, adjustments, yield loss, and scrap

Partner with operations teams to improve ERP transaction discipline and inventory accuracy

Maintain inventory subledger integrity and support reconciliation to the general ledger

Review inventory discrepancies, negative inventory balances, and operational exceptions

Support implementation and optimization of ERP workflows and inventory controls

Cost Accounting & Manufacturing Finance

Build and maintain standard costing methodologies for raw materials, packaging, labor, freight, processing, and cold storage

Develop and maintain product-level and batch-level COGS models

Create labor, freight, and materials standards and perform variance analysis against actuals

Analyze purchase price variances, manufacturing variances, and gross margin drivers

Support pricing decisions and operational improvement initiatives through financial analysis

Partner with operations to improve yields, throughput, and cost efficiency

Reporting & Cross-Functional Support

Build operational finance KPIs and reporting dashboards

Support forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning activities

Assist with audit readiness, inventory procedures, and investor reporting

Collaborate with leadership on scaling operational and financial infrastructure

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in:

manufacturing finance

cost accounting

inventory accounting

supply chain finance

or operational finance roles

Experience working in manufacturing, food processing, protein, CPG, industrial, logistics, or distribution environments

Strong understanding of: inventory accounting, standard costing, variance analysis, operational financial controls

Experience with ERP systems such as Quickbooks, NetSuite, SAP or similar

Advanced Excel / financial modeling capabilities

Ability to work cross-functionally with operations and leadership teams

Comfortable operating in fast-paced startup or scaling operational environments

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in seafood, food manufacturing, protein processing, or cold-chain logistics

Experience implementing or scaling ERP and inventory systems

Experience with outsourced manufacturing or co-manufacturing environments

CPA, CMA, or relevant accounting/finance certifications