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Responsibilities:

• Serve as the senior finance leader and strategic business partner for the manufacturing site, providing financial leadership, business insights, and recommendations that influence operational, commercial, and strategic decisions.
• Own plant financial performance, including P&L management, profitability, margins, working capital, budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning, while identifying risks, opportunities, and actions that improve business results.
• Lead manufacturing finance and cost controlling activities, including standard costing, inventory valuation, variance analysis, absorption costing, productivity measurement, KPI management, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Develop and manage financial and operational dashboards, analytics, and performance metrics that strengthen accountability, improve financial visibility, and enable data-driven decision making across the plant.
• Partner closely with Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, Engineering, and site leadership to support pricing, customer and product profitability, capital investments, make-versus-buy decisions, operational improvements, and long-term business planning.
• Ensure strong financial controls, reporting accuracy, and compliance while continuously improving finance processes, forecasting discipline, cost transparency, and overall financial performance.
• Drive finance transformation and continuous improvement through automation, Power BI or similar analytics tools, ERP optimization, and advanced reporting capabilities that improve efficiency, visibility, and decision support.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with 7+ years of progressive finance, accounting, or controlling experience, including significant experience supporting a manufacturing operation.
• Strong expertise in plant finance and manufacturing cost accounting, including standard costing, inventory accounting and valuation, variance analysis, absorption costing, budgeting, forecasting, and plant profitability management.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a financial business partner to plant or operations leadership, translating financial and operational data into recommendations and actions that improve business performance.
• Strong ERP and financial systems experience required, with SAP preferred, along with proficiency in Power BI or comparable business intelligence and analytics tools.
• Proven ability to evaluate and influence business decisions involving cost, pricing, profitability, capital investment, productivity, working capital, and operational performance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, challenge business assumptions, drive accountability, and collaborate effectively across Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Sales, and other functions.
• Strong business acumen, analytical capability, communication skills, and continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to operate effectively as a senior finance leader in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

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The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.