The posting
Lineage is currently searching for a Manager, Finance to join our growing team. Ideal candidates possess in-depth experience in finance, accounting or economics combined with strong technical skills, natural curiosity and the ability to thrive in a highly collaborative team environment. You will partner closely with the RVPs of Operations and Sales, as well as facility General Managers and Sales Managers, to drive regional portfolios of business consisting of approximately 30 operating locations generating over $250 million of annual revenue. As the Field Finance leader for this portfolio you will need to be highly effective at facilitating and leading cross-functional teams and building strong working relationships with operating leaders at all levels. In addition, this role will lead and develop a small team of Field Finance professionals, ensuring strong execution of forecasting, reporting, planning, margin enhancing initiatives, and analytical support while building future finance talent for the organization.
Job Functions
- Demonstrated success in coaching, developing, and retaining high-performing teams.
- Experience leading teams within a matrixed, fast-paced environment while balancing strategic initiatives and day-to-day business support.
- Proven ability to build team capability, drive accountability, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Develop strong relationships based on mutual trust and respect with operating leaders at all levels
- Partner closely with Operations and Sales leaders to drive results, function as a regional CFO
- Drive financial results via data analysis, including key trends, variance analysis and development of financial models for decision support
- Lead annual multi-year strategic plan and business plan processes, including year-over-year analysis of Site and Region level P&Ls
- Continued development and improvement of Workday and Adaptive Insights reporting, forecasting, and planning tools
- Lead monthly reporting and forecast processes including variance analysis and explanations, and driving an action oriented mindset and results focus. The key is to provide insights and strategies that drive the business, not just reporting the news.
- Increase productivity by improving automated reporting and forecasting tools
- Market research, data mining and business intelligence ad-hoc projects
- Support mergers and acquisitions analysis and integration as necessary
- Review and influence capital spending plans via business case, payback and profitability analysis
- Drive customer level business case and profitability analysis as necessary
- Drive overall business analysis, understanding and actions using key performance indicators, including non-financial metrics
Qualifications
- Bachelors required, Masters preferred
- 7-10+ years of progressive relevant experience, including management experience
- Strong analytical skills (both qualitative and quantitative), including the ability to solve practical problems and analyze processes for improvement
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex information crisply and succinctly
- Strong interpersonal skills and presence to quickly gain respect and build strong working relationships across the organization at all levels, including C-Suite/Executive
- Comfort working in a hands-on, highly engaged environment and willingness to demonstrate a high degree of flexibility along with a strong work ethic and bias for action
- Natural curiosity along with a high degree of enthusiasm, commitment, servant leadership skills and a willingness to challenge the status quo
- Demonstrated ability to lead and influence without specific authority (cross-functional, matrixed teams)
- Commitment to providing outstanding internal and external customer support
- Strong knowledge of MS Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Familiarity with data query/data management tools (Access, SQL, Business Objects), Workday and Adaptive Insights experience a plus
- Estimated travel 20%
Why Lineage? This is an excellent position to begin your career path within Lineage! Success in this role enables greater responsibilities and promotions! A career at Lineage starts with learning about our business and how each team member plays a part each and every day to satisfy our customers’ requirements. Beyond that, you’ll help us grow and learn on our journey to be the very best employer in our industry. We’ll ask you for your opinion and ensure we do our part to keep you developing and engaged as we grow our business. Working at Lineage is energizing and enjoyable. We value respect and care about our team members.
Lineage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful harassment and retaliation. Lineage will not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability or any other protected status under federal, state and local law.
Benefits Lineage provides safe, stable, reliable work environments, medical, dental, and basic life and disability insurance benefits, 401k retirement plan, paid time off, annual bonus eligibility, and a minimum of 7 holidays throughout the calendar year.
Why Lineage?
This is an excellent position to begin your career path within Lineage! Success in this role enables greater responsibilities and promotions! A career at Lineage starts with learning about our business and how each team member plays a part each and every day to satisfy our customers’ requirements. Beyond that, you’ll help us grow and learn on our journey to be the very best employer in our industry. We’ll ask you for your opinion and ensure we do our part to keep you developing and engaged as we grow our business. Working at Lineage is energizing and enjoyable. We value respect and care about our team members.
Lineage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful harassment and retaliation. Lineage will not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability or any other protected status under federal, state and local law.
Benefits
Lineage provides safe, stable, reliable work environments, medical, dental, and basic life and disability insurance benefits, 401k retirement plan, paid time off, annual bonus eligibility, and a minimum of 7 holidays throughout the calendar year.
