<p>Are you a finance leader with deep expertise in manufacturing operations, supply chain, and operational finance? Do you thrive on working alongside operational leaders to understand business drivers, improve performance, and translate data into actionable strategies?</p><p>We’re partnering with a well-established manufacturing organization to identify a <strong>Director of FP&A</strong> who brings a strong understanding of how manufacturing businesses operate and how financial performance is driven across the organization. This FP&A Director role is an opportunity for someone who goes beyond traditional FP&A to serve as a trusted business partner to operations and supply chain leadership, connecting operational metrics to financial outcomes and driving informed business decisions.</p><p><br></p><p>The ideal candidate combines strong financial acumen with hands-on knowledge of manufacturing processes, supply chain dynamics, cost drivers, and operational KPIs. This individual will help leaders identify opportunities to improve efficiency, optimize costs, strengthen profitability, and drive sustainable business performance.</p><p><br></p><p>What You’ll Do as FP&A Director:</p><ul><li>Lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and performance analysis with a strong emphasis on manufacturing operations, supply chain, and operational results.</li><li>Partner closely with manufacturing, operations, procurement, and supply chain leaders to understand business performance, identify opportunities, and influence decisions.</li><li>Develop and analyze operational KPIs tied to production efficiency, labor productivity, capacity utilization, inventory, material costs, supply chain performance, and manufacturing profitability.</li><li>Connect operational performance metrics to financial results, providing visibility into cost drivers, margins, productivity, and opportunities for improvement.</li><li>Serve as a trusted financial advisor to operational leaders, building strong relationships and fostering a collaborative, data-driven approach to decision-making.</li><li>Analyze variances to plan, identify root causes of performance gaps, and collaborate with business leaders to develop and execute corrective actions.</li><li>Evaluate manufacturing and supply chain initiatives, capital investments, and process improvements through financial modeling, ROI analysis, and performance measurement.</li><li>Provide financial insights that support production planning, inventory management, sourcing decisions, cost optimization, and operational efficiency.</li><li>Enhance reporting, forecasting, and analytical processes to provide greater visibility into business performance and improve accountability.</li><li>Communicate financial and operational insights to executive leadership, helping translate complex data into clear recommendations and strategic actions.</li></ul><p>Why Consider This Opportunity?</p><ul><li><strong>Be a true business partner:</strong> Build trusted relationships across manufacturing and supply chain, helping leaders make better, data-driven decisions.</li><li><strong>Join a proven organization:</strong> Our recruiting team has a long history of successful placements with this organization and firsthand familiarity with its hiring needs and culture.</li></ul><p>For immediate consideration call Jimmy Tunney at 517-657-8054.</p>
<p>We are looking for an experienced FP&A Manager to support strategic finance activities for a Long-term Contract position based in Wixom, Michigan. This role will lead planning, forecasting, and performance analysis while providing clear financial insight to senior leaders and operational stakeholders. The ideal candidate will bring strong business acumen, advanced modeling capabilities, and a hands-on approach to improving reporting and decision support.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p><br></p><p>• Lead company budgeting, rolling forecasts, and financial planning activities to support short- and long-range business objectives.</p><p>• Prepare and interpret financial reports that highlight trends, risks, and performance drivers for leadership review.</p><p>• Partner with cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders to translate operational results into actionable financial recommendations.</p><p>• Support acquisition-related finance activities, including analysis, reporting alignment, and integration of newly acquired business operations.</p><p>• Build and enhance dashboards and management reporting tools that improve visibility into key financial and operational metrics.</p><p>• Oversee consolidations and deliver accurate monthly and periodic reporting packages for management decision-making.</p><p>• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, strengthen controls, and advance finance transformation initiatives across the organization.</p><p>• Develop financial models to evaluate business scenarios, investment decisions, and overall performance outcomes.</p>
<p>Our client is a scaling manufacturing organization experiencing continued growth and looking to add an FP&A Manager who can help the business make smarter, more informed decisions as it evolves.</p><p><br></p><p>This is not a traditional FP&A Manager role focused primarily on reporting and budgeting. The ideal candidate will be a strategic financial partner who enjoys building financial models, evaluating investments and initiatives, and helping leadership understand the financial implications of important business decisions.</p><p><br></p><p>As a FP&A Manager you'll have the opportunity to work closely with executive and operational leaders on growth initiatives, capital investments, process improvements, cost-reduction opportunities and other strategic projects.</p><p><br></p><p>What You'll Do</p><ul><li>Lead financial analysis and modeling to support strategic business decisions and growth initiatives.</li><li>Build sophisticated financial models to evaluate investments, projects, operational changes and potential business opportunities.</li><li>Develop ROI, NPV, payback and scenario analyses to assess the financial impact of proposed initiatives.</li><li>Partner with operations, manufacturing, supply chain and leadership to develop business cases and quantify opportunities.</li><li>Analyze the financial impact of capital investments, automation, equipment purchases, capacity expansion and process improvements.</li><li>Identify opportunities to improve profitability, reduce costs and optimize the use of company resources.</li><li>Develop and maintain annual budgets, forecasts and long-range financial plans.</li><li>Analyze actual results versus budget and forecast, identifying key drivers and opportunities for improvement.</li><li>Develop financial and operational KPIs that provide leadership with better visibility into business performance.</li><li>Translate complex financial information into clear, actionable recommendations for non-financial leaders.</li><li>Support strategic and transformation projects by providing financial analysis, modeling and decision support.</li><li>Partner with accounting to ensure financial reporting and analysis accurately reflect business performance.</li><li>Continuously improve FP&A processes, reporting tools and analytical capabilities as the organization scales.</li></ul><p>For immediate consideration call Jimmy Tunney at 517-657-8054.</p>
We are looking for an experienced Director of Finance to lead the organization’s financial strategy and daily accounting operations in Detroit, Michigan. This role will guide reporting, budgeting, compliance, and cash management activities while providing senior leadership with insight that supports informed decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong technical finance expertise, sound judgment, and the ability to build effective processes, controls, and teams.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the finance and accounting function, setting direction for day-to-day operations and aligning financial practices with organizational priorities.<br>• Oversee the accuracy of the general ledger, reconciliations, and period-end close activities, ensuring timely delivery of reliable financial statements and management reports.<br>• Manage billing, collections, cash application, receivables monitoring, and grant funding tracking to maintain healthy cash flow and strong revenue controls.<br>• Direct the development of annual operating and grant budgets, monitor performance against plan, and provide forecasting and financial guidance throughout the year.<br>• Administer the financial aspects of grants and contracts, including budget oversight, reporting, compliance review, and ongoing fiscal monitoring.<br>• Ensure completion of tax filings and regulatory reporting requirements while maintaining adherence to applicable federal, state, and local standards.<br>• Coordinate annual audits, including Single Audits and other required reviews, by preparing documentation, responding to auditor requests, and supporting corrective follow-up when needed.<br>• Supervise treasury activities, banking relationships, liquidity planning, risk management, insurance review, and the strengthening of internal controls, record retention, and finance policies.<br>• Deliver financial analysis, presentations, and recommendations that support strategic planning, operational decisions, special projects, and effective resource allocation.<br>• Develop and mentor finance staff while promoting accountability, focused growth, and broader financial understanding across the organization.