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Operations-focused finance leader with 18 years at a Fortune 500 global industrial manufacturer, rising from a finance leadership development program through plant controller, FP&A manager and division finance director roles. Most recently led finance for a global electrical products division with strong manufacturing margins: strategy, profit planning, reporting, cash flow, FP&A, accounting and controls, with plant finance teams reporting direct and dotted line. Deep plant controllership, cost accounting and multi-year strategic planning experience across large aerospace and electrical businesses. Led an international site startup, automation business cases and a division-wide finance transformation. Hands-on partner to operations who is most at home on the shop floor. Seeking a Finance Director, VP Finance or head of finance role with a manufacturing company. Open to relocating to St. Louis, his hometown.

Career Highlight 1: Led the financial side of a new offshore manufacturing site ($13M investment): built the growth and cost-savings business case to cut over-reliance on one Mexico location (80% of output; labor costs up ~127% since 2020), then stood up the site. Partnered w/ central tax and legal entity teams; his team on site hands-on; integrated ERP and finance in a foreign country with an intricate tax structure.

Career Highlight 2: Drove a division automation program: business cases and payback tracking for largely automated production lines (lower cost, higher quality) and an automated warehouse storage system at a US distribution center ($3.5M mature-year savings). Integrated ERP, accounting and tax implications across the automation investments.

Career Highlight 3: Partnered with operations and commercial leadership to define data-center market capacity requirements, securing $25M+ in incremental funding for internal and supplier capacity expansion. Also designed and executed a division finance transformation: redesigned future-state finance roles and shifted non-operational work from plants to finance centers of excellence.

Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): I’m a finance leader who lives in operations. I’d rather be on the production floor than in an office, and I know the product, costs and warranty issues, not just the numbers. That lets me partner with manufacturing, supply chain and sales on smart calls. I’ve stood up a new international plant, built the business cases behind automation that saved millions, secured $25M+ for capacity growth and developed finance teams whose people stepped into my roles. I build plans that hold up and teams that last.

Strengths: Cross-functional collaboration (mfg, marketing, sales, supply chain, HR); strategic FP&A / 5-yr planning; hands-on manufacturing/ops finance – on the floor, knows product, costing, warranty; building strong finance teams and successors

Education: Bachelor’s in Finance

Industry Experience: Industrials, Manufacturing

Company Fit: Great fit for midsize and large companies; plant, division and global business-unit finance within a Fortune 500 manufacturer.

Management Experience: ~14 years leading finance teams (2012-2026), from 1-2 reports up to ~11 direct and indirect across plant and strategic finance; also led a 35-person multi-shift stockroom team on a stretch assignment. Develops successors.

Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote