Finance Director chez uLab Systems Inc

Description

Job Title: Director, Finance

Department:  G&A/Finance

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Level:  9

Purpose of Job:

The Director of Finance provides strategic and analytical leadership to drive data-informed decision-making across the organization. This role combines hands-on financial modeling and cross-functional collaboration with a focus on aligning operational performance, cost efficiency, and long-term growth objectives.

Responsibilities:

· Deep analysis of our manufacturing processes and systems, analytics on current/forecasts costs, and integrated planning to align anticipated demand with supply.

· Serve as a trusted and reliable business partner to the Chief Information Officer and Director of Manufacturing and other business partners, supporting the following activities/functions:

o Manage current operations finance and cost accounting processes; assess and continuously improve operational finance capabilities in these areas. 

o Analyze and report on unit volume, costs, and margin. Develop dashboards to highlight trends over time. Perform ad-hoc reporting as needed.

o Analyze profitability of ancillary services (custom boxes, uAssist) – work with colleagues to develop business models, establish pricing and maximize profitability.

o Analyze production data to understand cost drivers, develop cost/margin forecasts to predict future scenarios – working to continuously to improve efficiency. 

o Align future forecast models for units/revenue with production capacity – plan and recalibrate manufacturing staffing and resources

o Manage capital expenditure reporting and forecasting to align with capacity needs; manage leasing relationship on manufacturing equipment

· Lead the company’s integrated business planning process, working closely with other finance colleagues – this includes the maintenance of the finance calendar and the management of the quarterly rolling forecast process.

· Work closely with IT department and finance colleagues on development and implementation of manufacturing systems and integration of these systems into the broader ERP system

· Partner with cross-functional team members to model costs of proposed business development transactions (e.g., OEM arrangements) or new business/services, to help inform our pricing and to ensure solid margins.

· Collaborate with Operations on monthly physical inventory counts and reconciliation processes.

· Verify labor allocations and cost transfers to ensure proper expense tracking for manufacturing and administrative departments.

· Support continuous improvement in inventory accuracy and reporting metrics tied to production or HR-related materials.

· Assist in monitoring and reporting workforce costs that impact cost of goods sold COGS).

· Assist, as needed, with the development and implementation of new processes to support company-wide efficiency. 

Requirements

Education and Experience Requirements:

· Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related discipline

· Master’s Degree preferred

· Minimum of 10 years’ experience in related field

· Financial Modeling and Business/Data Analytics experience preferred

· Strong financial/business acumen skills, with experience building comprehensive and complex models which support business decisions

· Curious and solutions-minded, with ability to ask the right questions, identify key drivers and to translate data into meaningful information.

· Excellent technology skills:

o MS Office (especially Excel, Powerpoint, Access)

o Solid understanding of data architecture, integration, and validation protocol

o Experience as business intelligence/analytics platform super-user (building queries, designing reports, automating delivery).

· Excellent communication and business partnering skills, with proven ability to deliver information and influence decisions.

· Self-motivated, with ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects across stakeholders.

· Successful project management and cross functional leadership experience