Manager, Operations Finance

Job Title: Manager, Operations Finance

Function/Department: Finance

Reports to: Vice President, Operations Finance

Location: Westerville

FLSA: Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY

Vertiv, a global leader in critical infrastructure solutions and services, is seeking an action-oriented Manager, Operations Finance to join our Americas Finance team based in Westerville, OH. This critical leadership role owns regional and plant-level financial planning, driving a collaborative, bottoms-up approach to fixed cost management, salaried headcount optimization, and capital expenditures. The ideal candidate serves as a strategic gatekeeper for regional Capex—actively partnering with operations to maximize and validate ROI—while standardizing processes and maintaining strict financial discipline across all manufacturing facilities This role requires a self-starter with experience in manufacturing finance, operational leadership, and process improvement.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Leadership and Process Ownership:

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with regional leadership, plant controllers, and operations partners to align objectives.
• Design and standardize scalable bottoms-up monthly and annual forecasting frameworks across all facilities.
• Establish clear reporting mechanisms, ensuring site teams are held accountable for performance & budget variances.
• Synthesize complex facility-level financial performance into concise, insight-driven presentations for leadership.
• Mentor financial analyst(s) supporting regional initiatives, fostering a culture of partnering and analytical rigor.

Fixed Cost Planning & Control:

• Manage the planning and tracking of fixed salary headcount with a recurring target headcount approval process.
• Balance strict fixed-cost containment with strategic resource enablement, ensuring lean overhead while funding the salaried capacity needed for growth, safety, quality, and profitability.
• Partner with operations to convert productivity projects into auditable P&L cost savings.
• Analyze and monitor plant-level fixed overhead structures to proactively identify structural waste and variance risks.

Capex Planning and Execution:

• Drive financial evaluations of capital allocation; pressure-test business cases to optimize ROI and payback periods.
• Monitor capital expenditure project deployment timelines to improve forecast accuracy and drive timely execution.
• Implement a post-mortem financial review on major Capex deployments to ensure projected cost savings are realized.
• Uncover productivity opportunities within plant operations to strategically fund and prioritize high-ROI capital projects.

QUALIFICATIONS

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or Finance; MBA preferred

  6+ years of experience in finance at a multi-site manufacturing organization

  Advanced experience in financial planning and analysis

• Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies
• Strong leadership skills with a track record of managing high-performance cross-functional teams
• Ability to pull together and summarize large amounts of data into concise explanations
• Comprehensive and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
  ERP systems experience, preferably Oracle