Senior Business Controller, Manufacturing, North America

About the Role The Senior Business Controller, Manufacturing, North America at the Totowa, NJ facility partners with site directors and senior stakeholders to translate operational strategies into financial plans, deliver actionable insights, and drive sustainable growth, optimized cost and improved cash flow. This leadership role includes P&L ownership for manufacturing site performance and leading a team of controllers across US sites. What You'll Do

• Act as a trusted advisor to site directors and leadership teams; proactively challenge assumptions and drive informed decision making to improve profitability, cost structure and cash flow; translate operational strategies into financial plans, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Provide site P&L leadership: efficiency, utilization, labor productivity, maintenance effectiveness and other cost optimization initiatives.
• Critically evaluate footprint changes, capacity expansions, insourcing/outsourcing; develop capex business cases and post-investment reviews.
• Drive optimal inventory levels and own inventory valuation and provision.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead a team of manufacturing controllers based at US manufacturing sites with a strong business-partnering mindset; foster collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement; align team efforts with organizational objectives and support professional growth.
• Performance Management & Insights: Drive forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning; Deliver timely, relevant and actionable insights through advanced analytics and business intelligence tools (SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Fabric, Power BI); translate complex financial data into clear, impactful recommendations; proactively identify, validate and track opportunities for cost optimization, productivity, working capital improvement, and strategic investment ensuring benefits land in P&L and cash; monitor and report on manufacturing performance, highlighting risks and opportunities; support the Director Business Control Manufacturing on projects and/or ad-hoc assignments.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams to align financial goals with strategic priorities; contribute to global finance transformation, standardization, and best-practice sharing; influence senior stakeholders through clear, concise financial narratives; collaborate with Financial Accounting teams to ensure timely accurate and complete financial statements. What We're Looking For
• Experience serving as a strategic business partner to manufacturing site directors and senior corporate stakeholders.
• Proven ability to translate financial and operational data into actionable insights; challenge assumptions; drive profitability, cost structure and cash flow.
• Strong leadership, team development, and cross-functional collaboration skills; ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience with forecasting, budgeting and long-range planning; proficiency in advanced analytics and BI tools (SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Fabric, Power BI).
• Knowledge of capacity planning, footprint changes, insourcing/ Outsourcing; capex business case development and post-investment reviews.
• Expertise in inventory management, valuation, and provision; working capital optimization.
• Excellent financial storytelling and communication skills.