Finance Manager, Hard Rock

Job Overview

Reporting to the Business Controller, the Finance Manager, Hard Rock, is a hands-on finance leader and business partner responsible for strengthening financial insight, operational accountability, and decision support for the Komatsu Hard Rock Sudbury operations. The role builds trusted relationships across the factory and commercial organization, works directly with operational leaders to understand the drivers behind financial results, and translates analysis into practical actions that improve performance, cost management, forecasting accuracy, and profitability. The Finance Manager leads and develops the financial analyst team, supports core accounting and control activities.  The position is a hybrid position working in office and from remote office location within the Greater Sudbury, Ontario city region.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted finance partner to factory leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Serve as a working leader and perform some accounting activities while guiding your financial analysis direct reports.
• Analyze financial and operational performance, explain variances, and drive corrective actions.
• Deliver timely reporting, forecasts, risk assessments, and actionable recommendations.
• Support financial close, reconciliations, inventory, WIP, costing, and manufacturing-variance analysis.
• Lead standard costing, estimating, margin, pricing, make-versus-buy, and business-case analysis.
• Coordinate budgets, forecasts, capital planning, cost reduction, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, audit requirements, and data-governance standards.
• Improve finance systems, reporting, and analytics using SAP, Excel, Power BI, AI, and other approved tools.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Commerce, Finance, or a related discipline.
• CPA designation preferred; candidates actively progressing toward a CPA designation may be considered.
• Five or more years of progressive finance or accounting experience, preferably in industrial manufacturing, operational finance, cost accounting, or a comparable environment.
• Experience analyzing financial and operating results and providing business consultation based on forecasts, actual performance, and operational drivers.
• Prior experience leading, supervising, coaching, or coordinating the work of finance professionals is preferred.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, management reporting, internal controls, and audit support.
• Industrial manufacturing experience is strongly preferred; OEM, mining, construction, or engineering industry exposure is an asset.
• Project management, systems implementation, or continuous improvement experience is an asset.
• May be required to travel up to 10% of the time for training, meetings, or business support.

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