LINDSAY FAMILY OF BRANDS
Job Description
Finance & Accounting Manager
Position Summary
Lindsay Precast is seeking a Finance & Accounting Manager to join the team. The individual will help drive the close, reporting, and financial analysis process, and be a key contributor to the budgeting and forecasting process. Responsibilities include serving as a finance business partner to plant and operational leadership, owning the AR and AP processes, leading variance and inventory analysis, partnering with operators on cost drivers and profitability, and coaching a small team.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted finance business partner to plant and operational leadership, providing financial insight and recommendations to improve business performance.
- Partner with operational leaders to understand cost drivers, identify improvement opportunities, and support decisions that improve profitability and efficiency.
- Support monthly close, budgeting, forecasting, and reforecasting activities in partnership with plant and functional leadership.
- Own the AP and AR processes, partnering with plant teams to ensure accurate, timely processing.
- Review and approve journal entries and prepare account reconciliations
- Analyze financial results, KPIs, and operational performance, translating variances and trends into actionable insights and recommendations.
- Use financial reporting, dashboards, and analytical tools to give leadership clear, ongoing visibility into business performance.
- Partner with plant teams on inventory analysis, including physical count variances, inventory turns, valuation, usage, and opportunities to improve accuracy.
- Manage, coach, and develop Plant Accountants while ensuring accurate, timely, and consistent financial processes and reporting.
- Drive continuous improvement across accounting processes, systems, and reporting, including support for ERP initiatives and automation.
Qualifications
Required:
- 5+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
- Experience overseeing AP and AR functions, including billing, collections, and vendor payment processes.
- Practical understanding of the month end close process, cost accounting, inventory analysis, and plant-level financial operations.
- Proficiency with ERP systems and Excel
- Working knowledge of GAAP as it applies to manufacturing and inventory accounting.
- Proven ability to translate financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-finance audiences.
Preferred:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Industry experience in precast concrete or manufacturing.
- Experience supporting ERP implementations or process automation initiatives.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong business partnering and influencing skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong communication skills
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with plant operations teams
Travel
- Ability to travel to plant locations as needed (approximately 25%).
About Lindsay Family of Brands
Lindsay Family of Brands is a PE-backed infrastructure company building a leading North American platform across precast concrete, integrated solar and energy solutions, and specialty tank systems. With 10 plants, 575 employees, and operations across 40 states, we are executing an aggressive growth strategy toward $500M in revenue by 2030.
We move fast, hold ourselves accountable, and invest in people who want to grow with us.