Senior Manager, Business Finance - Operations & Supply Chain

Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. What does that mean? Well, we pump peanut butter into your jar, and the oil in your car. We glue the soles of your shoes, the glass in your windows and the screen on your phone. We spray the finish on your vehicle, coatings on your pills, the paint on your house and texture on your walls. Graco is part of your daily life.

This role is currently based at our Minneapolis office and will transition to our new headquarters in Dayton, MN, in 2027.  

The Senior Manager, Business Finance – Supply Chain provides financial planning, analysis and reporting support for key client groups within the Operations & Supply Chain function. This position partners with key leaders and functional groups to connect financial insight to operational performance, delivering the analysis and reporting that support decisions on productivity, inventory, and cost. The individual in this position prepares forecasts, models and analysis for assigned client groups, translating financial and operational results into clear, actionable insights.

What You Will Do at Graco

Planning, Forecasting & Analysis

• Facilitate the financial forecasting and planning processes with supply chain and operations functional partners, resulting in quarterly forecast updates, annual plans, and long-range plans
• Build and maintain financial models and analyses that support operational investments, productivity initiatives and operational trade-offs
• Prepare scenarios and analysis that help functional partners and business units evaluate priorities and allocate resources
• Identify risks and opportunities in the numbers and surface them to functional partners and finance leadership

Performance Management & Business Insight

• Support the financial narrative for assigned client groups, connecting performance drivers to outcomes and highlighting risks and opportunities
• Collaborate across the business to provide root-cause analysis and actionable insights—based on both financial and non-financial data
• Communicate analysis and insights by leveraging multiple data sources, identifying complete, consistent, and actionable recommendations, and translating them into clear, understandable themes
• Partner with manufacturing and distribution teams to analyze direct labor cost, overtime, and productivity, identifying the drivers behind performance and opportunities to improve efficiency and cost.
• Maintain and improve metrics and reporting that connect operational activity to financial results
• Track performance against plan and recommend actions to close gaps, in partnership with functional partners

Inventory, Working Capital & Capital Analysis

• Quantify the financial impact of inventory and supply-demand decisions, including excess and obsolete exposure and reserve requirements.
• Prepare working capital forecasts and track inventory and related cash flow performance against targets, explaining drivers behind the variances.
• Build business cases and ROI analysis for capital investment and productivity projects, and support post-implementation reviews to confirm results are realized.
• Translate inventory and working capital trends into actionable insights and recommendations for functional partners and finance leadership.

Business Partnership & Financial Management

• Partner day-to-day with functional partners and leaders within Operations & Supply Chain to deliver insights that support decision-making
• Work with corporate cost accounting and site-level finance teams to connect financial results and operational drivers
• Provide finance support for cross-functional initiatives that improve cost, service, and efficiency
• Mentor and develop finance team members or analysts, supporting their growth and day-to-day performance
• Ensure compliance with company management and accounting policies, and provide input into process improvements

Team Leadership and Financial Management

• Lead, mentor, manage, and staff a team of factory-based finance employees and inventory specialists, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and promoting a culture of leadership excellence
• Drive team performance by setting clear goals, providing ongoing feedback, and facilitating professional growth opportunities.

What You Will Bring to Graco:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• 8+ years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, including support for operations, supply chain, or manufacturing.
• Sound business acumen with the ability to connect financial outcomes to operational drivers.
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling capability, with attention to detail and a high-level analytical perspective.
• Ability to influence partners and support decisions in a cross-functional, matrix environment.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate financial insights into clear business actions for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Effective problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with a collaborative and results-oriented approach.4+ years of leadership experience, with experience developing high-performing teams

Accelerators:

• Master’s degree or MBA
• Experience supporting operations or supply chain finance
• Exposure to inventory, working capital and capital investment decision-making
• Experience influencing operational strategy through financial insight
• Track record of driving performance improvement and operational outcomes

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Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship now or in the future (e.g., H-1B, TN, F-1 OPT).

At Graco, you truly make a difference. Your unique talents contribute to our organizational growth and future. Not only do you make a difference, but Graco’s culture empowers employees to create their own career path. Whether you choose to advance within your current department or explore new opportunities in different divisions, you have the ability to build your future. Our managers are here to provide support and guidance as you continue to grow within your career.

Graco has excellent opportunities available to individuals who want to be part of a fast-moving, growing company that is committed to quality, innovation and solving fluid handling problems for our customers. Graco is proud to be named a Best Place to Work by Fortune Magazine in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 & 2022. Graco offers attractive compensation, benefits and career development opportunities. Graco’s comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, stock purchase plan, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and more.

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The base pay range for this position is listed below, exclusive of fringe benefits or other compensation.  If you are hired, your final base hourly rate will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, competencies, education, and/or experience.  In addition to those factors, we will also consider internal equity of our current employees.  Please keep in mind that the range provided is the full base salary range for the role.  Hiring at or near the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth.