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Commercial Vehicle Group · Onsite · Northampton, United Kingdom

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Position Summary

The Finance Manager – Global Seats (US) supports the growth and operational efficiency of CVG’s Global Seats Division, reporting directly to the Senior Director of Finance. This role leads financial planning, analysis, and reporting functions, collaborating closely with Plant Controllers across the US and the corporate finance team. The Senior Finance Manager provides strategic financial insights, drives accuracy in forecasting and reporting, and leads a distributed team — making this a highly visible leadership role that directly influences key decision-making across the division.

The position is global and therefore, remote/hybrid working and flexibility is required.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Reporting

  • Oversee the preparation of regional and consolidated division monthly financial reporting, including P&L and working capital analysis; ensure accuracy and timeliness across all divisional reporting requirements.
  • Lead monthly and quarterly financial reviews with the executive leadership team, translating financial data into clear, actionable insights.
  • Develop and manage forecasting, budgeting, and financial modelling processes, ensuring alignment with divisional and corporate objectives.
  • Advance the use of data analytics, dashboarding, and AI-enabled forecasting tools to improve forecast accuracy, identify financial trends earlier, and strengthen visibility into cost, margin, inventory, and working capital performance.

Strategic Business Partnering

  • Act as a financial advisor to operational and commercial teams, providing insights to improve divisional performance and support key decision-making.
  • Support plant-level month-end close activities, account reconciliations, and variance analysis in partnership with Plant Controllers across the world.
  • Collaborate with divisional leadership to establish and monitor the annual operating plan and monthly forecasts.
  • Use predictive analytics, scenario modelling, and automated variance explanations to support faster, data-informed decisions on pricing, production mix, capital investments, productivity initiatives, and operational risk.

Team Leadership, Process Improvement & Development

  • Identify and implement enhancements to financial procedures and tools to support scalability and future growth; elevate commercial reporting, margin analysis, and operational insight capabilities.
  • Drive process efficiencies and improvements in data management, analysis, and reporting; encourage continuous improvement within the team in alignment with CVG’s goals and values.
  • Partner with IT, operations, and finance stakeholders to standardize data definitions, improve data quality, and responsibly evaluate AI use cases in reporting, forecasting, anomaly detection, and productivity analysis.

Required Qualifications / Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, cost accounting, or financial management, ideally in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
  • Proven leadership experience managing remote or multi-site teams across complex financial functions.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail; able to interpret complex data and translate it into strategic recommendations.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; effective with both technical and non-technical audiences including executive leadership.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools.
  • Demonstrated ability to use financial systems, business intelligence platforms, and large data sets to build scalable reporting, automate recurring analysis, and communicate insights to senior leaders.
  • Authorized to work in the UK without sponsorship

 

CVG IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc (CVG) is an equal employment opportunity employer such that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Visa Sponsorship


At this time, we are not providing sponsorship for this role. Applicants must be authorized to work in the country of the job posting location on a full-time basis.

No Unauthorized Referrals from Recruiters & Vendors


Please note that Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc (CVG) and any of its affiliated companies does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or offers from third party recruiters or staffing agencies associated with any published or unpublished employment opportunities. Any unsolicited information sent to CVG will be considered as unencumbered and free from any fee or charge whatsoever. Only members of our Human Resources Team have the authority to engage or authorize recruiting services, which must be agreed upon before any resume or offer is received.

Career Scam Disclaimer


Commercial Vehicle Group (CVG) makes no representations or guarantees regarding employment opportunities listed on any third-party website.  To protect against career scams, job applicants should take the necessary precautions when interviewing for and accepting employment positions allegedly offered by CVG.  Applicants should never provide their national ID numbers, birth dates, credit card numbers, bank account information or other private information when communicating with prospective employers or responding to employment opportunities online.  Job applicants are invited to contact CVG through CVG’s website to verify the authenticity of any employment opportunities.

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