Finance Manager (PCH)

About Site

Catalent’s Kansas City facility is home to our Oral & Specialty Drug Delivery, Biologics Analytical Services and Clinical Supply Services businesses.

Position Summary

We have an opportunity for a Finance Manager (Pharma & Consumer Health) to join our team. In this role, you will lead key financial processes, including accounting, forecasting, and reporting, to ensure objectives and timelines are met. You will support manufacturing accounting, manage budgets, and coordinate inventory activities. This position also involves working closely with leadership on financial analysis and compliance activities.

Shift: 100% onsite
Location: Kansas City, MO

The Role

• Lead monthly accounting, forecasting, and reporting processes to meet Corporate, Business Unit, and Site objectives and timelines

• Support the Manufacturing Accounting process, including managing work orders, routers, and costing deliverables

• Lead the annual Pharma and Consumer Health Site and Functional Budget process, including developing and analyzing budget targets, creating templates, maintaining roll-up files, and preparing deliverables for Site Management and Business Unit Leadership Team

• Coordinate inventory activities with management and Inventory Control, including analysis, reporting, annual wall-to-wall inventory count, cycle counts, and adjustments to ensure accuracy

• Maintain a collaborative relationship with inventory control and supply chain teams

• Assist the General Manager and Director of Finance with metrics, budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc financial and operational analysis related to fixed asset purchases, base cost management, working capital, headcount control, and operational performance

• Ensure SOX-related activities are conducted as documented, coordinate changes as required, and work with corporate teams and auditors on reviews and testing

• Other duties as assigned

The Candidate

Minimum Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in accounting and/or finance from an accredited institution

• Minimum seven years of experience in finance and accounting

• Minimum three years of experience supporting manufacturing and distribution entities

• Minimum three years of experience in cost accounting

• Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent-sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience.

• Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds

Preferred Skills & Background

• Experience with ERP systems JD Edward (JDE)

• Experience with planning and consolidation systems, OneStream

• Master of Business Administration or Certified Public Accountant

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Defined career path with annual performance reviews and feedback

• Diverse and inclusive culture

• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives

• Competitive paid time off plus 8 paid holidays

• Community engagement and green initiatives

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one of employment

• Tuition reimbursement

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

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