Finance Manager at Commercial Metals Company

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it's what's inside that counts _______________________________ There’s more to CMC than our products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, it’s the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, manufacturing facilities, steel mills and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent by offering: • Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental • Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation • 4.5% Company Match 401(k) plan • $500 Annual Company-paid Lifestyle Benefit • Competitive Compensation and Bonuses • Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance • Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Training and Advancement Opportunities Why This Job CMC provides an excellent opportunity to learn the steel, construction reinforcement and ground stabilization industries and to grow in your career. Whether you will spend your day brainstorming in an office cubicle, operating a crane, running manufacturing equipment or troubleshooting technical obstacles, at CMC, you’ll get the training and support from your team that you need to excel in your role and reach your full potential. What You'll Do • Support the month-end close process by partnering with accounting and finance leadership to ensure the financial statements are completed accurately within the required reporting deadlines • Analyze monthly results, identify key variances, and provide clear explanations of drivers impacting revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, working capital, and cash flow • Prepare financial reporting packages, variance commentary, balance sheet reviews, and other management reporting deliverables for plant and corporate leadership • Partner with general managers and operations leaders to explain financial performance and provide insight into production costs, material usage, labor efficiency, inventory levels, freight costs, pricing trends, and plant profitability • Support the internal control environment by ensuring key financial controls are properly documented, executed, reviewed, and retained in accordance with company policy and public company compliance requirements • Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning for manufacturing operations, including sales volume, average selling price, labor costs, raw materials, repairs and maintenance, plant overhead, and capital expenditures • Contribute to special projects, strategic initiatives, capital investments, and cross-functional efforts, bringing financial analysis, project discipline, and collaborative problem-solving to business priorities • Support the development, enhancement, and governance of financial models used for long-range planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and alignment with corporate standards • Partner on integration activities for recently acquired companies, including coordination with IT on system changeovers, financial reporting alignment, process integration, and project execution support • Serve as a strategic partner to the Director of Finance and business leadership, ensuring business unit objectives are aligned with divisional and corporate goals What You'll Need • Strong month-end close leadership skills with the ability to manage deadlines, coordinate cross-functional inputs, and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced public-company environment • Strong strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders • Experience developing financial models, forecasts, and performance management tools that support business decision-making • Strong understanding of profitability drivers, financial systems, and data mining techniques across multiple platforms • Ability to synthesize complex information and communicate clear, actionable insights to senior leadership • Proven ability to build trusted relationships, influence key stakeholders, and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization • Ability to travel up to 10% as needed • Minimum 5–7 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, FP&A, or related field; distribution or manufacturing experience is a plus • Experience with internal controls, SOX compliance, audit support, and control documentation • Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint • MBA, CPA, or CMA strongly preferred Your Education • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related business field required We are CMC, a Fortune 500® company at the leading edge of our industry. Our construction reinforcement and steel products have supported construction projects and structures around the world. The secret to our success? We’ve built our legacy by assembling a team of innovators and doers to tackle some of the most challenging construction reinforcement problems facing our world for more than 100 years — and we’re just getting started. If you’re ready to join a team working to make our industry more sustainable, support the bridges, roadways, buildings and infrastructure that connects our communities, and do meaningful work, you’re ready to join CMC. Apply today and start moving your career — and our world — forward. Let's build a better world! CMC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or other status protected by federal, state or local law. From Fortune Magazine. © 2025 Fortune Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license.

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it's what's inside that counts
_______________________________
Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental
Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation
$500 Annual Company-paid Lifestyle Benefit
Competitive Compensation and Bonuses
Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Training and Advancement Opportunities
Why This Job
Support the month-end close process by partnering with accounting and finance leadership to ensure the financial statements are completed accurately within the required reporting deadlines
Analyze monthly results, identify key variances, and provide clear explanations of drivers impacting revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, EBITDA, working capital, and cash flow
Prepare financial reporting packages, variance commentary, balance sheet reviews, and other management reporting deliverables for plant and corporate leadership
Support the internal control environment by ensuring key financial controls are properly documented, executed, reviewed, and retained in accordance with company policy and public company compliance requirements
Contribute to special projects, strategic initiatives, capital investments, and cross-functional efforts, bringing financial analysis, project discipline, and collaborative problem-solving to business priorities
Support the development, enhancement, and governance of financial models used for long-range planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and alignment with corporate standards
Partner on integration activities for recently acquired companies, including coordination with IT on system changeovers, financial reporting alignment, process integration, and project execution support
Serve as a strategic partner to the Director of Finance and business leadership, ensuring business unit objectives are aligned with divisional and corporate goals
What You'll Need
Strong month-end close leadership skills with the ability to manage deadlines, coordinate cross-functional inputs, and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced public-company environment
Strong strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
Experience developing financial models, forecasts, and performance management tools that support business decision-making

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Minimum 5–7 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, FP&A, or related field; distribution or manufacturing experience is a plus
MBA, CPA, or CMA strongly preferred

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