Manager Finance Shared Services

The Finance Shared Services Manager serves as the strategic leader of Generac’s Finance Shared Services function, shaping the long‑term direction, scalability, and operational excellence of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Cash Application processes. In this role, the manager drives process optimization, ensuring Finance Shared Services capabilities continuously evolve to support the organization’s financial, operational, and growth objectives.

Acting as a critical connector across the enterprise, the Finance Shared Services Manager partners with Accounting leadership and cross‑functional business stakeholders to enhance process performance, strengthen internal controls, and implement transformative improvements. This role leads high‑impact teams—including Cash Application, Customer Credit Memo, and Accounts Payable—by setting clear strategic priorities, developing talent, and fostering a culture of accountability, accuracy, and continuous improvement.

Major Responsibilities:

Supervision and Leadership of the team

• Select, coach, and develop staff by setting clear expectations to inspire and motivate the team. Manage performance by recognizing achievement, providing feedback, and administering corrective action when necessary.
• Other supervisory responsibilities include: Ensuring the workload of the team is managed and redistributed, interviewing and hiring, monitoring and evaluating team goals to ensure achievement.
• Develops volume and accuracy metrics and subsequently sets goals for each team member and reports on these developed metrics.
• Facilitate relationships with internal departments to collaborate on new solutions. Develop strong working relationships across the company to better understand business needs and to provide superior shared services support. May participate and, at times, lead cross-functional teams.
• Acts as back-up for duties within Shared Services.
• Work with the Accounting Manager to create/maintain Shared Services policies and procedures.
  
  

Other Miscellaneous Duties

• Owns the Shared Services process at the enterprise level.
• Strategic planning of the team – shaping the long term direction & scalability of processes and staffing
• Ensures vendor payments are processed successfully via wire, ACH and check by working closely with Treasury and the bank
• Serve as AP Automation expert, and continuously identify bottlenecks and propose resolution
• Become proficient with SAP to contribute to the success of the role
• Problem solve & execute resolution while maintaining a positive work environment
• Ensure SOX compliance related to accounting and shared services.
• Additional analysis or ad hoc projects, as needed
  
  

Minimum Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related field, or equivalent experience
  
  

Work Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, or Cash Application role
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a supervisory role.
  
  

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Strategic focused
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Project management and organizational skills
• Expertise in a variety of shared service concepts (AP/AR), practices, and procedures
• Proficient with MS Office, Excel specifically; and must have knowledge of basic Excel formatting and formulas
  
  

Preferred Job Requirements

Work Experience

• 1 year experience in a strategic leadership role
  
  

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Experience in a global manufacturing environment
• Experience with SAP or equivalent ERP
• Experience with system conversions
• Knowledge of and exposure to sales and use taxes and foreign currency transactions
• Experience with check run, wire and ACH payment processing
• Experience with Integrated computer systems
• Experienced in issue escalation related processes