District Finance Manager (Finance)

Location: Hybrid role based at the Chicago (Bedford Park, IL) location, United States

Salary: $130,000–$150,000 annually, plus eligibility for incentive pay

Company

hirify.global is a global distributor of chemicals and ingredients serving pharmaceutical, health, industrial, construction, and cleaning applications, with more than 9,500 employees.

What you will do

• Partner with General Managers and Operations Managers to support district growth and responsible use of working capital, operating and capital budgets, and employee time.
• Prepare district reporting, rolling forecasts, budgets, monthly financial reports, and financial reviews to support performance improvement and month-end close.
• Analyze sales performance, operating expenses, inventory turns, customer aging, customer terms, and working capital with the Shared Service Center.
• Support cost-saving and capital expenditure projects, including return-on-investment reviews.
• Ensure compliance, data integrity, consistent expense coding, and timely identification of financial issues.
• Develop tools and processes that improve finance effectiveness, district profitability, and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting from a fully accredited four-year institution.
• 5–7 years of experience in progressive Finance or Accounting roles.
• Experience in a distribution or manufacturing business, with strategic thinking and planning and forecasting skills.
• Performance reporting, investment evaluation, and financial modeling skills.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, inventory costing, days sales working capital, internal controls, compliance, and risk management.
• Ability to use soft skills to achieve results in a highly matrixed environment and influence and coach without direct reporting authority.
• Problem-solving, critical process review, project management, communication, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Experience with systems and information management such as SAP, OneStream, Tableau, and Excel.

Nice to have

• MBA degree and/or CPA certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with work/life flexibility.
• Inclusive, collaborative culture focused on cross-functional improvement and employee development.
• Health, vision, and dental benefits, 401(k) matching, and flexible time off.
• Targeted annual company bonus, annual salary reviews, and incentive pay eligibility.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations.

Hiring process

• Applications must be submitted through hirify.global’ Applicant Tracking System; unsolicited recruiter and staffing-firm submissions are not accepted.
• Recruiting firms may submit candidates only when expressly requested by the Talent Acquisition team and under an approved Master Services Agreement.