Michael Seitz

Director of Operations Finance at Roskam Foods

Byron Center, Michigan, United States

About

Experience

  • Roskam Foods (4 yrs 11 mos)
    • Director of Operations Finance
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

      • Owns the Company’s standard costing policies and practices and oversee their consistent application • Owns the pricing process for the organization (pricing analyses/modeling, contract reviews/negotiations, annual pricing updates) • Assess new business ideas by performing investment analysis and pricing on new production line investments • Designs and maintains reporting tools to track variances to standard costs, driving visibility and understanding of variances • Oversees the financial performance of the company’s manufacturing business units and helps drive improved profitability • Works closely with Procurement to understand material cost trends and the effect on product margins • Acts as a key Finance resource to lead cross functional projects as needed • Performs complex financial analyses as needed and presents to executive management • Governs the overall Capex process and spend • Manages, coaches and develops a team of six professional staff

    • Director of FP&A
      Jan 2025 - Jul 2025 · 7 mos

      • Lead the newly established FP&A function by implementing new processes from the ground up • Lead the forecasting and financial review process through business analysis and cross-functional collaboration • Provide variance Analysis between Actuals and Budget/FC to executive management • Perform financial modeling/what-if analyses to maximize Gross Profit/EBITDA in business decisions • Lead the implementation of our OneStream Forecasting/Budgeting/Dashboard Solution • Prepare effective pricing analyses and present to executive management • Lead the budget process for the company • Preparation of ROI and other financial analyses for potential investments and actual returns realized • Provide financial support for potential M&A activity

    • Manager, Corporate FP&A
      Apr 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Senior Cost Accountant at Trans-Matic Mfg. Co
    May 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Prepare monthly revenue and profitability forecasts • Work with departmental leaders to establish annual budgets for all cost centers • Assist with month-end close process • Help keep standard costs up to date • Perform annual costing of machine overhead rates • Evaluate profitability of all parts and product lines through quarterly gross margin reporting • Evaluate profitability of new tooling projects and other business segments • Make sure physical inventory is accurate with ledger through cycle counting • Track and report out performance metrics, such as daily production metrics and quality costs • Prepare various journal entries and customer invoices as necessary

  • Dematic North America (Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area)
    • Financial Analyst 2
      Sep 2017 - May 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

      • Create costing models for product lines to be used globally to help generate an accurate customer quote • Investigate cost differences between plants to standardize global costs • Oversee Global Purchasing function actuals and forecasts to provide data and analysis to management • Track, audit, and report purchasing savings to management • Work with the Purchasing department to cut down rising costs and find new areas to reduce costs • Prepare Blocked Invoice Reports to work with Purchasing and AP to resolve invoicing issues

    • Financial Analyst 1
      Jan 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

      • Forecast montly Project Purchasing costs and provide Purchasing KPI reports • Prepare monthly forecasts and annual budgets for assigned cost centers • Provide analysis on variances between forecasts and actuals • Produce weekly manufacturing reports for management to show forecasted amount of hardware shipments for current and upcoming projects • Perform daily and annual costing updates making sure standards are up to date

    • Finance Intern
      May 2014 - Jan 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos

      • Develop global files to centralize all countries’ budgets, forecasts, and month end data into master files • Prepare monthly headcount reports for company wide headcount reporting by department • Rotated throughout different departments on financial reporting (engineering, factory, purchasing, quality) • Use SAP to analyze various data such as cost center expenses and forecasted shipments

  • Member Service Officer at Southwest Michigan Federal Credit Union
    Jan 2013 - Apr 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Authorize daily account transactions for members • Promote new memberships, loans, and other financial solutions • Create and analyze daily and monthly reports to increase overall revenue and profit generation • Responsible for answering phones and handling customers’ needs and concerns • Support credit union and loan managers on a day-to-day basis with customer interactions • Organize and file client information and data