Senior Financial Analyst, Manufacturing Finance

Role Purpose

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with manufacturing, operations, engineering, and supply chain leaders to monitor business performance and drive financial results.
  
• Lead monthly financial reporting, analysis, and close activities for the division.
  
• Analyze actual results versus budget and forecast, identifying drivers of manufacturing, operational, and financial variances.
  
• Support plant and division leadership through cost analysis, performance reporting, and financial recommendations.
  
• Monitor spending, identify cost-reduction opportunities, and support operational decision-making.
  
• Perform analysis related to manufacturing costs, standard costing, labor, overhead, inventory, capital projects, and operational initiatives.
  
• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
  
• Develop and deliver meaningful financial reporting, manufacturing KPIs, and operational performance metrics for business leaders.
• Ensure accuracy of general ledger transactions, reconciliations, and financial records.
  
• Support internal controls, SOX compliance, and internal/external audit activities.
  
• Drive improvements in financial processes, systems, reporting, and data visibility.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  
• 5+ years of finance, accounting, FP&A, cost accounting, operations finance, or plant finance experience.
  
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial reporting, and business performance management.
  
• Experience supporting month-end close processes and financial statement analysis.
  
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and provide financial recommendations to business leaders.

Preferred Education and Experience

• CPA and/or CMA certification.
  
• MBA.
  
• Direct experience supporting a manufacturing facility, production site, or plant environment strongly preferred.
  
• Experience in plant finance, manufacturing finance, cost accounting, operations finance, or supply chain finance.
  
• Experience with inventory accounting, standard costing, production variance analysis, labor and overhead analysis, and capital project financial analysis.
  
• Experience supporting financial operations within a manufacturing environment.

Required Skills

• Strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to identify, investigate, and explain financial variances.
  
• Working knowledge of GAAP accounting principles, financial statements, and financial controls.
  
• Experience supporting financial close, forecasting, budgeting, and business performance analysis.
  
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills.
  
• Ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights.
  
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
  
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional environment.
  
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and strong working knowledge of PowerPoint and other reporting tools.

Desired Skills

• Working knowledge of financial systems such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, FAR, MES, Khalix, PeopleSoft Procurement, and PeopleSoft Supply Chain.
  
• Strong understanding of general ledger systems, reconciliations, financial controls, and close processes.
  
• Experience improving finance processes, reporting efficiency, and data visibility.
  
• Ability to partner effectively with operations and business leaders in a manufacturing environment.
  
• Ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insights for management.
• Experience supporting cost reduction initiatives, operational improvement efforts, and capital investment decisions.
  
• Strong customer focus and ability to build relationships across manufacturing, operations, engineering, supply chain, and leadership teams.

Travel Requirements

Minimal

Work Schedule

M-F, 40 hour work week with additional hours as needed.