Senior Financial Analyst – Manufacturing

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and analyze standard costing models to ensure accurate product costing, cost allocation, and variance analysis.
• Generate daily, weekly, and monthly financial reports to monitor plant performance, operating costs, and key metrics against budgets and forecasts.
• Analyze budget-to-actual results and investigate cost and operational variances to identify root causes and recommend corrective actions.
• Partner closely with plant management, operations, quality, and department leaders to understand operational performance, answer financial questions, and support data-driven decision-making.
• Utilize SAP and other systems to research transactions, identify discrepancies, improve data integrity, and support financial analysis.
• Oversee inventory management and cost controls, ensuring accurate valuation, proper cost allocations, and adherence to internal control procedures.
• Lead the annual physical inventory and support cycle count processes to maintain inventory accuracy and financial integrity.
• Support the month-end close process, including reconciling production orders, validating inventory cutoffs, analyzing variances, and preparing capital expenditure summaries.
• Participate in annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes, providing analysis of trends, risks, and future business scenarios.
• Prepare and present financial insights and performance analyses to leadership, highlighting opportunities for improvement and operational efficiencies.
• Maintain documentation and reporting related to capital expenditures, government incentive programs, and compliance initiatives.
• Proactively identify process, system, or reporting issues and work independently to develop solutions that improve financial accuracy and operational performance.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; CPA or CMA designation is strongly preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in cost accounting, financial analysis, or related accounting and finance roles, required.
• 1+ years of experience within a manufacturing environment, required.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, variance analysis, budgeting, and month-end close processes.
• Experience working within complex ERP systems, with SAP experience preferred.
• Experience with Oracle or other large ERP systems will also be considered.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to analyze and manipulate large data sets.
• Solid understanding of GAAP and financial reporting principles.
• Ability to analyze financial and operational data to identify issues, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with operations, quality, supply chain, and plant leadership teams.
• Self-motivated, naturally curious, and eager to learn, with the ability to investigate issues independently and drive solutions.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to present financial information to both finance and non-finance leaders.