Financial Analyst

We’re hiring a Financial Analyst at the Savant Group at our Midland, Michigan headquarters.

You’ll play a key role in preparing accurate financial reporting, supporting month‑end close, maintaining financial models, and helping leadership make informed business decisions. From consolidated financial statements to cash‑flow forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and audit support, you’ll help ensure our financial data is accurate, timely, and useful.

This role is ideal for someone who is analytical, detail‑oriented, comfortable working across multiple entities, and able to turn financial information into clear insights and recommendations.

The Savant Group isn’t a single company—it’s a group of specialized businesses that solve complex, technical problems for customers around the world. Headquartered in Midland, Michigan, our companies—Savant Labs, Tannas Company, King, and the Center for Quality Assurance—build and support precision equipment and testing services used across lubrication, transportation, manufacturing, and energy industries.

• Precision and quality in everything we produce
• Ownership instead of passing problems along
• Collaboration and teamwork to solve challenges
• Continuous improvement in processes, products, and performance

This is a hands‑on environment where your work directly impacts business performance, operational planning, and decision‑making.

You’ll help ensure that financial information across the Savant Group and its related entities is accurate, timely, and meaningful. Your mission: support strong financial reporting, improve forecasting and analysis, and provide leadership with clear information to make sound business decisions.

This is a hands‑on finance role. You’ll support accounting activities, prepare financial summaries, maintain forecasting tools, analyze variances, and assist with budgets, audits, and internal reporting. You’ll work closely with Finance, Operations, and leadership to improve visibility, strengthen processes, and support continued growth.

• Post journal entries and accruals, reconcile accounts, and support an accurate and timely month‑end close
• Prepare financial summaries and respond to internal and external reporting requests
• Prepare multi‑entity consolidated monthly financial statements and management reporting packages
• Analyze results against budget, forecast, and prior periods and provide clear variance explanations
  
  Build and maintain 13‑week direct cash‑flow forecasts at entity and consolidated levels
• Partner with AP and AR to update expected receipts and disbursements and flag potential funding risks
• Participate in the development of multi‑entity and departmental budgets
• Support annual and rolling forecasts in partnership with the Director of Finance
• Perform cost accounting activities, including labor and burden rate calculations and standard cost updates
• Compile audit‑ready work papers, reconciliations, schedules, and support for auditor requests
• Use ERP and reporting tools to automate reports, improve data quality, and support better decision‑making
• Support GAAP compliance, internal controls, accounting policies, and process improvements
• Assist with cross‑functional projects and ad‑hoc analysis as needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required
• 5+ years of relevant finance or accounting experience; public accounting experience preferred
• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing or laboratory environment required
• 2+ years of experience supporting multiple entities
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, reconciliations, and month‑end close processes
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivots, lookup/index‑match, and financial modeling
• Experience with ERP systems;
  Quick Books and Global Shop experience preferred
• Experience with Power BI or similar reporting tools preferred
• Experience with standard costing, WIP, unbilled AR, deferred revenue, and revenue recognition
• Ability to investigate variances, identify root causes, and translate findings into clear recommendations
• Strong attention to detail, organization, documentation, and fol