Senior Financial Analyst; Operations Finance

Hybrid (3 days onsite in the Greater Minneapolis area)

We’re hiring a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Operations Finance team, partnering closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, R&D and Procurement to drive cost visibility, efficiency, and strategic investment decisions. This is a high-impact FP&A role that connects financial insight with operational execution to influence both daily operations and long‑term strategy.

You’ll act as a key financial business partner to operations leaders, bringing data-driven analysis, forecasting, and planning support to critical functions across the supply chain.

This could be a great role for someone looking to exit consulting / advisory / public accounting looking to transition into FP&A in industry.

• Own financial forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis for manufacturing plants, logistics, procurement, and other operations functions.
• Analyze key drivers of cost of goods sold (COGS), including materials, labor, overhead, and freight.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages with performance commentary and actionable insights.
• Drive key elements of the month-end close process, including accruals, cost allocations, and journal reclassifications.
• Partner with plant and supply chain leaders to provide financial visibility into KPIs, cost trends, and productivity initiatives.
• Develop & track financial and operational KPIs at the plant to improve profitability and operational efficiency and related analytics such as: sales (pricing/volume), profitability (revenue/gross margin/expense) at the product, market and department level
• Support capital expenditure (Cap Ex) planning, ROI modeling, and tracking of actuals vs. plan.
• Track capital expenditures (capex) vs. operating expenses (opex), including ROI of key investments.
• Evaluate inventory levels, working capital impacts, and inventory‑related reserves or write‑offs.
• Analyze standard cost variances and support updates to cost models.
• Assist in development of long‑range operational plans and strategic cost initiatives.
• Support scenario modeling, ‘what‑if’ analyses, and cost‑benefit evaluations for key operational decisions.
• Own portions of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), partnering with cross‑functional teams to align assumptions and inputs.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Accounting, Procurement, Engineering, and FP&A to align financial plans with business goals.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial reporting, dashboarding, and operational analytics.
• Leverage financial systems (e.g., One Stream, Adaptive Insights, Anaplan, Power BI) to enhance reporting and forecasting accuracy.
• Automate manual processes and continuously improve financial models and reporting frameworks.

• 3–7 years of experience in FP&A, operations finance, supply chain finance, or plant‑level financial analysis.
• Open to someone coming out of public accounting or advisory / consulting.
• Mix of both public accounting / consulting / advisory and either operations finance would be ideal
• General understanding of manufacturing cost structures, cost accounting, and operational KPIs.
• Experience partnering with operations leaders and translating financial data into business action.
• Advanced Excel modeling skills and familiarity with Power BI, ERP systems, or enterprise planning tools.
• Clear communicator with a proactive, collaborative, and business‑minded approach.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA, MAcc, CPA, CFA or CMA a plus).
• Experience in manufacturing, CPG, or consumer / industrial products highly…