Senior Financial Analyst

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Senior Analyst / Manager of Analysis to join our Dixie® Operations Finance team, supporting our plates manufacturing site in Bowling Green, KY. This role serves as a key financial partner for the Bowling Green manufacturing site, which produces Dixie® branded and Private Label plates. This role will help site leadership understand performance, identify opportunities and risks early, and make decisions that improve cost, productivity, quality, and long-term value.

You will partner closely with operations and finance leaders to challenge assumptions, close gaps, create value, and support transformation through actionable insights, disciplined analysis, and strong follow-through.

This role requires regular on-site presence at the Bowling Green, KY manufacturing plant to provide direct financial support, build strong partnerships with site leadership, and stay closely connected to operations. Occasional work-from-home flexibility may be available as business needs allow. The Senior Analyst / Manager of Analysis reports to the Director of Operations Finance, located in Atlanta.

The Operations Finance team spans all GP operations and corporate headquarters in Atlanta, GA. We are dedicated to supporting manufacturing teams embracing strong economic and critical thinking, leveraging point-of-views, and considering alternatives and ranges of outcomes when making investment decisions. Our collaborative approach involves partnership with Plant Accounting, Commercial Finance, and other Centers of Excellence.

We operate with an entrepreneurial mindset, providing financial insight, strategic support, and constructive challenge across the finance and operations team. Success in this role requires building trusted relationships with operations leaders, proactively identifying opportunities and risks, developing clear points of view, and confidently sharing insights in team settings to drive better decisions, value creation, and innovation.

The Dixie® business is part of Georgia-Pacific’s Consumer Products business. Dixie® delivers value across both retail and B2B channels with quality disposable tableware products that provide convenience in today’s busy world. With an extensive line of disposable plates, bowls, cups and cutlery, Dixie® has solutions to help consumers stay on top of everyday life. The Bowling Green site plays an important role in the Dixie plates network, supporting both Dixie® branded and Private Label plate production.

• Partner closely with operations and finance leaders to develop insights into cost and performance drivers, align on manufacturing priorities, and influence decisions across the Bowling Green site.
• Build trusted relationships with site leadership and proactively identify opportunities, risks, and performance gaps, helping create and execute work plans to drive improvement.
• Support strategic plans that improve production, spending efficiency, waste, labor productivity, and overall site performance.
• Support operations bet tracking and performance analysis to surface improvement opportunities and elevate emerging issues early.
• Own financial planning support, management reporting, and analytics for this manufacturing site.
• Advance economic thinking around capital and expense investments with the manufacturing team, challenging assumptions and helping ensure decisions reflect strong economic outcomes.
• Contribute to monthly forecasting, providing clear points of view on financial performance, variances, risks, and opportunities.
• Create leadership and ad-hoc business presentations to support strategic initiatives and communicate insights clearly.
• Speak up in team and leadership forums to raise concerns,…