Senior Financial Analyst

Seeking an Operational Finance / Cost Accounting Analyst to support a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This role will focus on standard cost creation and maintenance, operational variance analysis, inventory reconciliation, forecasting, and financial support for plant leadership. The ideal candidate has a strong manufacturing finance experience, hands-on ERP experience, and the ability to partner closely with operations to improve cost visibility and business performance.

• Develop, maintain, and update standard manufacturing costs, including materials, labor, machine utilization, overhead rates, BOMs, and production routings.
• Analyze operational and manufacturing variances, including material usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, scrap, downtime, and rework.
• Partner with plant operations, engineering, procurement, and supply chain teams to identify cost drivers and support corrective action.
• Support inventory valuation, cycle counts, obsolescence reviews, and reconciliations to the general ledger.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and plant-level financial planning, including rolling forecasts and cost updates.
• Evaluate Cap Ex projects and operational improvement initiatives through ROI, payback, and cost-savings analysis.
• Prepare financial models, monthly/quarterly close support, and management-level reporting or presentation materials.

Onsite 8am - 5pm

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• 5+ years of manufacturing finance, cost accounting, or operational finance experience.
• Strong experience creating and maintaining standard costs within a manufacturing environment.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modeling, variance analysis, scenario analysis, and sensitivity testing.
• Hands‑on ERP experience; SAP, Oracle, JDE, Plex, or similar systems preferred.
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross‑functional partnering skills.
• High‑volume manufacturing or automotive experience preferred.

• Perform in-depth variance analysis on operational metrics, such as material variances, labor efficiency gaps, and overhead absorption discrepancies against standards.
• Identify root causes of cost overruns (e.g., scrap rates, downtime, rework) and partner with operations to implement corrective actions for real-time cost control.
• Support daily operational reviews by providing cost impact assessments for production scheduling, shift adjustments, and resource allocation.

• Serve as the primary finance liaison to manufacturing operations, offering proactive insights on cost drivers during production meetings and shift handovers.
• Analyze operational KPIs (e.g., cost per unit, throughput rates, OEE) and recommend strategies to optimize working capital, such as inventory reduction and cycle time improvements.
• Assist in make‑or‑buy decisions, outsourcing evaluations, and capacity planning with detailed cost simulations.

• Develop and maintain standard manufacturing costs from scratch, including detailed breakdowns of direct materials, labor standards, machine utilization, and overhead rates based on engineering data and production routings.
• Conduct annual and ad‑hoc cost updates in response to material price changes, process optimizations, inflation adjustments, or supplier negotiations; ensure ERP system (e.g., PLEX, SAP, Oracle) reflects accurate standard costs for all product lines.
• Collaborate with engineering and procurement to incorporate design changes, BOM revisions, and efficiency gains into cost models.

• Oversee standard cost-based inventory valuation, including cycle counts, obsolescence…