Senior Financial Operations Analyst – FP&A

Responsibilities

• Lead financial support for plant operations, including monthly close, variance analysis, and performance reporting.
• Partner with the plants to monitor performance, explain variances, and drive accountability to budget and forecasts.
• Analyze manufacturing, supply chain, freight, and warehouse costs—including production, inventory, logistics, transportation, and distribution—to identify key drivers and improvement opportunities.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes for plants, supply chain, freight, and warehouse operations.
• Review and manage inventory performance, including excess/obsolete inventory, write offs, operational drivers, and warehouse related impacts.
• Provide insights into cost absorption, production volumes, operational efficiency, freight utilization, and warehouse productivity.
• Support product costing and margin analysis for existing and new products.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 5 years + of experience in FP&A, Finance, or Controlling (depending on seniority)
• Manufacturing/Plant Finance and cost accounting
• Standard costing, cost absorption and inventory analysis
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills (Excel required; reporting tools preferred)
• Ability to interpret complex data and effectively communicate insights.
• Strong financial planning, budgeting and forecasting background
• SAP or ERP systems
• Strong business partnering, relationship-building, and collaboration skills; ability to influence without authority.
• High attention to detail, accuracy, and problem-solving mindset
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving mindset
• Proactive approach to identifying risks and opportunities
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with both finance and non-finance teams, with a collaborative and considerate approach to working across functions.
• Ownership and accountability for results
• Ability to influence decision-making without direct authority
• Adaptability in a fast-paced operational environment
• Attention to detail with strong organizational skills
• Continuous improvement mindset

• Financial Planning
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Cost Accounting
• Variance Analysis
• Inventory Analysis
• Standard Costing
• Data Interpretation
• Financial Modeling
• Performance Reporting

• Analytical Thinking
• Problem-Solving Mindset Effective Communication
• Relationship-Building
• Collaboration Skills