Financial Analyst - Plant

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JOB INFORMATION

Title:

Fin Analyst - Plant

Title Description:

Financial Analyst - Plant

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Reports To:

Sup In-Train, Plant FP&A

Supervises:

Approved Date:

11/10/2023 12:59:12 PM

Date Last Edited:

6/15/2026 5:07:52 PM

Locations:

Function:

Finance

Business Entity:

Administrative/General

Cost Center:

Finance

Employee Type:

FT Exempt 1

Age Requirement:

21+

Employee Supervisory Classification:

POSITION SUMMARY

The Plant Analyst will be responsible for all duties related to production plant financial analysis.  The role will report to the FP&A Supervisor and work with various production colleagues in providing meaningful and actionable analysis to guide the company's success from a financial perspective. This individual will act as a finance partner with all production departments to help the organization understand site specific Plant PnLs, identify anomalies & inefficiencies in processes, create supporting systems and reports to improve insights, productivity, and quality. This position plays an important role in the goal of analyzing cost of goods sold and will act as the financial lead for cost saving projects.

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Act as lead financial team member for cost saving projects, from initial development to realization

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Develop, maintain, and optimize analytical reports that support data driven decision making. Including but not limited to plant-specific P&L’s, consumption v budget variances.

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Own plant-specific standard-to-actual variances, driving deep understanding and pinpointing areas for improvement

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Act as lead financial team member in CapEx investment decisions, calculating ROI / payback period and following up on investment annually via audit of project workbook

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Assist with production-related financial planning activities around quarterly forecast and annual budgeting process

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Help identify operational concerns and makes recommendations to streamline processes

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Leverage ERP system capabilities to create and enhance financial reporting that drives actionable insights on manufacturing performance, cost control, and profitability

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Development and maintenance of standard product costing, including understanding of master routings, BOMs, and activity-based costing activities

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Provide product costing estimates for NPD (New Product Development) process

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Facilitate process workflow modeling in order to collaborate on process improvements, automation capabilities and clearly defined end-to-end use cases

10%

occasional travel

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's Degree

in business, business administration, accounting, engineering or finance

X

or

or any combination of education and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved

2 years

Advanced Analytical capabilities

X

and

3 years

Finance and accounting experience working in a manufacturing environment

X

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Demonstrated strong analytical skills

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Must possess a continuous improvement mindset, with a results-oriented philosophy and take initiative on improving processes

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Desire and aptitude to question the numbers

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High attention to detail and accuracy in record-keeping and numbers driven data

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Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required to perform and interact at senior management level and with cross functional internal parties

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Excellent problem solving, decision making and organizational skills

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Experience with Oracle Essbase and databases is preferred

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Proficiency with MS Office suite and Power BI with expert level experience using Outlook & Excel

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Experience with ERP systems

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Excellent oral and written communication skills

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Self-motivated and capable of working independently

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Ability to meet deadlines and get results

Frequencies listed represent the percentage of time spent performing the task during a regularly scheduled shift

| Rarely 0-25% | Occasionally 26-50% | Frequently 51-75%  | Constantly 76-100% |

• Sitting - Constantly
• Walking - Occasionally
• Standing - Occasionally
• Bending (Waist) - Occasionally
• Bending (Neck) - Occasionally
• Twisting (Waist) - Occasionally
• Twisting (Neck) - Occasionally
• Grasping - Occasionally
• Talking - Constantly
• Hearing - Frequently

Frequencies listed represent the percentage of time spent performing the task during a regularly scheduled shift

| Rarely 0-25% | Occasionally 26-50% | Frequently 51-75%  | Constantly 76-100% |

• Indoors - Constantly
• Outdoors - Occasionally

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met and respectively encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.