Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst

Location: Allen Park, MI
Pay: Approximately $30/hour
Schedule: Hybrid, 4 days per week onsite
Contract Length: Approximately 12 months
Industry: Automotive / Manufacturing

Position Overview

We are seeking a Financial Analyst to support financial reporting and operational activities within an automotive engineering and new vehicle program environment.
This role is ideal for someone with 2+ years of finance or accounting experience who is comfortable working with SAP and Excel, analyzing monthly spending, identifying the causes of financial variances, and communicating findings to business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Support monthly financial and accounting activities for engineering and operational programs.
• Analyze month-over-month spending and identify key drivers behind financial variances.
• Pull and analyze project and cost-center actuals using SAP.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports for business stakeholders.
• Use Microsoft Excel, including PivotTables, VLOOKUP, and XLOOKUP, to analyze financial data.
• Reconcile financial information and investigate discrepancies.
• Support spending account analysis, cost tracking, and financial reporting.
• Assist with procurement and purchasing-related activities to help maintain on-time delivery.
• Support physical and fixed-asset verification and reconciliation.
• Partner with business and engineering teams on financial questions and business cases.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting, and efficiency.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of finance, accounting, or financial operations experience.
• Hands-on experience using SAP for financial data, including project or cost-center actuals.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including:
  • PivotTables
  • VLOOKUP
  • XLOOKUP
• Experience performing financial, variance, and trend analysis.
• Ability to analyze financial data and explain the reasons behind changes in spending.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Preferred Background

Candidates with experience supporting manufacturing, automotive, engineering, operations, project finance, cost accounting, or similar environments are strongly encouraged to apply.
Experience with procurement, purchase orders, fixed assets, account reconciliation, or operational cost tracking is also beneficial.

Compensation & Schedule

• Target pay: approximately $30/hour
• Hybrid schedule with 4 days per week onsite in Allen Park, MI
• Approximately 12-month contract
• Candidates should be comfortable with the possibility of an in-person interview

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