Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst
Location: Massillon, OH
Pay Rate: $32.00/hr
Duration: 6 months

Job Description

The Senior Financial Analyst will support financial planning, reporting, and cost management for a manufacturing plant. This role will lead AOP and forecasting activities, perform process-order and cost variance analysis, support month-end close, and provide financial reporting for plant operations.

• Develop and maintain the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), including product cost standards, raw and packaging yields, master recipes, and cost-change bridges.

• Prepare weekly and monthly actual-versus-forecast cost reporting and KPI analysis for manufacturing operations.

• Analyze direct expense variances and process-order performance against targets.

• Support month-end close activities, including journal entries, SAP requirements, FAC review, and variance commentary.

• Partner with Production and Continuous Improvement teams to quantify and track operational savings.

• Perform financial modeling, scenario analysis, and forecasting to support plant-level decisions.

• Review operational BOM accuracy and support inventory financial controls.

• Identify and implement improvements to financial planning and reporting processes.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.

• MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred.

Required Skills

• 3+ years of financial analysis or manufacturing finance experience within a plant or supply chain environment.

• Hands-on manufacturing finance experience, including plant cost reporting and financial planning.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling and data analysis.

• SAP experience, preferably SAP FI/CO and plant cost-center reporting.

• 3–4+ years of financial forecasting and budgeting experience.

• Strong cost accounting and variance analysis experience.

• Experience with actual-versus-forecast reporting and process-order variance analysis.

• Experience supporting month-end financial close and journal entries.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with 4Site or similar manufacturing savings/operations systems.

• Experience with BOM accuracy, product costing, raw/pack yields, and master recipes.

• Experience developing AOP schedules and product cost standards.

• CPA, CMA, or MBA.
  
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