Financial Analyst

THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING

• A lean, collaborative Finance & Accounting organization supporting a 12-site manufacturing footprint across the U.S. and Canada
• A finance team that works closely with plant operations to understand the financial drivers behind manufacturing performance
• A role reporting directly to the Finance Manager with regular interaction across finance, accounting, and operations
• A collaborative environment where finance and accounting work together and support one another across responsibilities when needed
• Direct exposure to the CFO, Finance Manager, Accounting Manager, and plant leadership across the organization
• An opportunity to support multiple manufacturing locations rather than being dedicated to the financial performance of a single plant
• A team that expects finance to understand what is happening operationally and translate that activity into meaningful financial insight
• An opening created as the person currently in the position transitions into another role within the organization

LOCATION

• Primarily remote
• Corporate office located in Charlotte, NC, with occasional office presence possible for Charlotte-area employees around month-end or leadership visits

WHAT THEY OFFER YOU

• Broad exposure across a 12-site North American manufacturing organization rather than responsibility for a single facility
• The opportunity to combine manufacturing finance, cost accounting, and FP&A within one position
• Direct partnership with plant operations around production performance, cost drivers, productivity, and profitability
• Exposure to senior finance leadership, including the Finance Manager and CFO
• Ownership of meaningful budgeting, forecasting, cost analysis, and operational reporting responsibilities
• The opportunity to work with Power BI as the organization continues developing its financial reporting and KPI capabilities
• Exposure to capital investment analysis, cost-saving initiatives, and other projects that directly impact operational decision-making
• A primarily remote environment with the ability to work across geographically dispersed manufacturing operations

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT

• This position serves as an important connection between corporate finance and plant operations, helping leadership understand what is driving financial performance across the manufacturing network
• A major focus will be analyzing manufacturing performance across material usage, labor, overhead, scrap, yield, volume, mix, and other cost drivers
• Partner closely with operations to uncover the root causes behind variances and identify opportunities to improve cost, productivity, and profitability
• Take an active role in plant-level budgeting, rolling forecasts, and production and cost planning across the organization
• Provide financial insight into production performance, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, cost trends, new product costing, and pricing analysis
• Monthly financial reporting, dashboards, performance summaries, and KPIs will provide leadership with greater visibility into plant performance
• Cost-reduction and process-improvement initiatives will create opportunities to evaluate financial impact and support capital projects through ROI and payback analysis
• Help strengthen financial models, reporting tools, and ERP data accuracy as the organization continues improving its finance processes
• Month-end accounting is not the primary focus, but the role will provide support around accruals, reconciliations, inventory analysis, and manufacturing results when needed
• Ultimately, this is an opportunity to go beyond reporting what happened and become a finance partner who helps operations understand why it happened and what to do next

THE BACKGROUND THAT FITS

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field
• Financial analysis, plant finance, cost accounting, or FP&A experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Strong understanding of cost accounting, standard costing, and manufacturing operations
• Hands-on experience analyzing manufacturing variances, including material, labor, overhead, scrap, yield, volume, and mix
• Understanding of WIP accounting, overhead absorption, inventory, and standard cost maintenance
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and performance reporting
• Ability to work directly with plant and operations leaders and translate complex financial information into actionable operational insights
• Experience supporting multiple plants, business units, or manufacturing locations is highly valuable
• Strong Excel skills, including experience working with lookups, pivot tables, and financial data analysis
• Experience working within a manufacturing ERP environment; SAGE experience is a plus
• Power BI experience is valuable, although experience with Tableau or a comparable reporting and visualization platform can translate well
• Previous exposure to month-end activities such as accruals, reconciliations, and inventory analysis is helpful
• Experience evaluating capital projects, ROI, cost-saving initiatives, or operational improvement projects is valuable
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across finance, accounting, plant leadership, and operations