Senior Financial Analyst - Plant Controller

What You Will Do:

Financial Performance Management: 

• Oversee monthly closing processes, ad hoc reporting/analytics, monthly forecasts, and annual budgets to drive financial performance.

• Utilize advanced reporting and forecasting tools to deliver insights and enhance existing processes. 

Cost Accounting & Compliance: 

• Prepare cost accounting analyses and maintain strong internal financial controls, ensuring compliance with SOX and corporate policies. 

• Lead annual standard costing updates for the site and ensure accurate financial reporting. 

Strategic Financial Partnerships: 

• Act as a financial business partner to the plant manager and leadership team, providing decision support that drives financial metric improvement and profitable growth. 

• Collaborate with Supply Chain teams across International Markets to identify savings opportunities and analyze return on investment. 

Operational Support: 

• Support capital investment initiatives to ensure appropriate return on investments and alignment with strategic goals. 

• Foster a culture of financial accountability and ownership throughout all levels of the organization, particularly in building a TPM Loss Reduction culture. 

Process Improvement: 

• Manage accounting procedures related to operations, including G/L maintenance, accruals, expense charge-offs, journal entry preparation, payroll processing, and inventory control. 

• Lead network-wide improvements by developing standard work and processes that promote efficiency and leverage shared services where available. 

• Leverage digital tools and new reporting to provide new insights and create efficiencies in existing processes.  

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field. 

• 3-5 years of experience in finance and/or accounting, preferably in a manufacturing environment. 

• Strong ability to manage complexity, including experience with multiple ERP systems. 

• Demonstrated leadership capability and strong change management skills. 

• Solid understanding of accounting concepts and practices, with a proven track record of driving financial performance. 

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, coupled with a history of process improvement and project management. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 2+ years of experience in a mainstream finance role including manufacturing or accounting. 

• Proficiency in SAP, PowerBI, Hyperion, and Blackline. 

• Knowledge of TPM, Lean, or Six Sigma methodologies preferred. 

• Experience in building financial models to support decision-making. 

• Proficiency in a second language is highly preferred, reflecting our global market presence.