Financial Analyst

Direct hire

Hours- full time

Industry- Manufacturing, chemicals, privately held, growing, 800 employees, reports to the Sr. Manager of Financial Operations.

Location- Westwood, MA (onsite 5 days per week)

Must haves:

-Accounting or Finance degree

-5+ years of FP&A work (including for cost & inventory)

-Manufacturing industry

-Strong Excel

Preferred (not required):

-Cost accounting

-Oracle Cloud (new system)

-JD Edwards (old system)

Job Description:

We are seeking a FP&A professional with a strong reporting background and exceptional knowledge of manufacturing (and possibly cost accounting). This job requires candidate to understand cost and inventory and how it impacts the P&L. This position reports to the Sr. Manager of Operations Finance and the person filling this role is expected to have strong interpersonal and decision-making skills, the ability to think critically and creatively, and have knowledge of internal financial reporting, budgeting, and cost accounting. It is expected that the candidate will have a strong understanding of financial planning and analysis, performance tracking, variance analysis, and KPI application. Must understand the impact of transactions and how to explain them at a high level.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Work with our Operations leaders as a finance business partner providing advice and support to maximize margins and expenses and make recommendations for continued growth and financial profitability.
• Work with our corporate functions as a finance business partner to analyze and evaluate the monthly operating results and provide the drivers behind variances to support and enable optimal decision making.
• Responsible for month-end financial reporting using Global Insight Software and distributing the reports to key stakeholders.
• Assist with the annual budget and monthly forecasting processes by partnering with finance colleagues and business leaders to drive reporting of actual results against budget, prior forecast and historical performance.
• Support the Oracle Cloud ERP upgrade with data reconciliations across various data environments.
• Monitor financial performance against key performance indicators (KPIs) and identify areas for improvement.
• Assist with creating/maintaining bills of material and routings.
• Assist with standard costing analysis.
• Perform Ad-hoc financial and variance analysis upon request.
• Up to 10% travel

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant finance & accounting experience.
• Expertise with Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with knowledge of accounting software systems a plus (Oracle, JD Edwards).
• Strong business acumen, judgment and professionalism required.
• Ability to establish priorities, work independently and meet objectives without supervision.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Must be able to express ideas clearly and persuasively. Collaborate with colleagues by sharing insights and learnings. Must be able to work well with senior leaders and peers.
• Ability to take a big-picture view to understand what effects your decisions and actions have, beyond immediate focus.
• Possesses a continuous improvement mindset with the flexibility to adapt to change.