Sr Financial Analyst

Position Overview

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of “shaping a sustainable world together” we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace automotive beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta Georgia Novelis has approximately 13000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Position Overview 

The Bay Minette, AL Plant has an exciting opportunity for a Financial Analyst. The primary function of the Financial Analyst is to support manufacturing operations and finance by preparing and analyzing financial reports on a monthly and annual frequency. These are reports are used to help make sound business decisions that support the plants objectives and create shareholder value. 

Responsibilities 

• Adopt and promote the Novelis cultural beliefs of Say Anything, Build Trust, Be Authentic, and Be Open. 

• Performing month-end activities such as completing & uploading journal entries and forecasts in SAP, exporting data from multiple sources to review & analyze actual results against plan and forecast, perform CO close process in SAP, and account reconciliations through OneStream, annual standards updates in SAP, overhead cost allocations, LIFO, government reports/surveys, and audit requests. 

• Analyze and report on inventory variances and assist with periodic physical inventory counts. 

• Provide training, help to resolve issues, answer questions, and perform analysis that will support operations in their assigned manufacturing unit. 

• Facilitate manufacturing unit management in annual planning and monthly forecasting cycles. 

• Perform regular deep dive analyses into production related cost variances to help management identify losses and target areas of improvement. 

• Maintain and implement financial controls and governance, crafting and recommending potential solutions for additional/revisions of controls as needed. 

• Build analytical models applying both financial and non-financial data to forecast and analyze operating results. Be able to clearly articulate results back to management in order to drive better business decisions. 

• Support World Class Manufacturing and continuous improvement activities by participating in cross-functional business projects and gain an extensive knowledge of the operational cost drivers to better support project initiatives. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• BS Degree in Accounting or Finance 

• 4 to 6 years of experience in financial planning, forecasting and analysis 

• Intermediate proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Excel is a must. 

• Excellent organizational and project management skills and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 

• Strong analytical skills in business performance metrics are required, extensive financial modeling experience. 

• Ability to think independently, synthesize data and make proactive, concise recommendations based on findings. Thrives on ability to work autonomously. 

• Creative and innovative team player with a positive approach and a focus on business issues. 

• Demonstrated ability to build successful relationships with plant leadership and regional office personnel. 

• Willingness to tackle additional projects and multi-task with changing priorities, as necessary. 

• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines with emphasis on sustained accuracy and attention to detail. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Previous manufacturing experience 

What We Offer: 

Novelis' benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, driven in the marketplace, and affordable. These are a few of the benefits we offer to support you and your family’s well-being: 

• Medical, dental and vision insurance 

• Health savings accounts – Company Funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) 

• Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage 

• Paid vacation and competitive personal time off 

• 401(k) savings plan with company match 

• Retirement savings plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through private exchange