Sr Finance Analyst - Vocational Supply Chain
Oshkosh CorporationAbout the role
About Pierce, an Oshkosh company
At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.
Who We Are – Oshkosh Vocational
Oshkosh Vocational is committed to delivering purpose-built vehicles, equipment, and technology that improve the safety, productivity, and cleanliness of communities around the world. Leveraging the power of our people, our market-leading brands, and our strength in innovation, we support critical industries through products ranging from Pierce fire apparatus and McNeilus refuse collection vehicles to Oshkosh AeroTech’s aviation ground support solutions. Across the segment, we combine advanced technologies with customer-focused design to help first responders, waste and recycling operators, and aviation professionals perform their missions safely and efficiently.
Job Summary
The Senior Financial Analyst – Vocational Supply Chain will play a key role in supporting the segment’s long-term material cost-down goals. This role partners closely with Global Procurement & Supply Chain (GPSC), category teams, engineering, and operations to validate savings opportunities, track financial performance, and implement sustainable cost management practices.
This position provides both strategic insight and hands-on execution, developing tools, financial governance processes, and reporting routines that support ongoing supply chain cost competitiveness. The Senior Financial Analyst reports to the Vocational Manager of FP&A.
Job Responsibilities
Partner with GPSC, category teams, and cross-functional leaders to support the Vocational material cost-down initiative.
Validate project savings and provide financial approval at defined project milestones.
Lead financial analysis at initiative stage gates, ensuring savings assumptions, methodologies, and business cases are accurate and aligned with cost-down objectives.
Collaborate with category teams to evaluate initiative readiness, quantify potential savings, and reconcile actual performance.
Build, enhance, and maintain Excel-based financial tools and Power BI dashboards to support analytics and visibility.
Lead monthly and quarterly reporting of material cost performance, including P&L realization, variance analysis, and initiative pipeline tracking and forecasting.
Maintain a clear, auditable repository of cost-down initiatives and ensure alignment with segment financial expectations.
Reconcile reported savings to actuals, ensuring accuracy of financial statements and alignment with segment forecasts.
Improve standard templates, processes, and financial governance mechanisms to strengthen cost management discipline.
Support ad hoc financial analysis, leadership updates, and strategic reviews related to material cost initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field.
4 years of relevant experience in finance, supply chain, operations, cost accounting, NPD costing, or similar analytical functions.
Advanced Excel skills and the ability to build financial models and tools.
Strong analytical skillset with the ability to interpret complex data and communicate insights effectively.
Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally and influence decision-making.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in a manufacturing or product development environment.
Background in procurement finance, material cost management, standard costing, or value engineering.
Experience developing Power BI dashboards or similar business intelligence tools.
Understanding of material cost structures, variances, and cost modeling techniques.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Physical Demands: Frequent Hearing, Talking, Visual, Sitting, Typing; Occasional Standing, Walking/Running, Reachin
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