Plant Finance Enterprise Senior Analyst

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Job Purpose and Impact

The Plant Finance Enterprise Senior Analyst will apply in depth knowledge to provide financial decision support and insight as the finance business partner to both management and operational teams for complex facilities. In this role, you will work closely with various stakeholders to ensure results are timely, qualitative, analyzed and understood. You will provide essential partnership in the business decision process and continuously improve the financial processes.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide finance business partnership for management teams by understanding and supporting strategic business priorities, challenges and impacts within the assigned plants.
• Evaluate and measure relevant cost drivers to manage manufacturing costs and plant performance to drive value creation and preservation.
• Develop and maintain relationships with business leadership and business teams.
• Foster continuous improvement in the finance team, challenge the status quo and play a leading role in increasing effectiveness and efficiency of our broader finance team.
• Lead the plant’s budgeting and forecasting process in partnership with the operations team.
• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Experience working with related programs and planning tools.
• Knowledge of manufacturing cost drivers
• Experience with variance analysis statistical tools
• Minimum of four years of related work experience

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience using SAP.
• Professional experience working in a plant environment.
• Advanced data analytical skills using spreadsheets and/or business intelligence tools.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
• Experience leveraging financial and business systems to monitor business activities and aid in decision-making.
• Experience using spreadsheets or business intelligence tools.
• Experience performing financial analysis and partnering with non-finance stakeholders.

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Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.