Manufacturing Financial Analyst

• Job Title: Finance Analyst
• Contract Terms: 3 months with extension
• Schedule: M-Th on site, F - WFH

Job Description:

Top 3 Skills: Cost Accounting, Excel/BiReporting, Strong Data Analysis skills to be able to understand the impact of the data on inventory etc. We will take a Junior candidate with 2-3 years experience.

Summary:

The Plant Cost & Financial Analyst supports the Plant Controller in delivering accurate, timely and insightful manufacturing finance reporting. The role owns a recurring cadence of weekly and intra-week reports — WIP, inventory transactions, material usage variance, PPV and the plant P&L — and prepares the Analysis of Change (AOC) that explains period-over-period movements in plant performance. The analyst turns transactional data into clear explanations of cost drivers and flags anomalies early so the Controller and Operations leadership can act on them.

• Required
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Desirable experience in cost accounting, manufacturing finance or plant finance.
• Understanding of standard costing, inventory valuation, WIP, PPV and usage variances.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, data modeling) and experience working with ERP data.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to reconcile data across multiple sources.

Preferred

• Experience with Oracle ERP (costing, inventory and subledger reporting).
• Exposure to engineer-to-order or project-based manufacturing environments.
• Experience with Power BI, Power Query or other reporting automation tools.
• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

• Key Competencies
• Analytical rigor: explains the "why" behind the numbers, not just the numbers.
• Ownership and reliability: delivers a high-frequency reporting cadence on time, every time.
• Proactive communication: flags anomalies and data errors early, with a proposed next step.
• Collaboration: works effectively with Master Data, Operations, Purchasing and Finance partners.
• Continuous improvement: simplifies and automates recurring work.