Senior Financial Analyst

• Senior Financial Analyst
• 📍 Long Grove, IL | On-Site

A well-established, privately held manufacturing company with operations across the U.S. and Mexico is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to serve as the financial lead for its U.S. operations — combining hands-on cost accounting, monthly close, budgeting, and business partnership in a complex, multi-site manufacturing environment.

This is a broad, high-ownership role for a detail-oriented finance professional who enjoys getting close to the business, understanding the numbers behind the product, and partnering with operations and commercial leadership to drive performance.

What You'll Do:

• Lead the monthly close process for U.S. operations including journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation
• Develop and enforce product costing processes from raw material standards through manufacturing — managing periodic cost rolls, reviewing data integrity, and tracking cost trends by product family down to raw material and manufacturing standards
• Support purchasing with component cost impact analysis driven by commodity cost changes
• Lead the U.S. entity annual budget process — preparing templates, partnering with department heads on historical trending, and projecting future year expenses
• Track and control U.S. operating expenses and capital plan to budget
• Partner with the Sales team to track revenue and margin by customer and channel — identifying trends and surfacing actionable insights
• Perform balance sheet and account reconciliations and net working capital calculations
• Maintain financial KPIs and assist in the preparation of long-term financial forecasts
• Support ad hoc analysis and special projects as needed

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• 6–8 years of progressive finance experience
• MBA, CPA, and/or CMA preferred
• Strong product costing and program accounting knowledge
• Advanced Excel skills; SAP experience highly preferred
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP
• Manufacturing or automotive industry experience a plus
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally and independently

Why This Role Stands Out:

• ✅ True end-to-end ownership across close, cost accounting, budgeting, and business partnership
• ✅ Direct exposure to operations, purchasing, and commercial leadership
• ✅ Complex, multi-site manufacturing environment with real variety in the work
• ✅ Collaborative team culture with strong emphasis on learning and continuous improvement
• ✅ Competitive compensation in a stable, long-established manufacturing organization