Senior Financial Analyst

• SUMMARY: The Senior Financial Analyst serves as a strategic business partner
• to the Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams by providing
• financial planning, analysis, forecasting, and business insights that drive
• profitable growth and operational excellence. This role is responsible for
• analyzing financial and operational performance, identifying opportunities for cost
• savings and process improvements, supporting capital investment decisions, and
• delivering actionable business intelligence to leadership. The Senior Financial
• Analyst plays a key role in budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and cross-functional
• initiatives that support the company's strategic objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• • Support development and consolidation of the annual operating budget and
• long-range financial plans.
• • Analyze budget-to-actual performance and identify key business drivers,
• risks, and opportunities.
• • Prepare financial reports, management presentations, and executive-level
• analyses.
• • Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) and performance
• dashboards.
• • Perform financial analysis of manufacturing operations, including labor,
• material, overhead, and inventory performance.
• • Analyze manufacturing variances, plant efficiencies, yields, and operational
• metrics.
• • Partner with leadership to identify cost-reduction opportunities and
• operational improvements.
• • Support standard cost development, maintenance, and costing analyses.
• • Evaluate logistics, warehousing, and supply chain initiatives to improve
• profitability and service levels.
• • Develop and enhance business intelligence tools, dashboards, and
• automated reporting solutions.
• • Utilize SAP and other reporting systems to provide actionable insights and
• improve decision-making.
• • Support reporting standardization and continuous improvement initiatives.
• • Partner with Finance, IT, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to improve
• data quality, reporting capabilities, and system utilization.
• • Perform financial evaluations of capital investment opportunities, including
• ROI, NPV, IRR, payback, and post-implementation reviews.
• • Support capital appropriation and strategic planning processes.
• • Conduct pricing, customer profitability, product profitability, and market
• analyses.
• • Perform external benchmarking and competitive financial analysis.
• • Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, controls, and reporting
• efficiencies.
• • Support internal and external audit activities.
• • Assist with implementation, upgrades, and optimization of financial and
• operational systems.
• • Participate in other projects and initiatives as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education
• • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related
• field required.
• • CPA, CMA, MBA, or other relevant professional certification preferred.
• Experience
• • 5+ years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A),
• cost accounting, or operational finance.
• • Manufacturing, consumer packaged goods (CPG), food manufacturing, or
• supply chain finance experience strongly preferred.
• • Experience supporting multi-site operations preferred.

• Skills
• • Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills.
• • Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency, including complex formulas, pivot
• tables, Power Query, and data analysis tools.
• • Experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP, including financial reporting,
• cost analysis, inventory management, and operational reporting.
• • Experience with Power BI or other business intelligence and data
• visualization tools preferred.
• • Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, and
• performance management.
• • Ability to analyze large datasets and translate findings into actionable
• business recommendations.
• • Strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills.
• • Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• • Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the
• organization.
• • Strong organizational and project management skills.
• • High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• • Continuous improvement mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities.
• • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

RELATIONSHIPS:

• • Reports directly to the Finance Manager.
• • Partners closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Procurement, Plant
• Leadership, and Executive Leadership teams.
• • Collaborates with external auditors, consultants, and other business partners
• as needed.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to
• sit, stand, walk, reach, bend, stoop, and use hands and fingers. The employee
• must be able to communicate effectively in English and perform work using
• standard office equipment, including computers and telecommunication devices.

• The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by
• an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with
• disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.