Finance Analyst (Plant Cost & Financial Analyst)

Job Description

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 (Client) 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

• Bachelors 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.