Financial Planning Analyst

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support monthly forecasts annual budgets long-range planning and related financial reporting processes.

• Analyze actual results against budget forecast and standard cost; identify key financial operational and manufacturing cost variances.

• Perform cost analysis related to production material usage labor overhead purchase price variance (PPV) inventory adjustments and other cost drivers.

• Support standard costing activities including review of bills of material routings labor and overhead rates cost rolls and product cost updates.

• Prepare monthly reporting packages financial models dashboards business performance presentations and ad hoc analyses.

• Support P&L margin product profitability cost center operating expense inventory and cost of goods sold analysis.

• Assist with month-end close activities including accruals reconciliations inventory valuation and review of financial results.

• Partner with Finance Operations Production Purchasing Supply Chain and Sales to improve financial visibility investigate variances and support corrective actions.

• Provide financial and cost insights to support margin improvement cost reduction productivity inventory accuracy cash flow and profitability initiatives.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by leadership to support business needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Business Administration or a related field.

• Strong analytical problem-solving financial modeling and communication skills.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with financial reporting planning ERP or business intelligence tools preferred.

• Working knowledge of budgeting forecasting financial statements variance analysis cost accounting standard costing inventory accounting and COGS analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in a manufacturing operations plant finance or corporate finance environment is preferred. Familiarity with SAP Microsoft Dynamics GP OneStream Power BI or similar ERP planning reporting costing or visualization tools is a plus.

• Experience analyzing production costs standard cost variances PPV labor and overhead absorption inventory valuation and product profitability.

• Understanding of manufacturing processes bills of material routings work orders cost centers and operational cost drivers.

• Ability to work cross-functionally manage multiple priorities and translate financial data into actionable business insights.

Key Competencies

• Financial planning forecasting and budgeting

• Cost accounting standard costing and manufacturing variance analysis

• PPV inventory valuation COGS and product profitability analysis

• Business partnership with operations production purchasing and supply chain

• Financial modeling communication and continuous improvement mindset