Financial Analyst - Temporary Assignment

About the company

Role overview

Operations planning and controls

• Help set plant operational objectives aligned with corporate and division strategy; develop contingency plans, productivity improvements, and corrective actions.
• Maintain controls covering data integrity, asset protection, segregation of duties, budgeting, financial reporting, information systems, and policy and regulatory compliance, including GAAP and SOX.
• Coach department NLTs on control accountability and documented procedures; lead continuous sign-offs and procedure updates.

Reporting and analysis

• Contribute to financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting; prepare plant forecasts and projections.
• Monitor monthly close with accounting and analyze variances to plan and forecast; provide risk and investment analysis.
• Create and validate costing for new material codes and provide analytics to support decisions and facility improvements.

Purchasing, inventory, and payroll

• Lead plant purchasing and sourcing, including purchase orders, resolving GRNI and accounts payable discrepancies, vendor selection and setup, and terms negotiation.
• Complete SAP MRP inventory cycle counts monthly, quarterly, and annually; offsite cycle counts are required.
• Review SAP inventory levels, analyze usage, and set reorder points; review and approve weekly primary workforce payroll in Kronos.

Profitability and collaboration

• Lead actions to achieve targets, mitigate risk, and prioritize resources; develop plans for productivity and facility financial results.
• Contribute accurate financial and loss data to assigned TPM pillar(s).
• Work across organizational boundaries, share best practices, and align teams and resources to solve problems and drive results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a relevant discipline is required.
• Experience providing high-level analytical support in a manufacturing facility, delivering continuous improvement, participating in strategic planning, and demonstrated high growth in previous experience.
• Strong financial acumen, including costing principles, P&L and balance sheet dynamics; effective communication of financial results; strategic thinking and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong Excel analytical skills; SAP experience is preferred.
• The description also calls for ethical conduct, adaptability, proactive action, results orientation, and candid communication.

Workplace

• The role supports the Concord fabrication facility; offsite inventory cycle counts are required.

Compensation cadence

• No compensation amount is provided in the description; structured salary metadata specifies an hourly cadence.