Senior Financial Analyst - Assistant Controller

Compensation

• Hiring salary range is $80,000–$117,000 yearly, dependent on experience.

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, including journal entries, accruals, deferrals, prepaid amortization, depreciation, and reclassifications.
• Prepare and reconcile general ledger accounts under GAAP and company policy; analyze financial statements, investigate variances, and explain results to management.
• Prepare financial reports, dashboards, budgets, forecasts, and KPIs; support annual budgets, periodic forecasts, long-range planning, and projections.
• Partner with operations, plant leadership, accounting, and corporate finance on production performance, cost and margin trends, profitability, and opportunities.
• Build financial models for pricing, profitability, cost savings, capital projects, and operational decisions.
• Prepare reconciliations, roll-forward schedules, documentation, and reporting packages for monthly reporting, consolidation, and annual audits.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests; maintain and improve recurring reports, tools, and analyses.
• Support process improvements, internal controls, reporting automation, special projects, and backup finance and accounting work, including payroll.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field is required.
• At least five years of progressive accounting, financial analysis, or related finance experience is required.
• Experience in CPG or durable goods manufacturing is required; manufacturing, food production, consumer goods, agriculture, or distribution experience is preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, close, financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and operational finance is required.
• Advanced Excel proficiency is required, including formulas, pivot tables, lookups, financial modeling, and data analysis.
• ERP experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP, Axapta, D365, or similar is preferred; reporting or BI experience with Power BI, SSRS, Atlas, Halo, or similar is also preferred.
• CPA, CMA, MBA, or progress toward a professional certification is a plus, not required.
• Candidates should bring strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, communication, and detail skills; manage competing priorities; and identify practical process improvements.