The Senior Operations Financial Analyst is responsible for enhancing manufacturing profitability through rigorous cost control, operations project oversight, and operational partnership. This role is a critical component of the Ops Finance transformation journey, transitioning the site from reactive variance reporting to proactive prevention and influence
Responsibilities
Job duties to include but are not limited to.
Cost Center Management & Budget Accountability:
- Conduct monthly "Deep Dive" spend reviews with Department Managers to analyze actuals vs. budgets, preventing financial "surprises" and driving active cost containment.
Project Governance:
- Manage the full lifecycle of capital and internal projects; ensure correct coding, spend tracking, and timely closure of assets to ensure P&L accuracy.
Variance Root-Cause Analysis:
- Investigate material usage, scrap rates, and labor efficiency variances, translating raw financial data into "shopfloor speak" to improve operational efficiency.
Margin Protection & BOM Integrity:
- Perform routine audits of Bills of Materials (BOMs) and labor routings; coordinate with Engineering on new product setups to ensure sales pricing reflects current manufacturing realities.
Inventory Control & Cycle Count Oversight:
- Lead the site cycle counting program, investigate large adjustments, and reconcile perpetual inventory to the General Ledger to optimize working capital.
CAPEX Management:
- Ensure Capital Expenditure is not incorrectly expensed to the P&L and that assets are put into service on time to begin depreciation in compliance with audit standards.
Strategic Partnership:
- Partner directly with production leads to perform real-time analysis on inefficiencies rather than month-end "autopsies".