Operations Finance Analyst

Wabtec; Carnforth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Wabtec seeks an experienced Operations FP&A Analyst to join the LH Group division in Burton on Trent. The role combines finance and operations to support manufacturing, field services and engineering with cost visibility and performance analysis.

You will partner with site leadership, drive variance analysis, and support cost-out and productivity initiatives while ensuring strong cost discipline and governance across capital and inventories.

Qualifications

• This role requires ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualification, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform monthly variance analysis across materials, labour, overhead, and volume.
• Provide cost visibility and decision support to site leadership.
• Monitor inventory performance and working capital implications.
• Support capital governance and cost governance
• Collaborate with manufacturing, field services and engineering teams

Skills

Variance analysis

Financial data presentation

MS Office

MRP

Organizational skills

Education

ACA

CIMA

ACCA

Tools

MRP

Job description

Who will you be working with?

We are seeking an experienced Operations FP&A Analyst to join our team at the LH Group (a Division of Wabtec UK Ltd) based in Burton on Trent we support our customers through maintenance and operation optimisation with customised solutions for spare parts, repair, and overhaul activities on existing trains.

Role: Operations FP&A Analyst

Salary: £Competitive

Location: Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, (DE13 8EN)

Hours: Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:30pm and Friday 08:00am to 13:00pm, 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

How will you make a difference?

This role sits at the intersection of Finance and Operations and is designed to progressively evolve the site to a forward-looking Operations Finance model. The Operations Finance Analyst acts as a finance business partner to site leadership, supporting manufacturing, field services and engineering teams with cost visibility, performance analysis and decision support, while ensuring strong cost discipline, inventory control and capital governance.

What will your typical day look like?

• Perform monthly variance analysis (material, labour, overhead, volume and mix) and translate results into clear operational insights and actions. Including headcount analysis reporting
• Support Variable Cost Productivity (VCP), cost-out and productivity initiatives.
• Provide financial analysis and ad hoc support for operations, field services and engineering activities, including backlog, throughput, and cost drivers
• Support standard cost setting and annual cost roll processes, ensuring accuracy and transparency
• Monitor inventory performance, including excess and obsolete inventory, slow moving items and inventory turns
• Partner with supply chain and operations to improve working capital performance through better inventory discipline
• Contribute to PPV analysis and sourcing deflation tracking
• Provide finance support to sourcing and procurement activities, including cost analysis and supplier insights
• Track and analyse capital expenditures, ensuring alignment with approved business cases

What do we want to know about you?

• You will either be qualified by experience or part/fully qualified (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is desirable but not essential.
• Experienced with presenting financial data.
• IT literate and fully conversant with all Microsoft office applications and MRP.
• Excellent organisational and prioritising skills.

If you don't have all the above criteria don't worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values always put people first, and strive to expand what is possible.

Legal authorisation to work in the UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

What could you accomplish in a place that puts People First?

At Wabtec, it's not just about a job - it's about the impact you make. When our people come together, we're Expanding the Possible by continuously improving what we do and how we do it - for our clients and each other.

If you're ready to revolutionize how the world moves for future generations, Wabtec is the place for you.

Who are we?

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether it's freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people together - are accelerating the future of transportation. With roots that date back to George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and Louis Faiveley, Wabtec has always built technologies and implemented solutions for a variety of sectors that are critical to meeting the needs of customers and governments alike.

Our global team of about 30,000 employees worldwide delivers performance that moves the world forward. We're lifelong learners, obsessed with better. Learn more at www.WabtecCorp.com.

Culture powers us and the possibilities.

We believe the best ideas come from a mix of experiences and backgrounds. At Wabtec, we strive every day to create a place where everyone belongs. We're building a culture where leadership, inclusion and your unique perspective fuel progress.

We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.

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