Employee-Owned Manufacturing Financial Analyst

Suburban Enterprises; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k) with employer match

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Suburban Enterprises in Appleton, Wisconsin, is seeking a Financial Analyst - Manufacturing to translate data into actionable insights that improve profitability and cost accuracy. You will partner with cross-functional teams, develop forecasts, and prepare leadership presentations for monthly and quarterly reviews.

A bachelor's degree and 3+ years in financial analysis or manufacturing finance are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in financial analysis, manufacturing finance, or cost accounting.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel with demonstrated ability to analyze large data sets.
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, item masters, BOMs, routings, work orders, inventory transactions, customer orders, and invoicing processes.
• Understanding of standard costing, actual costing, labor variance, material variance, PPV, contribution margin, and product/customer profitability.
• Experience creating executive-level financial and operational business review presentations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain quote-to-actual analysis of labor, material, outside processing, freight, scrap, rework, revenue, margin, and manufacturing variances.
• Measure profitability and true manufacturing cost by customer, product family, top-level part number, assembly/SKU, work order, and work center.
• Compare quoted labor hours and costs with actual performance by work order, SKU, customer, and work center; quantify favorable and unfavorable variances.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Planning, Quality, and Engineering to identify labor-variance drivers, including staffing, training, process flow, downtime, quality, rework, shortages, engineering changes, and quote assumptions.
• Compare quoted BOM and material costs with actual purchase cost and consumption; track material contribution and Purchase Price Variance (PPV) by customer, SKU, supplier, and product family.
• Track financial impact, root cause, corrective action, owner, due date, expected recovery, and validated results.
• Translate demand, backlog, open orders, and production schedules into a rolling quarterly forecast of sales, revenue, labor, material requirements, margin dollars, and margin percentage.
• Own financial and operational data preparation and leadership presentations for Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews, covering forecast performance, profitability, labor, materials, PPV, manufacturing variances, inventory, corrective actions, risks, and opportunities.

Skills

Proficient in Excel

Financial analysis

Cost accounting

ERP/MRP knowledge

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration

Job description

Suburban Enterprises in Appleton, Wisconsin, is seeking a Financial Analyst - Manufacturing to translate data into actionable insights that improve profitability and cost accuracy. You will partner with cross-functional teams, develop forecasts, and prepare leadership presentations for monthly and quarterly reviews.

A bachelor's degree and 3+ years in financial analysis or manufacturing finance are required.