Financial & Data Analyst

Hirsh Industries, LLC; West Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Bonus and profit-sharing eligibility

Continuing education

Job summary

The Financial & Data Analyst role at Hirsh Industries, LLC is an on-site position in West Des Moines, Iowa. This role connects finance, pricing, budgeting, and analytics, focusing on automating AI-assisted reporting. As the analyst, you will report directly to the CFO.

You will create product cost models, run variance analyses, and assist in market research. Ideal candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and 0-4 years of experience, coupled with strong Excel skills and an interest in AI

Qualifications

• 0–4 years of professional experience including internships or academic projects.
• Experience in managerial or cost accounting.
• Curiosity about AI and analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Build revenue bridges analyzing price, volume, and mix.
• Create product cost models and develop costing strategies.
• Support annual budgeting and scenario modeling.

Skills

Strong Excel modeling

AI and analytics tools

Managerial or cost accounting

Data narrative translation

Judgment and integrity with data

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

ERP

SAP

Claude

ChatGPT

Job description

The Financial & Data Analyst role at Hirsh Industries, LLC is an on-site position in West Des Moines, Iowa, reporting directly to the CFO. The work connects finance, pricing, budgeting, market research, and supply chain analytics, with a focus on automating AI-assisted reporting using an integrated data repository.

Key Responsibilities

• Build revenue bridges that decompose performance into price, volume, and mix, run budget-versus-actual variance analysis, and help design KPI scorecards used to run the business.
• Create product cost models and develop time-driven activity-based costing, including separating fixed from variable costs to understand operating leverage and true product and customer profitability.
• Model how pricing changes affect margin and volume, supporting the commercial team in deciding where, when, and how much to adjust.
• Support the annual budget, rolling forecasts, and scenario modeling with clear, documented assumptions.
• Research market size, customer segments, and competitors to inform strategy and growth decisions.
• Partner with the supply chain leader on analytics including inventory, service levels, and freight when additional analytical horsepower is needed.
• Convert recurring manual reports into automated, AI-assisted reporting so teams spend time on judgment rather than copy-and-paste, while maintaining data security and reporting accuracy.
• Present your analysis to the CFO and executive team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, or another quantitative field.
• 0–4 years of professional experience, with internships, co-ops, and serious academic or personal projects considered.
• Coursework or experience in managerial or cost accounting, with understanding of the difference between reporting results and explaining them.
• Strong Excel modeling skills and comfort working with large, imperfect datasets.
• Curiosity about AI and analytics tools, including the desire to demonstrate how you have used them to build something.
• Ability to translate quantitative findings into a clear narrative for stakeholders who do not live in spreadsheets.
• Sound judgment and integrity with data: verify work, flag mismatches, and protect confidential information.

Tools & Technologies

• Tableau, Power BI, Claude, ChatGPT
• ERP, SAP

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Bonus and profit-sharing eligibility
• Continuing education outside work hours

Role Details

• Location: West Des Moines, Iowa (on-site only)
• Employment: Full-time
• Position type: Individual contributor
• Reports to: CFO

Compensation

Base salary with bonus eligibility and profit sharing.

What Makes This Role Different

• Your analysis goes to the CFO and executive team, and you present your own work rather than feeding it into a queue.
• Exposure spans costing, pricing, budgeting/forecasting, market strategy, supply chain analytics, and report automation in one role.
• Hirsh Industries has connected core business systems into a single data repository for AI tools, and the position includes exploring how far automation and analytics can go.
• The work connects financial results to the factory floor.

First-Year Success Criteria

• First 90 days: Understand the data, products, and P&L; own a recurring price/volume/mix bridge; automate at least one report that previously required manual build.
• By six months: Build a product cost model for a major product family and deliver a fixed-versus-variable cost analysis leadership uses in decisions.
• By twelve months: Help build a company KPI scorecard incorporated into monthly executive reviews; present at least one pricing or market analysis to the leadership team.

Additional Opportunities

• Mentorship from senior finance leadership, with visibility into how executive decisions are made.

Nice to Have

• Experience with a BI tool such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Exposure to an ERP system such as SAP, or experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Plans to pursue a CPA, CMA, or MBA.

Data Toolkit Overview

• Tableau serves as the integrated data hub, bringing together ERP, CRM, and supply chain planning software, with Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI tools working on top.
• Integrated history runs from 2019 forward, and strengthening that foundation is part of the opportunity.
• You do not need experience with every listed system; the focus is on how you think.