Lead Finance Analyst - Manufacturing & Warranty

Oshkosh Corporation, Inc.; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 93,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Pierce Manufacturing, part of Oshkosh Corporation, seeks a Lead Finance Analyst to provide financial leadership and process ownership for key accounting processes. You will manage warranty, Digital Technology finance partnership, backlog reporting, and lease accounting while guiding one Finance Analyst.

The role combines hands-on accounting with business partnership, process improvement, and people leadership in a manufacturing environment. Travel up to 10% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration.
• Six or more years of experience in accounting, finance, or treasury.
• Willingness to travel 10%.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the team's portfolio of accounting, financial analysis, reporting, forecasting support, reconciliations, journal entries, and internal-control responsibilities.
• Lead and develop one Finance Analyst, establishing priorities, allocating work, providing coaching and review, and building cross-training and backup coverage.
• Lead warranty finance and accounting, including reserve analysis, journal entries, reconciliations, reporting, controls, and business partnership.
• Serve as the primary Finance partner for Digital Technology, supporting actual results, forecast and budget assumptions, spending analysis, accruals, journal entries, intercompany activity, and allocations.
• Own backlog actual reporting and process integrity, including data maintenance, reconciliations, reporting, and controls, while partnering with FP&A on forecasting and forward-looking analysis.
• Own assigned lease accounting and financial processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, reporting, administration, and controls.
• Partner across Finance and the business to ensure financial results and business drivers are appropriately understood and reflected in reporting and forecasts.
• Maintain and enhance internal controls, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and support internal and external audit requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement using CIMS tools to simplify, standardize, automate, document, and strengthen assigned processes; assume ownership of additional accounting and business processes as organizational needs evolve.

Skills

Financial analysis

Leadership

Internal controls

SOX

Forecasting

Accounting principles

Microsoft Office Suite

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration

Active CPA strongly preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Pierce Manufacturing, part of Oshkosh Corporation, seeks a Lead Finance Analyst to provide financial leadership and process ownership for key accounting processes. You will manage warranty, Digital Technology finance partnership, backlog reporting, and lease accounting while guiding one Finance Analyst.

The role combines hands-on accounting with business partnership, process improvement, and people leadership in a manufacturing environment. Travel up to 10% is required.