Manufacturing Financial Analyst - Cost & Budget Insights

The Pivot Group; Michigan; On-site; USD 66,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pivot Group seeks a Financial Analyst for Cheboygan, MI, to support manufacturing decision-making. You will perform journal entries, close activities, and develop dashboards tracking key metrics across cost centers and production lines.

This role emphasizes standard costing, variance analysis, and monthly/ quarterly reporting. You will partner with plant leadership to drive cost insights and budgeting processes within a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
• 2+ years of financial analysis experience in manufacturing.
• Strong Excel skills including pivot tables and lookups.
• Experience with standard costing/variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries and support month end close activities.
• Develop dashboards and reports to track key manufacturing metrics.
• Prepare monthly financial reports and variance analysis for plant leadership.
• Build and maintain cost models for products and production lines.
• Track standard costs and investigate cost variances.
• Support the annual budget and quarterly forecast process.
• Analyze capital project requests and track spending vs budgets.
• Reconcile inventory balances and review cycle counts.

Skills

Financial analysis

Excel

Pivot tables

Variance analysis

ERP

Power BI

SQL

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Job description

The Pivot Group seeks a Financial Analyst for Cheboygan, MI, to support manufacturing decision-making. You will perform journal entries, close activities, and develop dashboards tracking key metrics across cost centers and production lines.

This role emphasizes standard costing, variance analysis, and monthly/ quarterly reporting. You will partner with plant leadership to drive cost insights and budgeting processes within a manufacturing environment.