Manufacturing Financial Analyst: Cost & Planning in MI

The Pivot Group; Alpena (MI); On-site; USD 63,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pivot Group Network in Alpena, MI is seeking a Financial Analyst to support cost modeling, budgeting, and variance analysis for regional manufacturing partners. The role offers a clear path for financial insight and career growth.

Responsibilities include building cost models, tracking standard costs and variances, supporting annual budgets and forecasts, analyzing capital projects, reconciling inventories, and preparing month-end reports and dashboards for plant leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience with standard costing and variance analysis.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle.
• Ability to communicate financial results to non financial plant staff.
• Strong Excel skills including pivot tables and lookup functions.

Responsibilities

• 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 against approved budgets.
• Reconcile inventory balances and review cycle count results.
• 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.

Skills

Standard costing and variance analysis

ERP systems (SAP or Oracle)

Communicate financial results to non‑f

Excel (pivot tables, lookup)

Education

Bachelor degree in finance, accounting, or related field

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

The Pivot Group Network in Alpena, MI is seeking a Financial Analyst to support cost modeling, budgeting, and variance analysis for regional manufacturing partners. The role offers a clear path for financial insight and career growth.

Responsibilities include building cost models, tracking standard costs and variances, supporting annual budgets and forecasts, analyzing capital projects, reconciling inventories, and preparing month-end reports and dashboards for plant leadership.