Manufacturing Financial Analyst: Costing & Forecasting

The Pivot Group Careers; Delta Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 69,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pivot Group Network is partnering with Delta Township area manufacturers to identify experienced Financial Analysts. This role supports cost modeling, budgeting, variance analysis, and reporting to plant leadership, with a focus on manufacturing environments.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years of manufacturing finance experience, strong Excel and ERP skills, and a Bachelor in finance or accounting. Openings vary by company in the Delta Township region, within about 30 minutes of the city.

Qualifications

• Two or more years of financial analysis experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong Excel skills including pivot tables and lookup functions.
• 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.
• Bachelor degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.

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

Pivot tables

Excel

Financial analysis

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor degree in finance, accounting, or a related field

Tools

SAP

Oracle

NetSuite

Power BI

Job description

The Pivot Group Network is partnering with Delta Township area manufacturers to identify experienced Financial Analysts. This role supports cost modeling, budgeting, variance analysis, and reporting to plant leadership, with a focus on manufacturing environments.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years of manufacturing finance experience, strong Excel and ERP skills, and a Bachelor in finance or accounting. Openings vary by company in the Delta Township region, within about 30 minutes of the city.