Manufacturing Financial Analyst: Drive Plant Performance

The Pivot Group; Saginaw (MI); On-site; USD 64,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pivot Group Network is seeking a Financial Analyst in the Saginaw, MI area to support manufacturing finance teams. You will prepare monthly reports, build cost models, analyze variances, and assist with budgeting and forecasting to drive cost control and better decision making.

Ideal candidates hold a finance or accounting degree with 2+ years of manufacturing financial analysis experience, strong Excel (pivot tables, lookups) and ERP familiarity (SAP/Oracle), and the ability to communicate

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.

Skills

Excel pivot tables

Excel lookups

Power BI

SQL

Data modeling

Communication of financial results

Education

Bachelor degree in finance or accounting

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

The Pivot Group Network is seeking a Financial Analyst in the Saginaw, MI area to support manufacturing finance teams. You will prepare monthly reports, build cost models, analyze variances, and assist with budgeting and forecasting to drive cost control and better decision making.

Ideal candidates hold a finance or accounting degree with 2+ years of manufacturing financial analysis experience, strong Excel (pivot tables, lookups) and ERP familiarity (SAP/Oracle), and the ability to communicate