Manufacturing Financial Analyst — Plant Cost & Analytics

The Pivot Group; Croswell (MI); On-site; USD 68,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pivot Group Network is seeking Financial Analysts for Croswell-area manufacturers. You will support month-end close, cost models, budgets, and variance analysis to drive strategic decisions and plant leadership insights.

Develop dashboards and reports to monitor manufacturing metrics, using Excel, ERP systems (SAP/Oracle), and BI tools. This role suits candidates with 2+ years in manufacturing finance and a bachelor's in finance or accounting.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate financial results to non financial plant staff.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Communication

Financial analysis

Pivot tables

Lookup functions

Variance analysis

Data modeling

Multi-site experience

Lean manufacturing

SQL

Data modeling

Leadership

Education

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

CPA or CMA certification

Tools

Power BI

SAP

Oracle

Excel

SQL

Job description

The Pivot Group Network is seeking Financial Analysts for Croswell-area manufacturers. You will support month-end close, cost models, budgets, and variance analysis to drive strategic decisions and plant leadership insights.

Develop dashboards and reports to monitor manufacturing metrics, using Excel, ERP systems (SAP/Oracle), and BI tools. This role suits candidates with 2+ years in manufacturing finance and a bachelor's in finance or accounting.