Operations Finance Partner — Manufacturing & Ops Insights

iAutomation; Franklin (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

iAutomation in Franklin, MA seeks an Operations Finance Analyst to join our team. This hands-on role partners with Operations to provide analysis linking financial results to operational drivers.

You will analyze costs, labor, and KPIs, support budgeting and forecasting, and collaborate with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Production Planning, Inventory, Warehouse, and Engineering to drive cost improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field required.
• 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, operations finance, cost accounting, or related analytical role preferred.
• Experience in manufacturing required.
• Experience partnering directly with Operations or Supply Chain leadership required.
• US Citizenship or Permanent Resident/Green Card status required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a financial partner to Operations leadership, providing timely analysis and insight into operational and financial performance.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Production Planning, Inventory, Warehouse, and Engineering teams to understand business drivers and identify opportunities to improve performance.
• Translate operational activity into financial impact and clearly communicate findings to business leaders.
• Support Operations leaders in evaluating business decisions, investments, staffing needs, and improvement initiatives.
• Analyze manufacturing costs, labor utilization, overtime, productivity, capacity, and other operational cost drivers.
• Monitor and analyze KPIs including labor utilization, overtime, time tracking accuracy, on-time delivery, inventory management, and quality costs.
• Quantify the financial impact of operational improvement initiatives.
• Analyze inventory levels, trends, turns, aging, and excess/obsolete inventory.
• Support inventory forecasting and financial planning; assist with reserves, adjustments, and variances.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

ERP systems

Power BI

Variance analysis

Cost accounting

Manufacturing costs

Data analysis

Cross-functional partner

Inventory management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance

Tools

NetSuite

Power BI

Job description

iAutomation in Franklin, MA seeks an Operations Finance Analyst to join our team. This hands-on role partners with Operations to provide analysis linking financial results to operational drivers.

You will analyze costs, labor, and KPIs, support budgeting and forecasting, and collaborate with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Production Planning, Inventory, Warehouse, and Engineering to drive cost improvements.