Plant Finance Analyst: Costing, Forecasting & Insights

The Fountain Group; Columbia (OH); On-site; USD 89,544,000 - 93,677,000; Full time

Job summary

The Fountain Group is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst in Massillon, OH to support financial planning, reporting, and cost management for a manufacturing plant. You will lead AOP, forecasting, cost variance analysis, and month-end close, partnering with production teams to quantify savings and improve processes.

This 6-month, 32.00 USD/hour role requires 3+ years in manufacturing finance, advanced Excel, and SAP FI/CO experience.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of financial analysis or manufacturing finance experience within a plant or supply chain environment.
• Hands-on manufacturing finance experience, including plant cost reporting and financial planning.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling and data analysis.
• SAP experience, preferably SAP FI/CO and plant cost-center reporting.
• 3–4+ years of financial forecasting and budgeting experience.
• Strong cost accounting and variance analysis experience.
• Experience with actual-versus-forecast reporting and process-order variance analysis.
• Experience supporting month-end financial close and journal entries.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), including product cost standards, raw and packaging yields, master recipes, and cost-change bridges.
• Prepare weekly and monthly actual-versus-forecast cost reporting and KPI analysis for manufacturing operations.
• Analyze direct expense variances and process-order performance against targets.
• Support month-end close activities, including journal entries, SAP requirements, FAC review, and variance commentary.
• Partner with Production and Continuous Improvement teams to quantify and track operational savings.
• Perform financial modeling, scenario analysis, and forecasting to support plant-level decisions.
• Review operational BOM accuracy and support inventory financial controls.
• Identify and implement improvements to financial planning and reporting processes.

Skills

Financial analysis

Manufacturing finance

Advanced Excel

SAP FI/CO

Forecasting

Budgeting

Cost variance analysis

Actual vs forecast

Month-end close

Journal entries

Education

Bachelor's in Finance or Accounting

MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred

Tools

4Site

SAP FI/CO

Job description

The Fountain Group is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst in Massillon, OH to support financial planning, reporting, and cost management for a manufacturing plant. You will lead AOP, forecasting, cost variance analysis, and month-end close, partnering with production teams to quantify savings and improve processes.

This 6-month, 32.00 USD/hour role requires 3+ years in manufacturing finance, advanced Excel, and SAP FI/CO experience.