Plant Finance Analyst: Forecasting & Cost Control

Horizon Family Brands; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 69,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizon Organic requires an Analyst, Plant Finance to support planning, forecasting, reporting, and cost controls at the Salt Lake City plant. You will partner with the Plant Controller and plant leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting and disciplined management of operating expenditures.

This is an on-site role in our Salt Lake City, UT plant. This role focuses on forecasting, month-end close, inventory and cost accounting, and delivering dashboards and analyses to plant leadership to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field.
• 2 years of strong accounting/financial analysis experience.
• SAP experience, preferably within manufacturing or plant operations.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Knowledge of inventory accounting and cost accounting principles.
• Strong analytical, communication, and business partnering skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Plant Controller to develop forecasts, monitor spending trends, and manage plant operating expenditures.
• Analyze and communicate operating expense variances versus budget, forecast, and prior-year results, highlighting key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Support month-end close activities, including reviewing and closing production orders, preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, and validating financial data for reporting purposes.
• Maintain SAP transactional data and financial reporting systems to ensure data integrity, reliability, and timely reporting.
• Coordinate processing of invoices in accounts payable system related to plant expenditures.
• Review inventory transactions and balances to ensure inventory accuracy and compliance with company accounting policies.
• Prepare and distribute recurring financial reports, dashboards, and analyses to plant leadership to support operational decision-making.
• Support ad hoc plant initiatives and special projects as required.

Skills

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Cost accounting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

Tools

SAP

Job description

Horizon Organic requires an Analyst, Plant Finance to support planning, forecasting, reporting, and cost controls at the Salt Lake City plant. You will partner with the Plant Controller and plant leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting and disciplined management of operating expenditures.

This is an on-site role in our Salt Lake City, UT plant. This role focuses on forecasting, month-end close, inventory and cost accounting, and delivering dashboards and analyses to plant leadership to