Senior FP&A Analyst: Manufacturing Finance & Insights

Ohio Gratings, Inc; Canton (OH); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Ohio Gratings, Inc. is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to drive financial planning and performance analysis across manufacturing operations. You will own data collection, validation, and reporting, partnering with the VP of FP&A and CFO to interpret results and guide decisions.

You will develop budgets, rolling forecasts, and dashboards, while deepening your understanding of cost structures, margins, and operational drivers to improve profitability and provide actionable insights for leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
• Four or more years of progressive experience in FP&A, manufacturing finance, corporate finance, cost accounting, accounting, or related financial analysis roles.
• Strong financial analysis skills and the ability to organize, validate, analyze, and interpret financial and operational data.
• Strong understanding of financial statements and fundamental accounting concepts.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including complex formulas, pivot tables, data analysis, financial modeling, and working with large datasets.
• Experience preparing financial reporting, variance analysis, budgets, forecasts, or related management analyses.
• Strong analytical curiosity and demonstrated ability to investigate results, identify underlying business drivers, and resolve data or reporting inconsistencies.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate financial information and analytical conclusions.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership of assigned responsibilities, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.

Responsabilités

• Gather, validate, and reconcile financial and operational data from ERP systems, accounting records, operational reports, and other source systems; investigate discrepancies or inconsistencies.
• Independently own assigned recurring reporting and analytical responsibilities from data collection and validation through completed analysis and preliminary conclusions, ensuring accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timely completion.
• Perform detailed monthly variance analysis comparing actual results to budget, forecast, prior-year results, and other relevant benchmarks.
• Identify and investigate significant financial and operational variances and work with the Vice President of FP&A, accounting, and operational teams to understand underlying business drivers.
• Analyze income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and key operational results to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and areas requiring additional investigation.
• Prepare financial analyses, management reporting packages, dashboards, and clear supporting commentary for review with the Vice President of FP&A and CFO.
• Help maintain reporting accuracy and consistency across Ohio Gratings and affiliated business entities.
• Support the preparation and development of annual operating budgets, rolling forecasts, cash flow forecasts, and long-range financial plans.
• Gather, validate, and analyze financial and operational assumptions, historical results, operating trends, backlog, and other relevant business drivers supporting budgets and forecasts.
• Maintain and enhance financial models used for forecasting, business planning, cash flow analysis, and management decision-making.
• Compare actual performance to previous forecasts, identify underlying causes of forecast variances, and support efforts to improve forecast quality and accuracy.
• Develop scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate the potential financial impact of changes in volume, pricing, material costs, labor, productivity, capital investment, and other significant business drivers.
• Support the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial planning deliverables for executive leadership.

Connaissances

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

Power BI

ERP systems

Communication skills

Problem solving

Independence

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business Admin

4+ years FP&A/manufacturing finance/cost accounting

CPA/CMA/MBA or FPAC preferred

Outils

Power BI

ERP systems

Excel

Description du poste

Ohio Gratings, Inc. is seeking a Senior FP&A Analyst to drive financial planning and performance analysis across manufacturing operations. You will own data collection, validation, and reporting, partnering with the VP of FP&A and CFO to interpret results and guide decisions.

You will develop budgets, rolling forecasts, and dashboards, while deepening your understanding of cost structures, margins, and operational drivers to improve profitability and provide actionable insights for leadership.