Senior FP&A Analyst: Manufacturing Margin & Forecasting

Ohio Gratings, Inc.; Canton (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohio Gratings, Inc. seeks a Senior FP&A Analyst to bolster financial planning, reporting, forecasting, and operational analysis. You will partner with the VP of FP&A and CFO to interpret results, identify drivers, and recommend management actions.

In this role you will own data collection, validate finance information, and develop management reports, dashboards, and commentary. This position supports budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-range plans in a manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Four+ years of progressive FP&A, manufacturing finance, or related financial analysis experience.
• Strong financial analysis skills; ability to organize, validate, analyze, and interpret data.
• Strong understanding of financial statements and accounting concepts.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel including formulas, pivots, data analysis, and large datasets.
• Experience preparing financial reporting, variance analysis, budgets, forecasts, or related analyses.
• Strong analytical curiosity and ability to investigate results and drivers.
• Attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Gather, validate, reconcile financial and operational data from ERP systems and reports; investigate discrepancies.
• Own recurring reporting and analysis from data collection to conclusions, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Perform monthly variance analysis comparing actuals to budget/forecast and prior year.
• Identify causes of variances and work with VP FP&A, accounting, and operations to understand drivers.
• Prepare financial analyses, management reports, dashboards, and commentary for VP FP&A and CFO.
• Support annual budgets, rolling forecasts, cash flow forecasts, and long-range plans.
• Analyze assumptions, trends, and drivers supporting budgets and forecasts.
• Compare actual results to forecasts and identify reasons for deviations.
• Produce monthly/quarterly/annual planning deliverables for executive leadership.

Skills

Financial analysis

Data validation

Independent work

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Forecasting

Education

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

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Power Pivot

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Ohio Gratings, Inc. seeks a Senior FP&A Analyst to bolster financial planning, reporting, forecasting, and operational analysis. You will partner with the VP of FP&A and CFO to interpret results, identify drivers, and recommend management actions.

In this role you will own data collection, validate finance information, and develop management reports, dashboards, and commentary. This position supports budgets, rolling forecasts, and long-range plans in a manufacturing setting.