Finance Analyst (Plant Cost & Financial Analyst)

Bot Verification • Fairfield, OH

21h

About The Position

The Plant Cost & Financial Analyst supports the Plant Controller by delivering accurate, timely, and insightful manufacturing finance reporting. The role owns recurring weekly and intra-week reports covering WIP, inventory transactions, material usage variance, PPV, and the plant P&L. The analyst also prepares the Analysis of Change (Client) to explain period-over-period movements in plant performance. The role turns transactional data into clear explanations of cost drivers and flags anomalies early so the Controller and Operations leadership can act on them.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Understanding of standard costing, inventory valuation, WIP, PPV, and usage variances.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data modeling.
• Experience working with ERP data.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to reconcile data across multiple sources.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in cost accounting, manufacturing finance, or plant finance.
• Experience with Oracle ERP, including costing, inventory, and subledger reporting.
• Exposure to engineer-to-order or project-based manufacturing environments.
• Experience with Power BI, Power Query, or other reporting automation tools.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Prepare recurring weekly and intra-week reports for WIP, inventory transactions, material usage variance, PPV, and the plant P&L.
• Prepare the Analysis of Change (Client) explaining period-over-period movements in plant performance.
• Translate transactional data into clear explanations of cost drivers.
• Identify and flag anomalies early for the Plant Controller and Operations leadership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time