Financial Analyst

Heidtman Steel Products Inc. • Toledo, OH

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About The Position

We are seeking a Financial Analyst – Commercial Performance to play a critical role in understanding, analyzing, and improving the company's margin performance. This position partners cross-functionally with Sales, Purchasing, Operations, Resource Planning, Quality, Risk Management, and Business Intelligence to deliver actionable insights into volume and margin performance at a granular level.

This is a highly visible role that regularly reports findings, root causes, and improvement opportunities to the leadership team.
Business Impact & Metrics
This role directly contributes to protecting and improving company profitability through:
Quote margin vs. realized margin analysis
Margin variance monitoring versus targets
Identification and recovery of margin leakage
Margin improvement on targeted parts and customers

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field
• 3–5 years of experience in pricing, procurement, or finance within a manufacturing or commodities-based environment
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau
• ERP system experience (INVEX experience is a plus)
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to balance detailed analysis with high-level margin strategy

Responsibilities

• Review all new sales quotes to ensure accuracy of costs and margin assumptions
• Analyze daily sales and margin reporting, with deep dives into underperforming parts
• Perform root cause analysis on persistent margin variances by part and customer
• Collaborate with Sales, Purchasing, Operations, Quality, Risk, and Planning to develop margin improvement plans
• Become a subject matter expert in BI and ERP tools to support margin analysis across the organization
• Prepare and present weekly margin performance reports to leadership, including issues, root causes, and action plans
• Analyze the impact of commodity price fluctuations and customer pricing programs on margin performance
• Support the Director of Risk Management with back-office hedging activities, including trade logging, reconciliations, and data support for reporting
• Partner with the BI team to recommend and develop new reporting tools to support margin and inventory management

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with Return-on-equity incentives
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, dental, and prescription coverage
• 401(k) plan with company match and flexible spending account
• Company paid disability and life insurance benefits
• Health club reimbursement and tuition assistance and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level