Financial Analyst
Nivagen Pharmaceuticals Inc•Sacramento, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
The Financial Analyst provides plant-level financial and operational support to Nivagen Pharmaceuticals, with primary responsibility for cost accounting, inventory forecasting, and operational finance. This role partners closely with Operations and Supply Chain to drive financial performance, inventory optimization, and working capital efficiency. Responsibilities include ownership of cost accounting activities, month-end close, and forward-looking financial analysis, ensuring alignment between operational decisions and financial outcomes. The Financial Analyst serves as a key liaison between Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain, translating production plans, inventory movements, and supply decisions into actionable financial insights.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a financial analyst or accounting role in a manufacturing environment (biopharma, life sciences, or healthcare strongly preferred).
- Experience owning budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis processes.
- Advanced Excel skills and strong financial modeling capability.
- Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
- Experience with FP&A tools and ERPs (e.g., Anaplan, Adaptive, Hyperion, SAP, Oracle) and BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
- Legally authorized to be employed in the United States
- Must live or be willing to move to the Sacramento Metropolitan Region (Approx. 40 miles’ radius)
- Able to successfully complete a drug and background check
- Able and willing to walk, stoop, stand, bend, and lift throughout each shift, with or without accommodation
Responsibilities
- Own plant-level cost accounting activities, including standard cost maintenance, bill of material and routing validation, labor and overhead rate analysis, and absorption accounting
- Analyze and explain manufacturing variances, including material usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, yield, and mix variances
- Partner with Operations and Engineering to ensure accurate costing for new products, process changes, and capital projects
- Monitor inventory valuation and cost flow assumptions in accordance with GAAP and company policy
- Perform month-end close activities, including production variance analysis, purchase price variance (PPV) reconciliation, absorption analysis, labor reconciliation, inventory analysis, journal entry preparation, and balance sheet account reconciliations
- Analyze and communicate financial performance versus targets, highlighting trends, risks, and drivers of variance
- Maintain accurate audit trails and supporting documentation in compliance with GAAP and third-party audit requirements
- Partner with Supply Chain, Planning, and Operations to develop and maintain rolling forecasts for finished goods and raw material inventory aligned with demand plans, production schedules, and purchasing strategies
- Analyze volume, mix, yield, and efficiency impacts on inventory balances, absorption, cost of goods sold, and working capital
- Support raw material forecasting by analyzing historical consumption, bills of material, supplier lead times, and minimum order quantities to identify financial risks and cash optimization opportunities
- Own financial analysis of inventory turns, days on hand (DOH), and slow-moving/excess/obsolete (SLOB) exposure, including reserve modeling and trend reporting
- Translate MRP outputs and production plans into financial projections for inventory balances, PPV, absorption, and cash flow
- Support preparation of plant financial forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans, including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow impacts
- Maintain a rolling production and absorption model outlining volume and mix impacts versus plan
- Participate as a Finance representative in production planning, S&OP, or IBP discussions, providing financial insight into trade-offs between service levels, inventory investment, cost, and capacity utilization
- Develop and monitor forecast accuracy and bias metrics related to inventory and production assumptions
- Work closely with Operations to understand and quantify the financial impact of OEE performance, throughput, and labor efficiency
- Monitor, analyze, and report on fixed assets and capital projects, including capitalization, depreciation, and budget-to-actual tracking
- Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying financial opportunities tied to operational performance and inventory management
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid time off plan
- 401k savings plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
