Financial Analyst

Johnson Electric • Springfield, TN

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Johnson Electric is hiring a full-time, onsite Financial Analyst in Springfield, Tennessee. In a fast-paced automotive manufacturing environment, the Financial Analyst serves as a strategic financial partner to plant, regional, and senior leadership. The role supports financial planning, forecasting, performance analysis, business intelligence, and operational decision-making to help leaders understand business drivers and improve profitability.

The Financial Analyst leads and supports annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and monthly plant forecasting; analyzes results and key business drivers; and translates complex financial and operational information into actionable insights and management reports. The role partners with Operations, Materials, Customer Service, Supply Chain, Sales, and other functions to assess manufacturing costs, resource requirements, operational efficiency, investments, and profitability initiatives.

The position also develops and improves reports, KPI dashboards, and analytical tools using Excel, Power BI, ERP systems, and other technologies. It supports automation and continuous improvement in FP&A, including responsible exploration of AI and emerging tools while maintaining appropriate controls and professional judgment. The Financial Analyst is expected to take ownership, communicate clearly, build trusted cross-functional relationships, and follow issues through to resolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• At least three years of experience in financial analysis.
• Strong knowledge of general accounting and cost accounting principles.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Understanding of manufacturing and operational cost drivers.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience working with ERP systems.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
• Ability to transform complex data into clear business insights.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and willingness to learn new technologies.
• Commitment to developing expertise in AI, automation, data analytics, and emerging tools.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in automotive or manufacturing environments.
• Power BI dashboard development experience.
• Experience with plant-level financial planning and analysis.
• Knowledge of sales and volume bridge analysis.
• Experience analyzing EBITDA, headcount, CAPEX, and cost-reduction performance.
• Experience integrating financial, EDI, sales, and manufacturing data.
• Experience automating recurring financial reports and analytical processes.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted financial analysis and reporting tools.
• Experience supporting manufacturing cost-improvement or capacity-planning initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and monthly plant forecasting activities.
• Integrate financial, sales, volume, EDI, and operational data into planning models.
• Partner with business teams to review and challenge forecasting assumptions, improve forecast accuracy, identify resource requirements, and highlight financial risks and business opportunities.
• Prepare forecasts and planning updates for leadership review.
• Analyze actual financial performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods; prepare sales and volume bridges and explain significant variances.
• Analyze EBITDA, headcount, CAPEX, cost reductions, and other key business drivers; recommend actions to improve profitability and business performance.
• Translate complex financial information into actionable insights and develop presentations and reports for finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Partner with Operations, Materials, Customer Service, Supply Chain, Sales, and other functions to understand manufacturing performance and operational cost drivers.
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, production, and investment trends; support cost-improvement, profitability, investment-evaluation, and manufacturing-performance initiatives.
• Provide financial analysis related to headcount, capacity, resource allocation, and operational efficiency, and explain the financial impact of operational decisions.
• Develop and continuously improve financial reports, KPI dashboards, and analytical tools using Excel, Power BI, ERP systems, and other available technologies.
• Consolidate financial and operational information into management reports and dashboards; investigate underlying causes of results and identify trends.
• Improve data accuracy, consistency, accessibility, and reporting efficiency; support standardization and automation of recurring FP&A reports.
• Explore practical applications of AI, automation, and emerging technologies in FP&A; identify repetitive activities to simplify or automate and validate tools and results before implementation.
• Maintain appropriate controls, accuracy, and professional judgment when using new technologies.
• Proactively identify financial and operational problems and opportunities, follow issues through to resolution, and communicate progress clearly.
• Build trusted relationships across functions and organizational levels, communicate openly, remain receptive to feedback, and develop understanding of the business.
• Comply with company safety policies, procedures, and training requirements; use required PPE in designated areas and promptly report unsafe conditions or incidents.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits.
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development through training programs and workshops.
• An inclusive, diverse, and collaborative work environment.
• Accommodations available upon request for candidates participating in the selection process.

What This Job Offers

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