Financial Analyst- Manufacturing Cost Accountant

Owens Corning • Kansas City, KS

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Owens Corning is investing in excess of $200 million to transform their Kansas City Fiberglass Insulation Plant, adding jobs, expanding capabilities, and shaping the future of manufacturing. This role provides financial leadership to the plant, reporting to the Plant Controller. The Senior Financial Analyst is a dynamic leader responsible for maintaining a controls environment compliant with internal control policies and Sarbanes Oxley, managing the financial closing process, monthly forecasting, annual budgeting, ensuring accurate financial data, and identifying productivity opportunities. This position is a key part of the financial talent pipeline, serving as a feeder for larger plants and corporate roles.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or relevant discipline a must.
• 2+ years of experience supporting manufacturing operations.
• Proficiency in SAP, Microsoft Office/Excel
• Strong financial acumen with demonstrated analytical ability accompanied by knowledge of corporate finance and manufacturing costing principles—understands P&L and balance sheet dynamics
• Demonstrated ability to teach and communicate in simple, impacting terms
• Demonstrated ability to manage and control costs—effectively develops business cases and enroll leaders at all levels in taking appropriate action.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and intimate knowledge of customers, competition, and the market and uses this knowledge to drive customer and product profitability decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and execute strategic directions.
• Conducts themselves with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Highly motivated and results driven
• Broad operating style, ability to adapt across cultures, environments and styles.
• Forward thinking leadership abilities, including the ability to motivate, lead by example, and encourage teamwork and effective communication.
• Makes decisions and commits to a course of action with appropriate information and recognizes uncertainty of success; weighs and manages risk in decision making; able to make decisions detrimental to a few but helpful to many.
• Candidates must be able to meet the physical and environmental requirements of working in a manufacturing setting at Owens Corning. This includes supporting a 24/7, fast-paced, and ever-changing environment in a non-climate-controlled facility. Essential physical capabilities include but aren’t limited to the ability to lift up to 40 pounds, maneuver up and down stairs, and perform continuous standing, lifting, bending, and other physically demanding tasks.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, CMA, CPA preferred.
• Operating in a range of economic conditions, i.e. expansion, contraction, stable economic conditions—forecasting, scenario planning, risk analysis and contingency development.
• Delivering continuous improvement.
• Participating in the development of strategic plans.
• Demonstrated high growth in previous experience

Responsibilities

• Participates in the development of operational objectives for the plant that are aligned to Corporate and Division strategic objectives.
• Leads proactive development of contingency plans, productivity improvement opportunities and corrective actions to ensure optimal facility financial results and shareholder value.
• Ownership of large projects will be an ongoing responsibility given the changing nature of the plant, needed improvements, and ongoing consolidation/automation.
• Ensures the internal controls environment is operating effectively in all areas including, data integrity, asset protection, segregation of duties, budgeting, financial reporting, information systems and adherence to corporate policies and governmental regulations (GAAP, SOX compliance, etc.).
• Leads and coaches department NLTs to ensure that accountability for internal controls is clear and procedures documented.
• Leads the continuous sign off process and works with the department NLTs to modify procedures for changes in policy.
• Drives a robust representation letter process and provides assurance and visibility to internal controls.
• Owns the representation as well as the financial return of plant assets.
• Leads financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Prepares and delivers the plant financial forecasts and projections.
• Responsible for the plant’s monthly closing process in conjunction with the Accounting team.
• Communicates results effectively to management and non-financial personnel.
• Provides in-depth analysis on variances to plan and forecast.
• Provides risk analysis for contingency planning.
• Responsible for SAP financial data integrity and accuracy.
• Leads actions in line with achieving targets, mitigating risk and prioritizing resource needs.
• Leads proactive development of contingency plans, productivity improvement and corrective actions to ensure facility optimal financial results and shareholder value.
• Provides insightful and competitive analytics that anticipate change and drive decision making.
• Provides investment analysis.
• Educates plant personnel on key performance metrics.
• Acts as a resource to the non-financial leaders of the business providing education and training on the key principles of Finance.
• Work across organization boundaries and all levels of the company to achieve plant, division or corporate objectives.
• Shares best practices across division, i.e. process improvements, financial modeling and procedural changes.
• Aligns teams and resources in order to solve problems and drive results.
• Accountable to deliver functional leadership to team members at plant, segment and corporate level.

Benefits

• Be part of a $200M state-of-the-art transformation that will help shape the future of manufacturing in Kansas City.
• Lead in a plant with a proud 80-year history and a bold future.
• Join a global building products leader committed to innovation, sustainability, and being a strong community partner.
• Experience a culture that prioritizes people and progress, grounded in values of caring, curiosity, collaboration, and commitment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees