Financial Planning & Analysis

LED FastStart•Baton Rouge, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Planning & Analysis role provides manufacturing cost insight, planning, forecasting, and performance analysis to support management decisions with guidance. The position works across HPLS functions and with external partners to deliver safe, compliant, timely, and sustainable results during project execution and ongoing operations. The role manages product costing and manufacturing cost analysis; prepares budgets, forecasts, variance analyses, long-range plans, and monthly performance reporting; and analyzes production costs, profitability, and financial drivers. It maintains product costing structures, cost-center structures, allocation methods, and manufacturing cost models. The position partners with operations and functional leaders to explain results and develop corrective actions, and prepares management presentations, scenario analyses, business cases, and decision-support models. It also improves planning processes, data quality, controls, dashboards, and ERP reporting. The position is on-site at the Baton Rouge location and is not eligible for remote work. Work may take place in office, construction, commissioning, or operating-plant environments, depending on assignment. The standard schedule is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., although hours may change or be adjusted based on operational, project, commissioning, emergency, or business needs. Travel between HPLS locations and vendor, partner, or project sites may be required. The employee must comply with site PPE, security, and safety requirements; reasonable accommodations will be considered in accordance with applicable law. Performance expectations include safety ownership, ethical judgment, respectful teamwork, technical or functional excellence, disciplined execution, accurate documentation, timely escalation of risk, and continuous improvement. The job description notes that duties may change based on project and business needs and that HPLS is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
Demonstrated ability to manage priorities, analyze information, document work, and collaborate across functions.
Working proficiency with Microsoft 365 and job-relevant enterprise or technical systems.
Ability to communicate clearly in English and work effectively in a multicultural environment.
Ability to comply with site PPE, security, and safety requirements.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual Korean/English.
FP&A, cost accounting, or manufacturing finance experience.
Experience with ERP/EPM systems and advanced Excel or business-intelligence tools.
CPA, CMA, MBA, or progress toward a relevant credential.

Responsibilities

Manage product costing, standard costs, and manufacturing cost analysis.
Prepare budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses to support financial planning and performance management.
Analyze production costs, profitability, and key financial drivers to support management decision-making.
Develop budgets, forecasts, long-range plans, and monthly performance reporting.
Maintain product costing, standard costs, cost-center structures, allocation methods, and manufacturing cost models.
Analyze price, volume, mix, yield, usage, labor, overhead, inventory, and capital-spend variances.
Partner with operations and functional leaders to explain results and develop corrective actions.
Prepare management presentations, scenario analyses, business cases, and decision-support models.
Improve planning processes, data quality, controls, dashboards, and ERP reporting.
Comply with site PPE, security, and safety requirements.
Travel between HPLS locations and vendor, partner, or project sites as required.
Demonstrate safety ownership, ethical judgment, respectful teamwork, disciplined execution, accurate documentation, timely risk escalation, and continuous improvement.