Manufacturing Finance Analyst

Weir • Portland, OR

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Finance Analyst is a crucial member of the Portland, OR plant management team. This role reports to divisional finance directly and has a dotted line to the Site Manager to support achieving the plant’s performance objectives. At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting, and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. It depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress, and excel. There is no set path that our people must take; instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives. Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place where each individual’s contribution is recognized, and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate, and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent, and authentic in everything we do.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or closely related field required.
• At least 2 years financial analysis experience or 3+ years’ public accounting experience working with manufacturing clients would be considered equivalent.
• Requires proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), including strong Excel skills.
• Must be permanently authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• CMA or MBA is a plus, but not required.
• Experience with Oracle, Power BI, and OneStream is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Site Manager and operation leadership, provide analysis and participate in setting up targets and incentives that link financial reports to business strategies.
• Build partnerships and maintain strong relationships with all other department managers and their teams.
• Improve the impact and understanding of financial reporting on business performance.
• Coach and promote a cost-conscious culture.
• Responsible for high-quality reporting and planning, including but not limited to daily and weekly key financial metrics reporting and projecting.
• Coordinate review meetings with the management team.
• Be efficient in standard reporting and what-if / Ad hoc analysis for management reporting purposes.
• Independently perform the Month-end close within a strict timeline, besides remote support from divisional financial and Weir Business Services (WBS).
• Facilitate on-site discussions so that the quarterly forecast update/the annual budget is completed promptly, including meaningful targets and incentives established by the team.
• Set standard cost rates annually based on a high-quality budget.
• Review BOM and Routing with the production team.
• Ensure Oracle standard costs are accurate and up to date.
• Investigate system issues and resolve root causes through teamwork and coordination with related resources.
• Work with Divisional Finance, local Supply Chain, HR, and Production Scheduling team, to monitor, track and improve inventory management, including RMI, WIP, FGI, and Store inventories (maintenance spare parts).
• Utilize technology (e.g., Oracle, Data warehouse query, Power BI, and OneStream) to collect data.
• Gain a robust understanding of the operation process by regularly visiting the shop floor, interviewing frontline workers, and participating in on-site Kaizen projects to gain knowledge of business drivers behind the financial numbers.
• Find opportunities to improve current processes through resolving ad-hoc issues, document controls, revised processes and procedures related to manufacturing accounting, and ensure IFRS compliance.
• Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world-class safety culture.

Benefits

• Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

What This Job Offers

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