Senior Financial Analyst, Cost & Operations

Alta Genetics • Madison, WI

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About The Position

URUS is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst. Cost & Operations to join our Finance, Product & Innovation team. This is a newly created role with an opportunity to help shape how we analyze costs, understand operational performance, and turn financial and production data into actionable insights. You’ll join a small, collaborative team and work across finance, production, R&D, product, and innovation. We’re looking for someone who brings hands-on experience in manufacturing or operational finance, enjoys digging into complex data, and is curious enough to ask why — and then help shape what comes next.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• Several years of progressive experience in manufacturing finance, operations finance, cost accounting, FP&A, or a related financial analysis role.
• Hands-on experience with multiple areas of operational costing, such as cost accounting, standard costing, inventory, BOMs, COGS, overhead, variance analysis, or cost-per-unit analysis.
• Experience working with manufacturing, production, or another operations-intensive business environment.
• Strong Excel, financial modeling, and data analysis skills with the ability to work across large or complex data sets.
• Experience working with ERP and financial reporting systems; experience with JD Edwards, HFM, Power BI, or similar tools is a plus.
• Ability to independently investigate financial and operational data, identify meaningful insights, and communicate recommendations clearly.
• A hands-on, curious, and proactive approach. You’re comfortable asking questions, challenging assumptions constructively, and looking for opportunities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with JD Edwards, HFM, Power BI, or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Analyze production costs, COGS, inventory, margins, cost per unit, and key operational drivers.
• Identify and explain cost drivers across areas such as labor, materials, yield, overhead, efficiency, inventory movement, and product mix.
• Perform variance analysis and translate findings into practical insights and recommendations for business leaders.
• Support and improve costing processes, including areas such as standard costing, cost allocations, BOM analysis, inventory valuation, and overhead.
• Partner with finance, controllership, production, product, R&D, and innovation teams to improve financial visibility and decision-making.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning across production and innovation activities.
• Build financial models for business cases, CAPEX, product economics, make-versus-buy decisions, and other strategic initiatives.
• Improve reporting, dashboards, analytical tools, and recurring financial processes.
• Use technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools to make analysis and reporting more efficient and actionable.

What This Job Offers

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