Senior Financial Analyst

Aston Carter • Reading, PA

10d • $40 - $45 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst will support the finance team, focusing on variance analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and monthly financial reporting. The consultant will analyze financial performance and provide detailed commentary explaining key drivers across forecast versus prior year, actuals versus budget, and actuals versus prior year. The role also supports forecasting and variance analysis across Purchase Price Variance (PPV), manufacturing variances, distribution costs, and inventory provisions. Strong Excel skills are needed to manage and analyze large financial data sets. The ideal candidate can investigate financial results, identify the story behind the numbers, and communicate findings clearly to finance leadership. Manufacturing industry experience is strongly preferred; experience with financial consolidation and reporting tools such as HFM or OneStream is a plus. This is a contract position based in Reading, Pennsylvania, with a hybrid workplace arrangement. The stated pay range is $40.00–$45.00 per hour.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of budgeting and forecasting experience.
• At least 5 years of variance analysis experience.
• At least 5 years of experience providing commentary to explain variances.
• Proficiency with a large-scale ERP.
• Ability to work with large data sets and create pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, INDEX/MATCH formulas, and SUMIFS formulas.

Nice To Haves

• Manufacturing industry experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with financial consolidation and reporting tools such as HFM or OneStream.

Responsibilities

• Support budgeting, forecasting, and monthly financial reporting.
• Analyze financial performance and provide detailed commentary on key drivers across forecast versus prior year, actuals versus budget, and actuals versus prior year.
• Support the forecasting process.
• Perform variance analysis across Purchase Price Variance (PPV), manufacturing variances, distribution costs, and inventory provisions.
• Use Excel to manage and analyze large financial data sets.
• Communicate findings clearly to finance leadership.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, if eligible.
• Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage, if eligible.
• 401(k) retirement plan, with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available, if eligible.
• Voluntary life and AD&D insurance for the employee and dependents, if eligible.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage, if eligible.
• Health Spending Account (HSA), if eligible.
• Transportation benefits, if eligible.
• Employee Assistance Program, if eligible.
• Time off/leave, such as PTO, vacation, or sick leave, if eligible.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed