Senior Manager, Financial Analytics

Granges Americas•Franklin, TN

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Financial Analytics is a hands-on finance leader responsible for manufacturing finance, reporting, analytics, process improvement, and ERP business leadership. The role partners with plant accounting and operations to understand how transactions are generated, identify process breakdowns, and develop simpler, reliable ways of working. Gränges Americas produces rolled aluminum for HVAC and heat exchangers, packaging, and automotive markets. Accurate metal accounting, scrap recovery, melt loss, inventory, and costing are central to understanding plant performance and profitability. The current environment includes AX 2009, RollCIM, ZAP reporting tools, and extensive Excel-based reporting. The role will move Finance toward early detection, recurring controls, and actionable variance analysis, while reducing after-the-fact investigation and manual reconstruction. The position leads metal accounting and FIFO processes; modernizes KPI reporting and dashboards; delivers analytics and decision support; applies approved automation and AI tools with finance review; and leads the business side of ERP selection and implementation. It also provides flexible finance support for accounting, close, budgets, forecasts, cash flow, operational decisions, and urgent leadership needs. The role is expected to work first with the SRM team and extend proven practices to HRM and NRM.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
15 or more years of progressive finance experience, including plant or manufacturing accounting.
Strong command of inventory accounting, standard costing, product costing, variance analysis, and month-end close.
Hands-on experience leading or playing a key business role in at least one ERP selection or implementation, including requirements, data conversion, testing, and training.
Proven experience building dashboards and KPI reporting from multiple data sources using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, SQL, and advanced Excel.
Track record of partnering with plant managers and operations teams to turn variances into corrective actions with measurable results.
Clear communication skills, including the ability to explain financial effects and recommendations to senior leaders and plant teams.
Comfort moving between detailed accounting work and broader business decisions, and knowing when to bring in specialist review.

Nice To Haves

CMA or CPA.
MBA or graduate study in Accounting or Information Systems.
Experience in metals, aluminum, or other process manufacturing, including casting, scrap, melt loss, and yield.
FIFO layer accounting experience.
Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics AX, RollCIM, ZAP, SAP S/4HANA, JD Edwards, or Epicor.
Experience supporting multiple plants from a central finance team.
Interest in applying automation and AI tools to finance reporting and analysis.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end review of metal accounting, connecting physical activity, production records, inventory, and the general ledger, beginning at SRM.
Map casting entries for metal inputs, cast output, scrap, melt loss, dross, and inventory movements; address missing inputs, inconsistent treatment, and manual steps.
Review the flow of physical scrap counts and cutoff information into monthly accounting, distinguishing operational changes from timing, measurement, transaction, or accounting issues.
Own FIFO calculations and monthly layer roll forwards, simplifying inputs and ensuring quantities and values are traceable to supporting records and the ledger.
Establish recurring metal balance and exception reviews with clear owners and follow-up actions, and extend proven approaches from SRM to HRM and NRM.
Modernize the monthly KPI package by reviewing sources, definitions, calculations, and workflows and replacing manual steps with repeatable data preparation and validation.
Design executive and plant dashboards with comparisons to budget, prior periods, and targets, including drill-down by site, product, and other business dimensions.
Connect operational and financial measures, including volume, scrap and yield, melt loss, inventory, conversion cost, profitability, and working capital.
Set metric definitions, source ownership, refresh routines, and reconciliation checks; maintain a reporting roadmap prioritized by business value.
Provide leadership, direction, and priorities to the KPI/reporting analyst.
Identify and lead analyses affecting EBIT, cash, and manufacturing performance, including metal, scrap and yield losses; manufacturing costs; profitability; and working capital.
Explain significant findings by identifying what changed, its drivers and financial effect, recommended actions, and accountable owners; track whether actions deliver expected results.
Use automation and approved AI tools to reduce repetitive work in reporting, exception identification, documentation, and initial variance commentary.
Pilot AI-assisted narratives based on validated KPI data, ensuring finance-owner review and retaining reconciled calculations and human review for automated outputs.
Lead the business side of ERP selection and implementation with functional leaders, IT, and the implementation partner.
Work with Finance, Procurement, Quality, Planning & Scheduling, Customer Service, and Technology & Integration to document workflows, issues, controls, and future requirements.
Define manufacturing finance requirements for metal and scrap movements, casting entries, inventory traceability, FIFO valuation and layers, standard costing, yield and melt-loss analysis, plant close, and GL reconciliation.
Build vendor-evaluation scorecards and demonstration scenarios; assess fit, gaps, and configuration, integration, or customization needs.
Support process design, data mapping and conversion, end-to-end and user acceptance testing, training, cutover, and post-go-live issue resolution.
Provide flexible finance capacity during peak periods or shifting priorities, as prioritized with the Director of Finance.
Support accounting and close activities, including reconciliations, accruals, inventory and cost accounting, variance investigation, and audit requests.
Support budgets, forecasts, scenario modeling, cash flow analysis, and financial evaluation of operational decisions.
Respond to urgent leadership questions, cost-saving opportunities, pricing and margin reviews, and working capital initiatives.
For recurring requests, provide a documented approach, reusable analysis, or trained colleague.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, and supplemental health coverage.
Company-paid disability and life insurance, with additional coverage options.
24/7 Teladoc access for urgent care and mental-health visits, plus diabetes coaching, musculoskeletal advice, and nutrition counseling.
Employee assistance program.
401(k) Savings Plan with company match.
Free one-on-one financial advice sessions with CAPTRUST advisors.
Company-provided uniforms and PPE for production positions.
Paid technical training and safety certifications.
Service awards for every fifth company anniversary.
Paid time off, including company holidays and vacation, with vacation increasing with seniority.
Company-hosted employee and family events, including cookouts, volunteer days, and holiday celebrations.
College scholarships for children of employees, earning $1,000–$2,500 annually.
$20,000 infertility coverage for employees enrolled in a company medical plan.