Financial Analyst- Greenfield, OH, USA

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Description

This position is for a financial analyst at the Greenfield, Ohio manufacturing facility. This facility is an automotive seat foam production facility that ships to multiple customers and has multiple platforms. The general responsibilities include financial analysis, month end journal entries and account reconciliations, forecasting, cost accounting functions, SOX compliance, and fixed assets.

Responsibilities/Experience

• Analysis of financial data: variance analysis, able to analyze data to find inconsistencies and root cause of financial issues. Experienced in analyzing income statement, balance sheet, and statistical accounts to understand trends.

• Accrual analysis: performs freight reconciliation of expected freight vs paid freight expense, indirect spend accrual review, expected temp labor vs paid invoices, and BE work required vs charge from BE.

• Supports financial and non-financial processes to ensure SOX compliance.

• Monitor and report indirect expenses, track and report launch costs.

• Month end: prepares and understands month end journal entries and account reconciliations, supports controller in reporting requirements, familiar with BBP reporting. Performs entries affecting sales, inventory, freight, and purchase burden.

• Forecasting: ability to review past performance and upcoming events to accurately forecast financial results. Support controller in preparation of monthly outlook requirements as well as quarterly forecasts.

• Cost accounting functions: BOM review, cost roll-ups, inventory analysis. Annual standard material, labor, burden, overhead cost setting. Work with commercial team to ensure correct pricing.

• Responsible for fixed asset tracking and tagging, supports controller in CAR completion

• Understand daily performance metrics: conversion cost per EQU, hours per EQU, BBP measures.

• Active participant in CI initiatives

• Systems experience: SAP, HFM, Mfg Pro, BBP

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting

• 3+ years financial analyst experience in a manufacturing environment

• Extensive use with excel, able to summarize financial data and present to non-financial audience

• Sound knowledge of basic accounting theory and methods, understands SOX requirements

• Needs to be self-driven, team oriented, and professional

• Ability to take ownership of ambiguous situations and projects

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