Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist

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• Lead material cost analysis and identify key drivers impacting product profitability.
  
• Partner with Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, and Operations teams to evaluate sourcing strategies and cost reduction opportunities.
  
• Analyze purchase price variances (PPV), material usage variances, scrap, and manufacturing cost variances, providing actionable recommendations.
  
• Support margin improvement initiatives through product cost analysis, operational efficiency assessments, and financial modeling.
  
• Monitor and validate standard costs, ensuring accuracy and integrity across products and materials.
  
• Lead annual standard cost updates and support new product and material cost rollouts.
  
• Act as finance lead for inventory analysis and inventory performance management.
  
• Drive inventory optimization initiatives while balancing customer service requirements, working capital objectives, and profitability targets.
  
• Analyze inventory turns, excess and obsolete inventory, slow-moving inventory, and inventory reserves.
  
• Support cash flow forecasting and working capital reporting through inventory and operational analysis.
  
• Evaluate inventory strategies and demand trends to improve inventory positioning and financial performance.
  
• Partner closely with plant leadership to provide financial insights that support operational and strategic decisions.
  
• Evaluate product mix, product strategy, and cost-to-serve impacts to improve profitability.
  
• Support decisions related to manufacturing footprint optimization, sourcing strategies, capacity utilization, and operational efficiency.
  
• Translate financial results into business recommendations for plant and functional leaders.
  
• Develop and maintain reporting and dashboards to monitor key operational and financial Control & Reporting
  
• Perform account reconciliations in accordance with company policies and compliance requirements.
  
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of inventory-related financial accounts.
  
• Support month-end close activities and variance analysis.
  
• Prepare recurring and ad-hoc reporting for plant leadership and finance management.
  
• Support audit requirements and maintain compliance with internal controls.
  

Inventory, Working Capital & Cash Flow SupportManufacturing Finance Business Partnership

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• Lead material cost analysis and identify key drivers impacting product profitability.
  
• Partner with Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, and Operations teams to evaluate sourcing strategies and cost reduction opportunities.
  
• Analyze purchase price variances (PPV), material usage variances, scrap, and manufacturing cost variances, providing actionable recommendations.
  
• Support margin improvement initiatives through product cost analysis, operational efficiency assessments, and financial modeling.
  
• Monitor and validate standard costs, ensuring accuracy and integrity across products and materials.
  
• Lead annual standard cost updates and support new product and material cost rollouts.
  
• Act as finance lead for inventory analysis and inventory performance management.
  
• Drive inventory optimization initiatives while balancing customer service requirements, working capital objectives, and profitability targets.
  
• Analyze inventory turns, excess and obsolete inventory, slow-moving inventory, and inventory reserves.
  
• Support cash flow forecasting and working capital reporting through inventory and operational analysis.
  
• Evaluate inventory strategies and demand trends to improve inventory positioning and financial performance.
  
• Partner closely with plant leadership to provide financial insights that support operational and strategic decisions.
  
• Evaluate product mix, product strategy, and cost-to-serve impacts to improve profitability.
  
• Support decisions related to manufacturing footprint optimization, sourcing strategies, capacity utilization, and operational efficiency.
  
• Translate financial results into business recommendations for plant and functional leaders.
  
• Develop and maintain reporting and dashboards to monitor key operational and financial Control & Reporting
  
• Perform account reconciliations in accordance with company policies and compliance requirements.
  
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of inventory-related financial accounts.
  
• Support month-end close activities and variance analysis.
  
• Prepare recurring and ad-hoc reporting for plant leadership and finance management.
  
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