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SUMMARY:

Midsize private company headquartered in the St. Louis area with strong financial performance is looking for an experienced Financial Operations Analyst to play a critical support role with complete ownership of their largest production facility.  This role works very closely with the Plant Operations Manager and reports to the Corporate Director of FP&A.  The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting, be detail oriented, have strong excel skills, 2-5 years of relevant experience, great communications and relationship building skills, and a curious and humble attitude.  Manufacturing industry experience highly preferred.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide analysis of all facility KPIs against objectives on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Billed Hour / Effective labor rate variances
• Labor Rate variances
• Overtime analysis with realized rate impact
• Tracking of unutilized labor with root cause analysis
• Support each department manager in analyzing their budgets and identifying cost savings opportunities.
• Coordinate process improvement initiatives with Facility Management and Corporate Director of FP&A
• Chair weekly/monthly meeting with Facility managers for understanding and improvement of:
• Master Schedule
• Projected Revenue
• Labor Utilization
• Meet monthly with each department manager to go over their total spending for the month and assist them in managing their functions within the approved budget.
• Provide leadership to the Facility management team with respect to:
• Annual Budget preparation and communication with Director of FP&A and Corporate Controller
• Quarterly rolling forecast preparation and presentation
• Identifying and executing cost reduction initiatives
• Coordinate Facility functions with Corporate FP&A processes and requirements
• Reports to Corporate Director of FP&A for:
  • Integrity and consistency of reporting data and processes
  • Consistent analysis of operational data and variances
  • Consistency of KPI reporting for Corporate dashboards
  • Monthly analysis of Facility Operational results for financial reporting
  • Dotted line responsibility to the Facility General Manager for:
    • Capital project analysis & tracking Analysis of actual results versus budget for all cost areas Capacity planning / scheduling

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Accounting, finance, business or technical-related bachelor’s degree with at least five years of related work experience and progressive responsibilities.
• Strong background in accounting coupled with analysis skills to help develop recommendations and present the business “story”
• Ability to think strategically and help translate business strategy into action
• Superior MS Excel and analytical skills
• Extensive experience working with production ERP systems and financial analysis software
• Be a team player and bring a “roll-up-your-sleeves” self-starter mentality to the job