Senior Finance Analyst - Plant

Shearer's Foods, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Massillon, OH, is a leading manufacturer of salty snacks, cookies, and crackers. Specializing in private label and co-manufacturing, Shearer's is the largest supplier of private brand salty snacks and second-largest supplier of private brand cookies and crackers.

With a strong focus on innovation, service, quality, and sustainability, Shearer's has been awarded the food industry's highest award for environmental sustainability, as well as multiple Supplier of the Year awards.

Operating 16 locations across North America and employing more than 5000 team members, Shearer's is driven by its core values of People, Grow, Impact and Win. The company mission is to deliver exceptional products and services that make snacking a time to celebrate for our customers, colleagues, and community.

At Shearer's Foods, we believe in a skills-first approach to recruitment and employment. This means focusing on what you can do and how you can grow, rather than traditional metrics alone. We are committed to adhering to anti-exclusion practices, removing barriers to access, and enhancing opportunities for all individuals based on merit and potential. Your skills, experience, and perspective are valuable-and we want to empower you to make your mark here with us.

Senior Finance Analyst

Onsite: Dayton, OH Manufacturing Site

As a key contributor to the Plant Leadership team, the Senior Finance Analyst supports the financial activities of the plant by delivering high-quality analysis, driving process improvements, and ensuring adherence to corporate financial policies. This role partners closely with the Site Director, Supply Chain Finance leadership, HQ Finance/Accounting, Operations, and Continuous Improvement teams to provide timely insights that enable sound decision-making across plant operations, spend management, forecasting, inventory control, and productivity improvement initiatives. The Senior Finance Analyst reports to the Sr. Manager of Supply Chain Finance.

• Supports plant financial reporting, spend management, annual budgeting, variance analysis, financial modeling, and productivity forecasting through accurate analysis and clear insights.

• Partners with plant leadership to promote strong fiscal discipline, ensuring integrity in accounting practices, financial reporting, and financially informed decision-making.

• Provides financial impact analysis and recommendations to support cost savings initiatives, loss avoidance, and risk mitigation efforts.

• Supports capital and non-capital projects by validating cost assumptions, tracking productivity savings, and highlighting risks and opportunities.

• Contributes analytical insights and ideas to support both short-term operational objectives and longer-term strategic initiatives.

• Collaborates with Commercial Finance on new product costing models and monitors the financial and productivity impact of new product startups at the plant.

• Works cross-functionally and influences stakeholders across levels by translating financial data into actionable insights that improve business understanding and decision-making.

• Demonstrates a forward-thinking, curious, and adaptable mindset, with the ability to respond effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Identifies issues, analyzes root causes, researches best practices, and proposes data-driven solutions to continuously improve financial processes and productivity outcomes.

• Maintains an active on-site presence, including time on the production floor, to better understand operations, reinforce safety priorities, and identify opportunities for productivity improvement.

• Communicates financial information clearly and effectively, tailoring insights to different audiences across the organization.

• Synthesizes large and complex data sets into concise, actionable insights that drive informed decisions.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance or Business Major preferred.

• 3-6 years of relevant finance experience. Work experience in cost accounting, analytics and/or strategic business consulting is preferred.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to communicate and interact effectively with all levels of management.

• Ability to organize, prioritize, and be a self-starter in a fast-paced environment with internal deadlines.

• Ability to lead and collaborate in a team environment.

• Flexibility to coordinate special projects, anticipate issues and take initiative to resolve them.

• Advanced Excel capabilities and proficiency in MS Word and PowerPoint.

• Flexible work schedule to meet deadlines.

• Ability to travel up to 10%.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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