Manufacturing Finance Automation Analyst

Club Car boasts a 60+ year history of industry-leading innovation and design, initially focused on golf cars and then expanding to commercial utility vehicles and personal-use transportation.GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTIONThe Business Analyst, AI Automation & Operations Finance will be responsible for identifying, designing, and implementing AI-driven solutions that improve financial processes, costing methodologies, operational reporting, productivity analysis, forecasting, and decision support across manufacturing and supply chain operations.This role acts as the bridge between Operations Finance, IT, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Data & Analytics teams, leveraging emerging AI technologies, automation tools, digital workflows, and intelligent agents to eliminate manual activities, improve data quality, accelerate decision-making, and enhance financial insights.The ideal candidate combines strong finance and costing expertise with hands-on experience in AI tools, intelligent automation, business process redesign, and data analytics. Essential Job Functions:Finance Process AutomationIdentify finance and operational processes suitable for automation using AI, machine learning, workflow automation, and intelligent agents.Eliminate manual reporting, reconciliations, costing updates, data cleansing, and variance analysis activities.Design scalable automation solutions that improve accuracy, speed, and internal controls.AI Agent & Bot DevelopmentPartner with IT and business stakeholders to develop AI-powered agents and digital assistants.Build and deploy bots to automate: Standard costing maintenanceBOM and routing validationManufacturing variance analysisProductivity reportingSupply chain analyticsForecasting supportAccounts receivable and collections workflowsEvaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend business applications.Costing & Manufacturing FinanceImprove standard costing processes and profitability analysis.Support inventory valuation, labor and overhead absorption reviews.Automate: Cost rollupsCost change analysisMargin reportingFreight and logistics cost analysisPlant performance scorecardsDevelop predictive models for material, labor, and freight cost management.Business Analysis & Process ImprovementMap current-state processes and design future-state automated workflows.Gather business requirements and convert them into automation-ready solutions.Lead workshops with Operations, Supply Chain, Plant Finance, and Corporate Finance teams.Quantify expected ROI from automation initiatives.Analytics & Decision SupportBuild executive dashboards and self-service analytics solutions.Create predictive and prescriptive financial models.Develop KPI frameworks for: ProductivityCost savingsWorking capitalInventoryManufacturing performanceSupply chain efficiencyGovernance & ControlsEnsure compliance with finance, audit, SOX, and internal control requirements.Maintain automation controls, documentation, and change-management procedures.Define performance metrics and monitoring processes for AI solutions.EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLSEducationBachelor's degree in: Business AnalyticsInformation SystemsIndustrial EngineeringComputer ScienceFinance and Accounting with proven information system backgroundExperience implementing automation or AI initiatives in finance organizationsPreferred:MBARelevant AI/Automation certificationsAI, Data & Automation ExperienceExperience with some combination of:Microsoft Copilot / Copilot Studio, Salesforce Agentforce, and OCI AI/Agent capabilities for enterprise AI, copilots, AI agents, and agentic solutionsOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW), and Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) for cloud, data, analytics, and reporting solutions Generative AI, LLMs, AI/ML, and agentic automation applied to business processes Enterprise data and analytics, including data integration, warehousing, modeling, visualization, and advanced analysis Workflow automation, RPA, process optimization, and enterprise application integration Data governance, security, quality, and responsible use of enterprise data and AIKEY COMPETENCIESBusiness AcumenStrong understanding of manufacturing economics and operational drivers.Ability to connect financial outcomes to operational performance.Willing to learn costing and financial concepts AI & Innovation MindsetCuriosity around emerging AI capabilities.Ability to rapidly prototype and scale new solutions.Problem SolvingTranslate ambiguous business challenges into data-driven solutions.Identify automation opportunities and measurable ROI.Club Car is a diverse and inclusive environment. We are an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to hiring a diverse workforce; including individuals with disabilities and United States qualified protected veterans.