Financial Analyst

Finance Analyst – Cost Accounting / Manufacturing Fairfield | Hybrid: Monday–Thursday Onsite, Friday WFH Contract: 3 Months + Potential Extension Pay: $40-47/hr on W2 We are seeking a Finance Analyst to support plant finance and cost accounting activities within a manufacturing environment. This is a great opportunity for an early-career finance professional with 2–3+ years of experience who has strong analytical skills and enjoys turning financial and operational data into meaningful business insights. Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and analyze recurring plant financial reports, including WIP, inventory transactions, material usage variance, PPV, and Plant P&L
• Perform cost accounting, standard costing, inventory valuation, and variance analysis
• Analyze period-over-period changes and explain key cost and inventory drivers
• Reconcile financial and operational data across multiple sources and identify discrepancies
• Partner with Operations, Purchasing, Master Data, and Finance teams
• Identify reporting anomalies and communicate findings to plant leadership
• Support month-end reporting and financial close activities
• Help improve and automate recurring financial reports and processes

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 2–3+ years of relevant finance/accounting experience preferred
• Knowledge of cost accounting and manufacturing/plant finance
• Understanding of standard costing, inventory, WIP, PPV, and material usage variances
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, lookups, and data analysis/modeling
• Experience working with ERP financial or inventory data
• Strong analytical, reconciliation, and problem-solving skills

Preferred:

• Oracle ERP experience
• Power BI and/or Power Query
• Engineer-to-order or project-based manufacturing experience
• Bilingual English/Spanish

Schedule Note: Candidates must be available to work approximately a half-day on Saturdays during month-end reporting periods . If you have a background in cost accounting, manufacturing finance, inventory analysis, or plant finance , we'd like to hear from you. Integration International Inc