Financial Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

** FINANCIAL ANALYST - Manufacturing **

We're looking for a Financial Analyst for our client with 2–3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment. This is a highly data-intensive position with a primary focus on collecting, validating, analyzing, and reporting financial and manufacturing/operational metrics.

Should be naturally curious and willing to investigate when numbers do not appear correct rather than simply reporting them.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2–3 years of Financial Analyst, Data Analyst, or similar analytical experience within a manufacturing environment required
• Be very comfortable working extensively with data while meeting recurring daily reporting deadlines.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP, complex formulas, data manipulation, and working with large data sets; Power Query experience strongly preferred
• Experience collecting, validating, reconciling, and analyzing data from multiple sources and preparing recurring metrics, KPIs, and management reports
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail and data accuracy, including the ability to identify and investigate discrepancies
• Ability to manage large amounts of information accurately while meeting strict daily reporting deadlines
• Experience with ERP systems and extracting data from business systems preferred
• Experience with Power BI, SQL, or other data analysis and reporting tools is a plus

** EDUCATION: **

BS degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, or related field

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for gathering large amounts of data from multiple sources, ensuring its accuracy, analyzing results and trends, and preparing required daily metrics and reports.
• Collect, consolidate, and analyze financial and operational data from multiple sources and systems
• Prepare and deliver required daily metrics and reports to the parent company accurately and on time
• Validate data and investigate discrepancies, inconsistencies, and unusual results
• Analyze large data sets to identify trends, variances, and changes in business and operational performance
• Develop, maintain, and improve recurring reports, dashboards, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Work closely with Finance, Accounting, Operations, and other departments to gather and validate information
• Reconcile data between different reports, systems, and sources to ensure accuracy
• Monitor manufacturing and business metrics and identify significant changes or trends
• Improve reporting processes to increase accuracy, consistency, and efficiency
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive data collection, manipulation, and reporting
• Prepare ad hoc data analysis and reports for management as needed
• Present data and findings in a clear, concise manner to support management decision-making

\nCompany Description

We are an Executive Recruiting Agency, working on behalf of our client.

Company Description

We are an Executive Recruiting Agency, working on behalf of our client.