Financial Analyst II, Plant Operations, Cost Accounting
On-sitePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Summary
Conduct monthly variance analysis for Plant Operations cost centers, partnering with stakeholders to explain drivers and support corrective action planning. Manage inventory reporting and monitoring, including goods receipt activity, cycle counts, and material management financial impacts. Execute month-end close activities, preparing cost accounting reporting packs, accrual support, and economic scorecard inputs. Support annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes, analyzing YoY cost drivers and operational spend changes. Maintain SAP cost center hierarchies, allocation models, and master data integrity while assisting with purchase requisition flows. Perform variance analysis on COGS, manufacturing variances, and inventory-related variances for monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting. Provide audit documentation and process improvements to strengthen internal controls and streamline financial reporting.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 2 to 5 years of experience in Cost Accounting, Financial Analysis, FP&A, Operations Finance, or Public Accounting
- Specific focus on manufacturing clients
- Experience in a manufacturing, aerospace, defense, industrial, or other operational environment
- Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Experience working with large data sets
- Advanced Excel capabilities including pivot tables, lookup formulas, SUMIFS, structured tables, data validation, variance analysis, and ability to generate clear and concise reporting deliverables
- Experience with SAP or another large ERP system
- Ability to navigate financial and operational transactions
- Ability to review cost center activity
- Ability to support month-end reporting
- Strong data analytics mindset
- Attention to detail
- Ability to self-review work
- Capability to translate financial and operational data into clear, actionable business insights
- Strong communication skills
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Ownership of deliverables
- Continuous improvement mindset
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance strongly preferred
- Other Business-related field of study combined with a focus on data analytics
- Experience in a manufacturing, aerospace, defense, industrial, or other operational environment strongly preferred
- Experience with SAP BW, Analysis for Office (AFO), SAP queries, Power BI, Tableau or similar business intelligence and reporting tools is strongly preferred
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