Manager of Analysis

About the role

The Manager of Analysis position within Georgia-Pacific LLC's Operations Finance team supports manufacturing and financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and business partnering with operations leaders. This role requires a career background in financial analysis, accounting, cost accounting, or operations finance.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong relationships with the operations team to better understand and anticipate their business needs
• Obtain a solid working knowledge of the primary drivers of operations and their impact on financial performance
• Provide financial and economic decision-making support through preparing and interpreting financial results, cost and variance analysis, operational gap analysis, capital planning, and other ad-hoc analysis while creating real, long-term value for the organization
• Execute operations bet tracking and performance analysis
• Support site to create a short and long-term strategic plan
• Capital investment analysis and prioritization of key initiatives
• Contribute to the monthly forecasting and annual planning processes (Monthly P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cost Reviews)
• Use relevant internal and external data to improve forecast accuracy to better inform business and operations decisions
• Continuous financial performance assessment, outlook updates, and opportunity identification
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to seek and share knowledge, identify opportunities for improvements, challenge the status quo, and propose solutions
• Advance our Principle-Based Management® culture by applying and reinforcing the company’s Core Values and Principles

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance or Accounting
• Finance/Operations Accounting experience in a Manufacturing organization
• Advanced MS Excel capability (i.e. financial modeling, forecasting, graphs, charts, pivots, macros)
• Experience with data analysis/visualization tools (i.e., Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, VBA, Hyperion, SQL, etc.)
• Experience working with SAP, or similar ERP systems

Qualifications

• Transformation focused: Flexible, able to prioritize work in a dynamic environment, embrace and lead change, and seek to improve processes
• Systems and Tools savvy: Experience sourcing large volumes of data from multiple systems, performing analysis, and developing a point of view
• Confident Communicator: Experience presenting complex financial concepts to various audiences and engaging effectively with stakeholders in multiple formats
• Leadership: Ability to work independently and as part of a team; experience leading projects and mentoring/coaching less experienced team members

Skills

• Financial modeling
• Forecasting
• Variance analysis
• IRR, ROI, and other valuation metrics
• Data analysis/visualization tools (Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, VBA, Hyperion, SQL, etc.)
• SAP or similar ERP systems

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Disability
• Retail
• Education Assistance
• Paid Vacation/Time Off
• Infertility Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Adoption Assistance