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Senior Financial Analyst

Charter Steel · Cleveland, OH · 1 wk ago
SalesFull-time

Purpose

We are seeking a highly experienced Finance professional to serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders, with primary support for Metallics, and Operations Technology initiatives. In this role, you will drive financial insights, influence business decision-making, and support initiatives that improve performance, reduce costs, strengthen financial visibility, and enhance operational decision support.

What You’ll Do

  • Strategic Advisory & Business Partnering
    Act as a trusted financial advisor to business leaders, providing insights that support strategic decisions and performance goals for metallics, raw materials, operations, supply chain, capital projects, and operations technology initiatives.
    Partner with cross-functional teams to address complex financial challenges and opportunities related to cost drivers, sourcing changes, inventory trends, usage patterns, market movements, capital investments, and operating performance.
    Translate financial results into clear, actionable recommendations for both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
    Partner with Metallics, Procurement, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, IT, site leaders, and Finance to evaluate initiatives, operating processes, financial impacts, and performance improvement opportunities.
    Bring financial insights to Operations and Supply Chain partners and help convert those insights into practical actions, KPIs, dashboards, controls, process improvements, or recurring review routines.

  • Financial Reporting, Forecasting & Analysis
    Lead financial reporting and variance analysis, delivering clear insights into performance trends for metallics, raw materials, capital projects, and Operations Technology initiatives.
    Prepare and review forecasts, budgets, and long-range plans, including operational spending, raw material cost impacts, project forecasts, and materials-related business assumptions.
    Support month-end close activities, reconciliations, reporting deliverables, and financial reviews related to metallics, raw materials, inventory, sourcing, usage, capital projects, and operating performance.
    Provide analysis on key metrics and financial performance drivers to inform decision-making.
    Analyze cost drivers, purchasing impacts, inventory trends, usage patterns, sourcing changes, raw material market movements, Value-In-Use metallics strategies, and operational performance.
    Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial reports for leadership, including analysis of key business processes, project forecasts, cost trends, benefit tracking, and relevant KPIs.
    Support reporting accuracy, data integrity, financial controls, and audit-related requests for supported business processes.

  • Continuous Improvement & Cost Optimization
    Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives that drive efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
    Identify cost reduction opportunities and partner with business leaders to evaluate and implement strategies.
    Drive financial process improvements, automation, reporting standardization, and best practices.
    Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, data quality, financial visibility, decision-support tools, dashboards, and operational KPIs.
    Use modern data and analytics tools to support continuous improvement, self-service reporting, and data-driven decision-making.
    Assist in the development and maintenance of reporting processes, controls, and procedures related to metallics, raw material sourcing, usage, inventory management, and project reporting.

  • Projects & Leadership
    Lead financial problem-solving efforts and support strategic, cross-functional projects related to metallics, raw materials, capital investments, operations technology, procurement, operations, and supply chain performance.
    Contribute to initiatives that impact financial operations, reporting, analytics, and business performance.
    Serve as a financial resource for Operations Technology and digital initiatives by working with IT, Operations, Engineering, site leaders, and OT/digital leaders to evaluate project scope, financial benefits, ROI, and long-term operational impact.
    Support capital project financial analysis, including business case development, project forecasting, ROI, benefit tracking, cost savings analysis, and post-project performance review.
    Maintain, enhance, and leverage existing analytical dashboards, reporting tools, and financial models to support business decision-making.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Data Analytics, or related field
  • 7+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience
  • Advanced analytical skills with the ability to synthesize data from multiple sources
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and educate stakeholders at all levels
  • Proven ability to operate independently, think strategically, and solve complex problems
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial analysis tools
  • Ability to connect operational activity, procurement changes, raw material trends, capital investments, and technology initiatives to financial outcomes
  • Strong understanding of financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and business performance drivers

Preferred Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or related disciplines
  • CPA, MBA, or progress toward certification
  • Experience in manufacturing, cost accounting, operational finance, procurement finance, supply chain finance, or capital project finance
  • Experience with ERP systems; Oracle, Hyperion, or similar
  • Strong financial modeling capabilities; ROI, IRR, NPV, payback analysis
  • Experience with data visualization tools; Power BI, Tableau, or similar
  • Demonstrated success leading initiatives or cross-functional projects
  • Experience supporting manufacturing, raw materials, metals, supply chain, procurement, plant operations, or capital-intensive operations
  • Experience with Oracle, MES, Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, SQL, or similar systems
  • Experience analyzing business cases, project benefits, cost savings, sourcing impacts, inventory, usage, operational performance metrics, or post-project results
  • Experience helping operationalize financial insights through dashboards, KPIs, controls, recurring reviews, or process improvements

Why This Role

  • Strategic impact: Influence financial and business outcomes across metallics, raw materials, operations, supply chain, capital projects, and operations technology

  • Visibility: Partner directly with leaders and key stakeholders in Metallics, Procurement, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, IT, and Finance

  • Leadership opportunity: Drive initiatives and lead meaningful change as a senior individual contributor

  • Growth: Expand expertise across manufacturing finance, operations finance, raw material economics, capital project analysis, and data-driven decision support

Company Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits

  • 401(k) plan with employer matching and profit sharing

  • Company-paid life insurance

  • Disability coverage

  • Paid time off (PTO)

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