Senior Financial Analyst
Position Summary
The Senior Financial Analyst strengthens cost transparency, product profitability visibility, and operational financial steering at Standard Alloys. This role serves as the financial bridge between Operations and Finance at plant level, ensuring reliable cost structures, accurate standard costing, and clear variance analysis.
This position is hands-on and requires close collaboration with Operations, Industrial Engineering, and plant leadership. The role focuses on cost accounting integrity and operational profitability transparency.
Key Responsibilities
Own and maintain plant standard costing structure
Validate and recalibrate cost center rates
Ensure reliable separation of variable (product-related) and fixed (structure/capacity-related) costs
Monitor absorption logic and identify over-/under-absorption drivers
Apply structured manufacturing cost accounting principles aligned with KSB’s established methodology
Maintain contribution margin transparency to support operational decision-making
Continuously improve cost clarity in alignment with Group standards
Support disciplined cost logic during ERP transition and system changes
Provide clear product-level and part-family profitability transparency
Analyze contribution margins and identify structural margin gaps
Support pricing discussions with cost-based insights
Ensure alignment between cost assumptions and operational reality
Build on existing operational analyses of standard versus actual labor performance
Validate and institutionalize labor standards and routing assumptions in collaboration with Industrial Engineering
Ensure cost center rates, routings, and BOM structures accurately reflect operational reality
Translate known efficiency variances into structured cost steering and margin transparency
Ensure cost-related data integrity and consistency within ERP
Operational Cost and Variance Steering
Convert identified labor and overhead variance drivers into disciplined cost monitoring and steering mechanisms
Translate operational performance and efficiency gaps into measurable financial impact
Distinguish structural cost issues from short-term operational fluctuation
ERP Transition Support
Support cost logic during ERP transition
Ensure validated cost structures are properly migrated
Identify system-related distortions vs. operational issues
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
8-12+ years of manufacturing finance experience
Strong background in standard costing environments
Experience in plant-level cost accounting
Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, labor standards, routing logic, and capacity driver
Proven ability to work effectively with Industrial Engineering and Operations teams
ERP experience in a manufacturing environment (implementation exposure preferred)
Strong analytical skills with hands-on data capability
Preferred Experience
In heavy manufacturing or industrial equipment
Exposure to high-mix / engineered-to-order environments
Familiarity with structured cost accounting systems that clearly separate variable (product) and fixed (structure) costs
Additional Qualifications
Hands-on and operationally oriented
Comfortable working directly with shop-floor teams
Able to challenge assumptions constructively
Structured, data-driven, and independent in judgment
Clear communicator with plant leadership