Senior Financial Analyst for Manufacturing & Operations

Sauder Family Companies is a family-owned group of manufacturing businesses headquartered in Archbold, Ohio. Across Sauder Woodworking, Sauder Building Products, and Sauder Manufacturing, we design, manufacture, and market furniture, cabinetry, closets, and specialized commercial furnishings that serve customers throughout North America. With a legacy spanning more than 90 years, we are united by a commitment to craftsmanship, innovation, customer service, and creating opportunities for our team members and communities.

About the role

Love solving business challenges with data? Drive the financial decisions that power manufacturing excellence. Join us as a strategic partner to operations, leveraging data, analytics, and business insight to uncover opportunities, optimize performance, and help shape the future of our business. This role offers a hybrid arrangement, with an agreed-upon portion of work time spent at our office in Archbold, Ohio. Reports directly to EVP, Operations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to identify reporting, analytics, and operational improvement opportunities, developing meaningful financial and key performance indicators that support strategic decision-making.
• Lead financial planning activities, including budgeting, forecasting, capacity planning, and performance analysis, providing insights into business results, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Analyze business performance, investments, capital projects, and operational initiatives to assess financial impact, measure outcomes, and recommend actions that improve profitability and efficiency.
• Design, develop, and maintain dashboards, reports, and data visualizations using Power BI and enterprise systems, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and reporting accuracy.
• Collaborate with business and IT teams to translate business requirements into scalable analytics and reporting solutions while documenting methodologies, business rules, logic, mappings, and reporting processes.
• Prepare and present financial and operational insights to leadership, including budget variances, performance drivers, strategic recommendations, and data-driven business cases that support organizational priorities.
• Serve as a trusted business partner and analytics expert, helping stakeholders leverage data to make informed decisions and continuously improve business performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field required. MBA preferred.
• Five years of relevant experience in a large consumer products, manufacturing, and distribution environment.
• Experience developing and leading annual budgeting processes with multiple stakeholders.
• Proven track record of implementing or improving financial reporting.
• Proven experience developing scalable reporting and analytics solutions that support business decision-making.
• Experience working with ERP systems; SAP experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with data modeling, automation, and business process improvement initiatives.

Skills

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly proficient in financial analysis and model building.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business questions into financial models and data into meaningful business insights.
• Natural curiosity and a desire to understand business processes, challenges, and opportunities.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical and financial concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency in business intelligence and data visualization tools, with advanced Power BI experience.
• Proficiency in Office suite.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data analysis and modeling capabilities.
• Understanding of data structures, databases, and reporting best practices.

Pay

The expected offer range is $63,000 - $84,000. The actual salary will be based on factors such as location, relevant experience, and skills.

Benefits

• 3 weeks of vacation and a full benefit package beginning at 30 days.
• 401(k).
• Company-funded health savings account.
• Free counseling.
• Furniture discounts.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Culture of continuous improvement and internal advancement.