Senior Financial Analyst - Operations (On-site)
Natalie's Orchid Island Juice Company · Beaumont, CA · 3 mo ago
On-siteFinance$110k–$130k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with the Plant Manager and operations leadership to monitor and improve plant-level EBITDA and operating performance.
- Provide financial analysis to support production planning, capacity utilization, and operational efficiency initiatives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Operations, Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, Sales, and Marketing to align operational plans with financial objectives.
- Identify and evaluate cost reduction and margin improvement opportunities across manufacturing operations.
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Support the company’s annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
- Develop and maintain financial models and operational dashboards to support plant decision-making and strategic planning.
- Conduct variance analysis against budget, forecast, and prior-year results, identifying key operational drivers impacting performance.
- Perform trend analysis and scenario modeling to support production strategy and profitability improvement.
Plant Performance & Operational KPI Analysis
- Monitor and analyze key operational metrics, including:
- Cost per case / cost per gallon
- Yield and fruit recovery rates
- Labor efficiency and productivity
- Conversion costs
- Scrap, waste, and shrink
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
- Provide insights and recommendations to improve operational efficiency, cost control, and throughput.
- Support plant leadership with data-driven reporting and performance dashboards.
Reporting & Financial Governance
- Support preparation of financial and operational reporting for senior leadership, investors, and lenders.
- Partner with Accounting during the monthly close process, ensuring financial accuracy and reconciliation to the general ledger.
- Maintain the integrity and accuracy of financial models, operational metrics, and reporting outputs.
Strategic & Process Improvement
- Support evaluation and financial analysis of capital investment and operational improvement projects.
- Identify opportunities to enhance financial processes, reporting efficiency, and analytics capabilities.
- Utilize technology and financial planning tools to strengthen FP&A and operational finance effectiveness.
- Support special projects and cross-functional initiatives as needed.