Sr. Financial Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Develop robust processes and reporting with clarity around operational activity in the month that drove the financial results.
• Own and drive the redevelopment of the standard cost process including leading the effort on labor rates, routings, and material cost through the annual standard cost roll.
• Works well with Finance peers at other sites to share best practices and help drive change, process improvements, and nimbleness.
• Enhance and/or develop reporting metrics and tools for the daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting of plant performance.
• Drive delivery of the financial commitments made by the Operations team.
• Ensure delivery of savings targets related to the company’s key capital investments.
• Ensure that new capital investments and sourcing decisions are supported with sound financial analyses.
• Own the invoicing process for the engineering group to provide final review before sending to client(s).
• Provide support to the Program Management and Engineering teams to ensure development program milestones are achieved on time and within budget.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or similar discipline.
• 7+ years of related business experience and a progressive career path in an industrial manufacturing environment, preferably in contract manufacturing or engineering.
• Well-developed cost/managerial accounting skills, including standard cost and project cost accounting.
• Strong experience driving key metrics, reporting, and “anticipating” key issues based on forecasts, manufacturing capacity, and partnering with the Operations leadership (Plant Manager) to mitigate risk.
• Honed analytical and problem-solving skills. A strong propensity to action and problem solving through sound judgement, proactivity, and efficient organization.
• Ability to communicate analyses and performance metrics in a clear, simple and compelling manner.
• Strong influencer with a demonstrated successful track record for highlighting areas of opportunity and partnering with the General Manager on measurable action plans.
• Strong sensitivity to the voice of the customer, both internal and external.
• Possess strong communication skills and a personable, engaging management style.
• Have provided documented business and organizational change leadership and, ideally, have been successful doing so in more than one company.
• Strong understanding of BOM’s, Routing and variances and how they interact with the ERP system, and the ability to communicate issues with solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Operational Excellence and Lean tools.
• Ability to travel monthly (1x/month) between Santa Clara, MN and Brooklyn Park, MN.

Anticipated Salary Range

$100,000-$155,000/year depending on qualifications, experience, and primary location.