Sr. Financial Analyst

About the role

This is not a back-office finance role—it's a true business partnership. As a Senior Financial Analyst – Operations FP&A Business Partner, you will sit at the intersection of finance and operations, directly supporting manufacturing and supply chain leaders. You’ll translate operational performance into financial insight, enabling smarter decisions that drive efficiency, profitability, and long-term growth. You’ll bring structure to complex data, challenge assumptions, and provide the clarity leaders need to act with confidence.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Be a trusted advisor to operations leaders—your insights will shape decisions
• Directly influence cost structure, capital investments, and profitability
• Work hands-on with manufacturing and supply chain performance data
• Build models, tools, and dashboards that drive real business outcomes
• Gain visibility with senior leadership in a high-impact environment
• Step into a role that blends analytics, strategy, and operational insight

What You’ll Do

• Financial Planning & Forecasting: Lead annual operating and capital budgeting processes, own forecasting cycles, deliver accurate projections and variance analysis, build dynamic financial models to support scenario planning and decision-making.
• Cost Accounting & Operational Finance: Analyze manufacturing performance, including COGS, overhead absorption, and inventory impacts, provide visibility into cost drivers and identify opportunities for optimization, partner with operations to improve cost transparency and financial discipline.
• Operational Analytics & Insights: Develop and track KPIs across cost, efficiency, throughput, and quality, build and maintain dashboards (Power BI / Tableau) to translate data into actionable insights, identify risks and opportunities, clearly articulating financial impact.
• Strategic Business Partnership: Serve as the primary finance partner to manufacturing and supply chain leaders, develop ROI, payback, and NPV models for capital investments and process improvements, present clear, data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.
• Continuous Improvement: Enhance forecasting accuracy and reporting efficiency, streamline financial processes and strengthen governance across operations, drive a culture of data-informed decision-making.

What You Bring

• Experience & Expertise: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or related field, 5+ years of FP&A or operations finance experience (manufacturing strongly preferred), strong foundation in cost accounting (standard costing, inventory, variance analysis).
• Technical & Analytical Skills: Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities, ERP experience (SAP or Oracle preferred), experience with Power BI or Tableau for data visualization.
• Business Impact & Communication: Technical acumen, business impact, communication and stakeholder management skills, proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive outcomes.
• Nice to Have: MBA or advanced degree, experience with capital investment modeling, strong data storytelling and presentation skills.

Who You Are

You’re more than an analyst—you’re a partner. You’re curious, analytical, and driven to understand not just what is happening, but why. You thrive in fast-paced, operational environments and enjoy working side-by-side with business leaders. You’re comfortable challenging assumptions, simplifying complexity, and turning numbers into narratives that drive action.

Additional Details

• Location: Charlton, MA (onsite)
• Travel: Up to 10%
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.; immigration sponsorship is not available