Sr. Manager - Analysis

About the role

The Palatka Paper Mill is a large, integrated manufacturing operation within Georgia-Pacific’s Consumer Products business. The Sr. Manager of Analysis role supports this site, influencing operational performance, strategic planning, capital decisions, and long-term value creation through financial insights.

Responsibilities

• Support operations leaders with actionable manufacturing and financial analysis, forecasting, planning, and business partnering.
• Translate operational activity into financial insight and provide economic decision-making support.
• Work with sister sites and peer groups to identify shared opportunities and support broader CPG finance capability.
• Contribute to the monthly forecasting and annual planning processes, including monthly P&L, balance sheet, cost reviews, and mill performance reviews.
• Perform internal and industry benchmarking to identify operational, productivity, variable cost, and fixed cost improvement opportunities.
• Advocate for the site in discussions with cross-functional teams and seek knowledge sharing and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to seek and share knowledge, identify opportunities for improvement, challenge the status quo, and propose solutions.

Requirements

Required:

• Career experience in financial analysis, accounting, cost accounting, operations finance, or related roles.
• Understanding and application of financial concepts, economic principles, marginal analysis, variance analysis, IRR, ROI, and other valuation metrics.
• Advanced MS Excel capability (financial modeling, forecasting, graphs, charts, pivots, macros).
• Experience with data analysis/visualization tools (Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, VBA, Hyperion, SQL, etc.).
• Experience working with SAP or similar ERP systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance or Accounting.
• Transformation focused: Ability to prioritize work in a dynamic environment, embrace and lead change, and seek to improve processes.
• Systems and tools savvy: Experience sourcing large volumes of data from multiple systems, performing analysis, and developing a point of view.
• Confident communicator: Experience presenting complex financial concepts to various audiences and engaging effectively with stakeholders in multiple formats.
• Leverage leadership skills: Ability to work independently and as part of a team; experience leading projects and mentoring/coaching less experienced team members.

Skills

• Strong analytical mindset and entrepreneurial thinking skills.
• Initiative and natural curiosity to drive operational improvements and support strategic decision-making.
• Drive to transform and contribute to the organization's success.

Benefits

Details of benefits are provided in the document but generally include medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.