Staff Financial Analyst

Job description

General Purpose Under direction, support the planning and forecasting process for a division, group, plant, and/or platform. Support the day-to-day financial activities of the finance department as related to financial reporting, budgeting, inventory and month-end close duties, expense analysis, operational metrics, and forecasting activities. Partner with senior team members or operations areas to understand financial impacts and to ensure accurate, timely, and meaningful reporting and analysis. Job Duties and Responsibilities: - Prepare and analyze reports for the business unit and ensure that all business unit financial reporting is accurate according to currently accepted financial practices - Review and consolidate KPI report - Assist with financial analysis and capacity activities - Provide support data to be used in financial analysis - Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities - Perform month-end close duties as required including reporting on sales and input costs - Provide support with budget and forecast activities - Generate and support key business performance metrics - Leverage systems, reports, data, and excel to build analytical models - Participate on cro...