RFP Analyst, Sr. jobs in Lorain, OH

Compensation: up to 120K Bonus HYBRID work environment

The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for providing cost accounting support to multiple Roofing Systems manufacturing facilities, developing and implementing consistent, streamlined financial process and procedures across the roofing system product platform, and completion of comprehensive financial analysis including bench-marking plants, analyzing strategic capital asset projects, deep diving operational performance, and platform cost take out initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Full financial support for plant management
• Detailed project capital and expense tracking (for remainder of plant build project)
• Position will evolve to multi-plant responsibility
• Review, analyze, and approve all project and facility maintenance spend
• Preparation of monthly forecasting (remainder of year forecast) and annual operating plan
• Month-end and Year-end close activities
• Assist in development of plant BOMs, routings, and standards
• Drive development of plant financial operating plan
• Preparation and analysis of month-end reports and project update (for remainder of plant build project)
• Works closely with the BPS/IT team to help resolve system issues and assist with integrated plant set-up in SAP
• Reconciliation of related general ledger accounts
• Actively create and improve financial processes and procedures for the project and ultimately for plant operations
• Ability to perform financial and strategic analysis to enable accurate businessdecisions and/or investments
• Help to identify and drive cost reduction and working capital opportunities
• Involvement in plant/project procurement
• Additional assignments as needed

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting and a minimum of 7 years finance/accounting experience with 2 years of cost accounting and/or accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated leadership capability
• Demonstrated analytical ability
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Process focused
• Computer proficiency
• Experience with SAP or ERP systems a plus
• Experience with budgeting and forecasting
• Experience with Month-end and year-end close activities
• Moderate travel required (0 - 10) days per year
• Familiar with cost accounting
• Familiar with variance analysis
• Working knowledge of ERP systems
• Manufacturing experience 
• Experience working hands on with the operations team (Plant Manager, Engineers, Production Superintendent)