Senior Financial Analyst

Job title: Sr. Financial Analyst

Location: 9301 Frazier Pike, Little Rock, AR 72206

Duration: Full-time role

Work type: Onsite

Required Industry: Manufacturing/Industrial/Production/Machinery

Experience required: 5 – 6 years of manufacturing accounting experience

Position Overview:

• We are seeking a results-driven Senior Financial Analyst to join our Finance team.
• This role is a critical partner to the CFO and operational leadership, providing analytical insight across cost accounting, FP&A, budgeting, and financial reporting.
• The ideal candidate brings deep manufacturing finance experience — ideally within steel, metals, or heavy industrial sectors — and is highly proficient in SAP or comparable ERP platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual budgeting and forecasting cycles across all business units
• Develop and maintain rolling financial models to project revenue, cost, and cash flow
• Conduct variance analysis (actual vs. budget vs. prior year) and present findings to senior leadership
• Prepare executive-level financial presentations and board reporting packages

Cost Accounting & Manufacturing Finance

• Manage and maintain the standard costing system, including cost rollups, BOM reviews, and overhead rate analysis
• Analyze manufacturing variances — purchase price, labor efficiency, overhead absorption — and identify corrective actions
• Partner with plant operations to drive cost reduction initiatives and improve gross margin
• Support month-end close activities including inventory valuation, WIP analysis, and COGS reconciliation

ERP & Systems

• Leverage SAP (FI/CO modules) to extract, analyze, and report financial data
• Maintain and improve financial reporting tools, dashboards, and models in Excel and Power BI
• Partner with IT and operations to enhance ERP data integrity and reporting automation

Business Partnering & Ad Hoc Analysis

• Serve as a financial business partner to supply chain, procurement, and operations teams
• Support capital expenditure analysis, ROI modeling, and project-level financial tracking
• Assist in annual audit preparation, internal controls documentation, and compliance activities

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (MBA or CPA a plus)
• 5–6 years of progressive financial analysis experience in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated expertise in cost accounting and standard costing methodologies
• Strong proficiency in SAP (FI/CO modules) or equivalent ERP system
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, Power Query, financial modeling); Power BI or Tableau experience preferred
• Experience in the steel, metals, or industrial manufacturing sector strongly preferred
• Proven ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with oil & gas tubular or line pipe products
• Familiarity with GAAP inventory accounting (FIFO, weighted average, standard cost)
• Experience supporting multi-site or multi-entity manufacturing operations
• CMA (Certified Management Accountant) designation

Compensation & Benefits:

• Competitive base salary aligned with manufacturing industry benchmarks
• Annual performance bonus tied to individual and company results
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off, holidays, and professional development support

Must have:

• 5+ years of direct manufacturing finance experience
• Count manufacturing finance years only, not total finance experience
• Background must be heavy industrial, steel, metals or manufacturing

Standard costing ownership

• Has maintained a standard cost system, not just reported on it
• BOM reviews, cost rollups and overhead rate analysis

Manufacturing variance analysis

• Purchase price variance (PPV)
• Labor variances (efficiency/rate)
• Material variances (usage)
• Overhead absorption
• Must be able to explain variances and drive corrective actions

Inventory, WIP and COGS accounting

• Inventory valuation across raw materials, WIP and finished goods
• Work-in-process (WIP) analysis
• COGS reconciliation during month-end close
• Understands how manufacturing variances affect inventory valuation and margins

Plant-level cost accounting

• Hands-on, day-to-day involvement with plant operations
• Has worked directly with plant leadership, operations, supply chain and manufacturing managers
• Corporate/HQ FP&A experience alone does not qualify

Candidate Acceptable Background:

• Steel, metals, pipe/tubular, OCTG, line pipe; oil & gas manufacturing
• Heavy industrial manufacturing
• Other manufacturing with strong plant cost accounting.