Job Description
Job DescriptionWe are looking for a Financial Analyst/Manager to support manufacturing performance through strong financial planning, cost analysis, and operational partnership in Salt Lake City, Utah. This role works closely with plant leadership and cross-functional teams to turn production and supply chain data into practical insights that improve profitability, cost control, and decision-making. The position also contributes to capital planning by assessing investment opportunities, building financial cases, and measuring results after implementation. In partnership with finance leadership, this individual will help strengthen reporting, costing accuracy, and continuous improvement across manufacturing finance processes.
Responsibilities:
• Act as the lead finance partner for can manufacturing operations, providing analysis and guidance that connects plant performance with broader financial goals.
• Build and maintain clear reporting on manufacturing costs, including materials, labor, overhead, inventory valuation, standard costs, bills of materials, and routing assumptions.
• Review cost of goods sold and production variances to identify trends in yield, scrap, downtime, efficiency, throughput, changeovers, and margin performance.
• Collaborate with operations, procurement, engineering, and supply chain teams to uncover savings opportunities and improve plan-to-produce performance.
• Support the accuracy and effectiveness of cost accounting, production reporting, inventory controls, and data quality through ongoing process and system enhancements.
• Develop financial models and business cases for capital investments such as equipment upgrades, automation, process improvements, and capacity expansion.
• Track the financial outcomes of completed capital projects, compare actual performance to projections, and recommend actions to improve return on investment.
• Contribute to additional financial analyses, operational reviews, and strategic initiatives as business needs evolve.