Senior Specialist, Plant Finance - United States

Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer — open 1 day.

About the role

This role provides financial decision support for assigned manufacturing plants and acts as a business partner to Plant Management in the Materials Solutions (MS) Division.

What you'll do

• Analyze, understand, and interpret financial results to provide feedback and recommendations for improvement.
• Support monthly and annual forecasting and budgeting processes.
• Ensure plant financial forecasts and budgets align with Operational, MS Division, and Corporate goals.
• Support the establishment of standard costing rates and partner with Operations to update material cost, BOM, and routings for cost roll.
• Review and explain manufacturing variances.
• Complete month-end close tasks to ensure financial statements conform to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), including inventory valuations.

What you'll need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance with 3-5 years experience.
• Financial modeling and analysis experience.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and internal control concepts.
• Proficient SAP, Excel, and PowerPoint skills.
• Ability to summarize and clearly communicate financial analysis to non-financial business partners.

Nice to have

• Cost accounting knowledge and experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Business Objects and/or SAP BPC.
• Demonstrated understanding of continuous improvement through identification, vetting, and tracking of improvement projects.