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Position Overview:

A leading manufacturing organization is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support plant operations and serve as a key finance partner for manufacturing, supply chain, and business operations teams. This role focuses on operational finance, cost accounting, inventory analysis, reporting, and delivering insights that improve business performance.

Location: Hartford, WI (Hybrid – onsite Tuesday through Thursday)
Salary Range: $100,000–$110,000+ annually
Benefits: Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance and 40lk for eligible employees
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm
Job Type: (Contract-to-hire)

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with plant leadership, supply chain, and operations teams to provide financial insights and support business decisions.
• Perform operational finance analysis focused on standard costing, tariffs, productivity, overtime, labor efficiency, scrap, absorption, inventory, and gross margin performance.
• Support monthly close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, financial reporting, and variance analysis.
• Prepare financial summaries, analyze P&L, balance sheet, and KPI performance metrics, and communicate insights to leadership through clear financial storytelling.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, standard cost roll processes, and maintain SKU costing information.
• Provide financial guidance to non-finance teams, support audits and compliance activities, and identify opportunities to improve reporting through automation and technology.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3–5 years of accounting and operational finance experience.
• Manufacturing finance experience required.
• Strong cost accounting and standard costing experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

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