Sr. Plant Cost Analyst

The Sr. Plant Cost Analyst will play a critical operational and strategic role supporting our Scottsboro AL facility serving as a key member of the operations leadership team. This position will directly influence plant performance by driving financial visibility and enabling databased decisions.

You will lead the development and execution of financial processes that improve cost structure strengthen operational discipline and enhance overall plant profitability. This includes establishing consistent costaccounting practices supporting capital investment evaluations identifying costout opportunities and spearheading performanceimproving initiatives across the platform.

This role offers the opportunity to make an immediate and highly visible impactideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of operations finance and strategy.

Drive Operational Performance

Provide full financial partnership to plant leadership ensuring operational decisions are grounded in accurate timely and actionable financial insights.

Lead operational performance deep dives to uncover drivers of variance waste and inefficiency and recommend improvement actions with measurable outcomes.

Build and enhance financial KPIs for plant performance ensuring accountability and alignment to operational goals.

Own Financial Execution

Lead detailed capital and expense tracking ensuring projects meet financial targets and timelines.

Review analyze and project facility spend ensuring disciplined cost management across operations.

Oversee monthly forecasts and annual operating plans

Manage accurate monthend and yearend closing activities including reconciliations and variance analysis.

Strengthening Cost Structure

Assist with development and optimization of BOMs routings and standards to ensure true cost visibility.

Partner with operations to identify and drive costreduction opportunities working capital improvements and productivity gains.

Support procurement activities that influence cost position and financial returns.

Improve Processes & Systems

Design implement and improve financial processes to support a highperforming scalable operations model.

Partner with BPS/IT to troubleshoot system issues support SAP integration and streamline data workflows.

Expand Your Scope

After establishing strong performance in Scottsboro responsibilities will grow to include support for additional manufacturing sites across the platform.

What You Bring to the Team
Bachelors degree in finance or accounting with 7 years of experience including at least 2 years in manufacturing cost accounting.
Proven analytical and leadership capability with the ability to influence operational partners.
Strong communication skills and a processdriven mindset.
Experience with SAP/ERP forecasting and close cycles.
Ability to thrive in both office and plantfloor environments.
Commit to an in-office schedule Monday-Friday with some travel throughout the year less than 10 days per year.

Why Youll Want This Role
This isnt just another finance positionit is a high impact operational leadership role where you will:
Shape the financial and operational foundation of a growing manufacturing operation.
Influence multimilliondollar decisions on capital cost structure and operational strategy.
Gain visibility across senior leadership as the financial right hand to the Plant Manager.
Build/improve processes leaving your mark on how the plant runs financially.
With the potential to grow into a multiplant strategic finance leader within the platform.
If you are energized by improving performance partnering with operations and driving real financial results this is a role where you will have both influence and runway.

Skills and Certifications note: bold skills and certification are required
BA degree required
manufacturing finance experience
excel skills
SAP

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time