Highlights
You wil lead budgeting, forecasting, and analysis tied to cost, margins, inventory, and productivity while supporting strategic and operational decision-making. Kforce is working with a growing manufacturer in the greater Grand Rapids, Michigan (MI) area that is looking to add a Senior Analyst for Operations to join their finance team.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Kentwood, MI |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Company Size | 1,000 to 1,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1962 |
| Website | http://www.kforce.com/ |
Description
Kforce is working with a growing manufacturer in the greater Grand Rapids, Michigan (MI) area that is looking to add a Senior Analyst for Operations to join their finance team.
Summary: This role partners closely with Operations and Cost Accounting to drive financial performance across manufacturing. You wil lead budgeting, forecasting, and analysis tied to cost, margins, inventory, and productivity while supporting strategic and operational decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyze monthly and quarterly manufacturing results, cost trends, and EBITDA drivers
- Build and maintain financial models to evaluate costs, ROI, and operational initiatives
- Review product and departmental P&Ls; Identify risks, inefficiencies, and corrective actions
- Lead manufacturing budgeting and forecasting (volume, labor, material, overhead)
- Prepare executive and Board-level reporting packages
- Perform variance analysis vs. budget
- Support capital investments, pricing decisions, and headcount planning
- Partner with Cost Accounting on standard costs, variances, inventory valuation, and absorption
- Develop KPIs, dashboards, and financial metrics for leadership
- Collaborate cross-functionally
- Improve FP&A processes, reporting tools, and system automation (ERP/BI/planning tools)
About Company
Kforce is a solutions firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and professional staffing services. Our KNOWLEDGEforce® empowers top companies to achieve their digital transformation goals. We curate teams of technical experts who deliver solutions custom-tailored to each client’s needs. These scalable, flexible outcomes are shaped by deep market knowledge, thought leadership and our multi-industry expertise.
Our integrated approach is rooted in 60 years of proven success deploying highly skilled professionals on a temporary and direct-hire basis. Each year, approximately 18,000 talented experts work with the Fortune 500 and other leading companies. Together, we deliver Great Results Through Strategic Partnership and Knowledge Sharing®.