Supply Chain / Operations Finance Analyst

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Who:

An analytical finance professional with experience in manufacturing, inventory accounting, or supply chain finance who thrives in a hands-on plant environment.

What:

Support inventory transaction accuracy, system reconciliations, product costing, and operational reporting while partnering closely with Materials, Warehouse, Logistics, and Operations teams.

Where:

Onsite plant-based role supporting cross-functional operational teams.

When:

Immediate hiring to support ongoing operational finance and inventory accuracy initiatives.

Why:

To ensure accurate inventory accounting, strengthen system integrity, support product costing, and provide actionable financial insight to Operations leadership.

Salary:

Competitive compensation aligned with experience and market standards.

Job Summary / Description

The Supply Chain / Operations Finance Analyst is a hands-on plant finance professional responsible for ensuring accurate and timely recording of material, inventory, and logistics transactions across operational systems. This individual contributor role partners with Materials & Inventory, Warehouse, Logistics, Engineering, and Finance to reconcile physical movements with system data and financial records.

The role also supports product costing, month-end close, KPI reporting, and ad-hoc operational analysis to drive informed decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Inventory & Material Transaction Management

• Monitor material movements including receipts, issues, transfers, adjustments, and shipments.

• Ensure transactions are accurately recorded across operational systems and reconciled to the ERP system of record.

• Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies, variances, and transactional errors.

• Support cycle counts and physical inventory reconciliation.

Systems Reconciliation & Data Integrity

• Perform reconciliations between operational systems and ERP to ensure accuracy.

• Identify root causes of data mismatches and reduce recurring issues.

• Maintain documentation of transaction flows and internal controls.

• Assist with system updates, testing, and process improvements related to inventory accounting.

Product Costing & Financial Support

• Support standard cost maintenance, cost roll-ups, and variance analysis.

• Partner with Operations and Engineering to ensure BOMs, routings, and labor standards are accurate.

• Analyze material, labor, overhead, and scrap variances and summarize key drivers.

• Assist with month-end close activities including inventory valuation, WIP, and COGS.

Cross-Functional Operations Support

• Provide transaction reporting and financial insight to Warehouse and Logistics teams.

• Ensure shipping, receiving, freight, and transfer transactions are properly recorded.

• Support operational initiatives with financial analysis related to material usage and throughput.

Operations Performance & Analytics

• Maintain and distribute KPIs related to inventory accuracy, cost performance, and operational efficiency.

• Perform ad-hoc analysis supporting continuous improvement and decision-making.

• Support audits, internal controls, and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or related field.

• 2–5 years of experience in operations finance, supply chain finance, inventory accounting, or manufacturing analytics preferred.

• Manufacturing or distribution environment experience strongly preferred.

Technical Skills

• ERP experience required (Great Plains strongly preferred).

• Familiarity with shop-floor or manufacturing systems preferred.

• Strong Excel and data analysis skills; experience working with large datasets.

• Working knowledge of inventory accounting and product costing structures.

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with high attention to detail.

• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally across operations and finance.

• Clear communicator capable of translating operational activity into financial insight.

• Organized, self-directed, and able to manage competing priorities.

• Continuous improvement mindset with strong process orientation.

Supply Chain Finance Analyst supporting inventory accounting, ERP reconciliation, product costing, and operational analytics in a manufacturing environment.

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