Senior Financial Analyst, Manufacturing Finance

Pay: $95,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a growing national manufacturing company where finance has a direct impact on plant performance, cost savings, and operational decision-making.
• Work closely with plant leadership, operations, supply chain, and production teams in a highly visible financial analyst role.
• Take ownership of meaningful financial work, including cost accounting, variance analysis, inventory controls, month-end close, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Be part of a collaborative, people-focused culture that values accuracy, accountability, safety, and continuous improvement.
• Build your career in a stable production environment with strong benefits, advancement opportunities, and tuition assistance.

Location: This is a hybrid role with regular in-person collaboration at a nearby plant or facility. The preferred location is Riverside, CA, but we are also open to candidates located near Houston, TX, Conley/Atlanta, GA, Sacramento, CA, or Clackamas/Portland, OR.

Note: Manufacturing finance experience is required. Candidates with experience in food manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, consumer products, packaging, or related production environments are strongly encouraged to apply.

About Us

We are a growing national fresh food and manufacturing company serving retail, food service, and industrial customers across North America. Our team is focused on operational excellence, food safety, innovation, sustainability, and creating high-quality products that families and businesses rely on every day. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Serve as a key financial partner to plant and operations leadership.
• Analyze production costs, labor, overhead, usage, yield, efficiency, and manufacturing variances.
• Maintain and support standard costing, including labor rates, overhead rates, and cost components.
• Prepare accurate daily, weekly, and monthly financial reports for plant performance.
• Support month-end close, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and plant-level P&L reporting.
• Lead inventory reconciliation processes for raw materials, work in process, and finished goods.
• Support physical inventory counts, cycle counts, and audit-related activities.
• Partner with Plant Directors and operations leaders on annual budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Identify trends, cost-saving opportunities, waste reduction opportunities, and areas for improved operational efficiency.
• Translate financial data into clear, practical insights for production and plant leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 2+ years of manufacturing finance, cost accounting, plant finance, or operational finance experience.
• Experience preparing financial statements, reconciliations, variance analysis, and month-end close support.
• Strong Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Experience with ERP systems.
• Power BI or similar data analysis tools preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to reconcile complex data across multiple systems.
• Ability to communicate clearly with finance, operations, production, and plant leadership teams.

Why You Will Love Working Here

• You will have real ownership and visibility in a role that directly supports plant performance.
• You will work with a team that values accuracy, collaboration, safety, and continuous improvement.
• You will be part of a growing company with a strong national footprint and long-term stability.
• You will have opportunities to grow your career through training, advancement, and tuition assistance.
• You will receive a strong benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, and a 401(k) with company match.

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Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance