Financial Planning & Analysis Accountant
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Job Title: Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Accountant
Reports To: Corporate Controller
Department: Finance
Job Type: Full-Time
Position Summary:
Global Widget is a vertically integrated next-generation manufacturer of premium health and wellness products specializing in gummy production. We are seeking an experienced and analytical FP&A Accountant to join our finance this role you will support strategic decision-making through accurate financial planning budgeting forecasting and analysis. You will work cross-functionally with operations sales and supply chain to understand business drivers track performance and identify areas for improvement. This is a hands-on role that offers visibility across the organization and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a growing manufacturing company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of annual budgets quarterly forecasts and long-range financial plans.
- Analyze monthly financial results and provide variance analysis vs. budget forecast and prior year.
- Partner with manufacturing operations and supply chain teams to understand and model production costs inventory trends and capacity utilization.
- Track key performance indicators (KPIs) and develop dashboards and management reports.
- Prepare financial models to support pricing decisions capital investments and other business cases.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial performance cost efficiency and working capital.
- Support the month-end and year-end close process with accruals journal entries and reconciliations related to FP&A activities.
- Assist in the implementation and improvement of financial systems processes and tools.
- Participate in strategic planning and special projects as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics or a related field; MBA or CPA a plus but not required.
- 5 years of experience in financial planning and analysis preferably within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- Strong understanding of standard costing manufacturing operations and cost accounting principles.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with ERP systems (e.g. NetSuite SAP QuickBooks Enterprise) and BI tools (e.g. Power BI Tableau) is a plus.
- Excellent analytical problem-solving and communication skills.
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
Key Skills
- Internal Audit
- Financial Services
- Financial Performance
- Variance Analysis
- Journal Entries
- Account Management
- ACH
- Customer Accounts
- General Ledger Accounts
- Payroll
- Customer Relationships
- Financial Statements
- Annual Reports
