Senior Financial Analyst, Cost & Operations

URUS is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst. Cost & Operations to join our Finance Product & Innovation team. This is a newly created role with an opportunity to help shape how we analyze costs understand operational performance and turn financial and production data into actionable insights.

Youll join a small collaborative team and work across finance production R&D product and innovation. Were looking for someone who brings hands-on experience in manufacturing or operational finance enjoys digging into complex data and is curious enough to ask why and then help shape what comes next.

What Youll Do

• Analyze production costs COGS inventory margins cost per unit and key operational drivers.

• Identify and explain cost drivers across areas such as labor materials yield overhead efficiency inventory movement and product mix.

• Perform variance analysis and translate findings into practical insights and recommendations for business leaders.

• Support and improve costing processes including areas such as standard costing cost allocations BOM analysis inventory valuation and overhead.

• Partner with finance controllership production product R&D and innovation teams to improve financial visibility and decision-making.

• Support budgeting forecasting and scenario planning across production and innovation activities.

• Build financial models for business cases CAPEX product economics make-versus-buy decisions and other strategic initiatives.

• Improve reporting dashboards analytical tools and recurring financial processes.

• Use technology automation and AI-enabled tools to make analysis and reporting more efficient and actionable.

What Were Looking For

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Business or a related field.

• Several years of progressive experience in manufacturing finance operations finance cost accounting FP&A or a related financial analysis role.

• Hands-on experience with multiple areas of operational costing such as cost accounting standard costing inventory BOMs COGS overhead variance analysis or cost-per-unit analysis.

• Experience working with manufacturing production or another operations-intensive business environment.

• Strong Excel financial modeling and data analysis skills with the ability to work across large or complex data sets.

• Experience working with ERP and financial reporting systems; experience with JD Edwards HFM Power BI or similar tools is a plus.

• Ability to independently investigate financial and operational data identify meaningful insights and communicate recommendations clearly.

• A hands-on curious and proactive approach. Youre comfortable asking questions challenging assumptions constructively and looking for opportunities.

Why This Role

This is an opportunity to join a growing capability rather than simply step into an established process. Youll have room to bring ideas from your previous experience improve how financial and operational information is used and help shape the tools and analysis that support better decisions across the organization.

Youll work closely with leaders across finance production R&D and innovation and gain broad exposure across URUS matrixed organization. For someone who enjoys learning building and taking ownership this role offers significant opportunity to grow your impact and your career.

About URUS

At URUS our work contributes to better cows for a better world. Through genetics technology innovation and data our businesses help producers improve productivity and efficiency while supporting a more sustainable future.

Were a global organization with an innovative evolving environment where new challenges create opportunities to learn improve and make an impact.