Senior Financial Analyst Details

Senior Financial Analyst

Menasha Packaging - Neenah, WI

Employment Type : Full-Time

Job Location
Neenah, WI US
Address
1645 Bergstrom Rd (Neenah), WI 54956
Job Category
Accounting & Finance
ABOUT US (AND OUR EXCITING FUTURE)
Menasha Corporation is all about possibilities. Our two businesses, Menasha Packaging and ORBIS Corporation, are leaders in their industries, providing corrugated and plastic packaging products and related services to major global companies.

Our employees make the difference, proving that great ideas, collaboration and quality turn possibilities into success. Working at Menasha Corporation means that your insights provide cutting-edge solutions for our customers. If you like to make things happen and are passionate about what you do, you’re going to want to be here.

Join us and become part of the power behind possible.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Position Summary
Compiles and analyzes financial information for our organization. Develops integrated revenue/expense analyses, projections, reports, and presentations. Creates and analyzes monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and ensures financial information has been recorded accurately. Identifies trends and developments in competitive environments and presents findings to management. Performs financial forecasting and reconciliation of internal accounts.
Essential to this PositionPosition Overview:
This position is responsible for business partnering with assigned plants’ operations and Leadership team in Santa Fe Springs, costing of assigned plants, performing plant financial analysis, analyzing plant financial statements, and leading budgeting & forecasting.
Primary Responsibilities:

Business Partnering

• Key partner to plant operations and Leadership team, providing support and analysis that assist in decision making and help shape the strategy and direction of the plant
• Lead with data and work closely with plant operations and Leadership team
• Analysis of costs and identification of key drivers and improvement opportunities
• Create tools, financial models, and analysis that measure facility performance to assist management in understanding results
• Identify favorable and unfavorable cost trends and present improvement ideas
• Take on special projects and requests as determined by the Regional Finance Leadership
• Power user of financial systems and tools
• Champion to improve finance/accounting processes and drive continuous process improvement

Inventory/Costing

• Provide production analysis and keep management aware of all activities that are not in compliance with Menasha Standards
• Develop and monitor overhead, labor, and raw material cost standards
• Reconcile the actual to budget differences in the Cost of Sales area of the financial statements on a period basis
• Reviewing/monitoring inventory levels, offsite warehouse activity, aged/aging inventory, and valuation of inventory

General Ledger/Financial Statements/Period Close

• Verify accuracy of plant financial statements by performing analytical procedures
• Ensure accuracy of data and compliance with corporate policies & GAAP
• Participate in month-end close so that final period financial statements are complete by required due date
• Prepare & deliver monthly results at assigned plant-level leadership staff meetings and employee update meetings

Budgeting / Forecasting

• Lead the annual budget and quarterly forecasting processes by preparing schedules and analysis
• Collaborate with plant operations and plant management in short term and long term budgeting and planning
• Provide managers with forecasts, planning and control information
• Recommend revisions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analysis.
• Monitors actual results compared to budgeted and forecasted results, analyze variances, working with the plant management team to take advantage of opportunities and, if necessary, take corrective action
• Assist in preparation & review of capital expenditure requests

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS
Education Required
Bachelor’s Degree
Education Desired
Bachelor’s Degree
Field Of Study
Accounting or Finance
Other Certifications Required Or Desired
CMA or CPA preferred
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Work Experience Required
At least 4 years relevant experience required.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• SAP system and Hyperion experience a plus
• Self-motivated and self-starter continuously looking for process improvements
• Passion for understanding the business and how to improve it
• Strong collaboration skills with ability to lead
• Adaptable and open to change in response to business changes and process and system enhancements

ABOUT MENASHA PACKAGING
Join Menasha Packaging (www.menasha.com) where we are all about the power behind possible! Menasha is the industry’s largest independent, retail-focused corrugated packaging, display, and merchandising solutions provider. We design, print, and produce customized packaging, high-end graphic displays, merchandising material, and e-commerce packaging, and we provide pack-out, fulfillment and supply chain services to retailers and leading global consumer packaged goods companies.
Menasha Packaging, along with ORBIS Corporation (www.orbiscorporation.com), a reusable plastic packaging and supply chain services provider, are companies of Menasha Corporation (www.menashacorporation.com), one of America’s oldest private, family-owned manufacturing companies. With a history of innovation spanning more than 170 years, Menasha Corporation is headquartered in Neenah, Wis., and has 100 locations in North America and Europe.
You can check out Menasha Corporation’s culture of focusing on employees, operating responsibly, and serving customers in our online Corporate Social Responsibility Report at http://www.insightdigital.biz/i/1272161-2020-social-responsibility-report/0.
Click here to view our two-minute video that shares a quick glimpse about Menasha Corporation and our future of possibilities.
Join us and become part of the power behind possible.
Location: 1645 Bergstrom Rd (Neenah),WI 54956, Neenah, WI 54956

Location: 1645 Bergstrom Rd (Neenah),WI 54956, Neenah, WI 54956

Job Type: Full-time