About this role:
The Finance Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) drives the planning, forecasting and performance-analysis cycle for a Carrier manufacturing facility. Working with general supervision on assignments that require judgment and interpretation, this role turns operational and financial data into insight that supports decision-making, cost control and profitable growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leads the monthly forecast, annual operating plan (AOP) and long-range planning cycles for the site.
- Performs month-end close activities, including accruals, journal entries and account reconciliations.
- Analyzes actual results versus plan/forecast, explaining variances in cost, spend, absorption and productivity.
- Builds and maintains financial models, dashboards and reporting packages for site leadership.
- Partners with Operations, Materials and Engineering to track productivity, savings and cost-reduction initiatives.
- Supports capital investment (CAPEX) requests with business cases, ROI and payback analysis.
- Tracks and reports key financial KPIs (conversion cost, labor efficiency, scrap, inventory, headcount).
- Ensures compliance with US GAAP, internal controls and SOX requirements in all analyses and reporting.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- 3+ years of Financial Planning and Analysis, or accounting experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.
- Proven experience owning forecasting, budgeting and month-end close activities.
- Strong variance analysis skills with the ability to explain financial results to non-finance partners.
- Advanced Excel and financial-modeling capability.
- Working knowledge of US GAAP, internal controls and SOX compliance.
- Experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools.
- Manufacturing or plant-finance experience, including standard costing and absorption analysis.
- Proficiency with ERP (SAP/Oracle) and BI tools (Power BI, Hyperion/OneStream).
- CPA, CMA or MBA.
Pay Range
The annual salary for this position is between $79,000.00 - $158,000.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.
Other Compensation
Thisposition may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.
Benefits
Employees are eligible for benefits, including:
Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
Retirement Benefits
Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
Tuition Assistance
To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here . The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Application Deadline
Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days fromJobPosting Date: 25 September 2026
Use of AI
Technology-enabled tools may support parts of the recruitment process, with oversight by people.
