The Analyst / Sr. Analyst, Plant Finance / FP&A is a finance partner to the business units, plant operations, and commercial teams at Nexomer, a private equity-backed specialty materials company. The role delivers operational and commercial analysis, covering manufacturing, conversion, and freight cost, efficiency, product and customer profitability, and price/volume/mix, that helps leaders improve margins and make better decisions.
The role also runs standard monthly reporting for the Plant and Cost Centers, assists with budget and forecast cycles, and identifies and tracks cost and efficiency opportunities across the business.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities- Business Unit Partnership: Serve as the finance partner to assigned business units; join operating reviews, explain results, and provide insight that supports operational and commercial decisions.
- Standard Costing: Work with Cost Accounting team and Plant Controller to set standard material costs.
- Cost Analytics: Analyze manufacturing, conversion, raw material/feedstock, and freight/shipping costs; explain standard cost variances (purchase price, usage, spending, and absorption) and cost per unit trends.
- Operational Efficiency: Track operating KPIs such as yield, OEE, throughput, and maintenance spend. Provide labor analytics, including headcount, overtime, contractor spend, and labor productivity. Identify improvement opportunities and quantify and track savings.
- Commercial Analytics: Analyze price/volume/mix, product and customer profitability, and raw material pass-through and index pricing; support pricing decisions, quotes, and deal evaluations.
- Standard Reporting: Prepare monthly plant and cost center P&Ls, KPI packages, and variance commentary; work with the Finance BI team to maintain dashboards.
- Budget & Forecast: Assist in building business unit and plant-level budgets and forecasts, including volume, production, and cost drivers, working with the Plant Controller, Finance business partners, operations teams, and the FP&A Team.
- Capital & Ad Hoc Analysis: Support capital project justifications, ROI and make-vs-buy analyses, and other requests from operations and leadership.
Knowledge, Skills, and Capabilities- Advanced Excel and Power BI; SQL a plus.
- Familiarity with AI tools and data lake platforms (e.g., Claude and Snowflake).
- Experience with ERP cost and controlling modules (e.g., SAP CO/PP).
- Strong cost accounting knowledge, including inventory valuation and overhead absorption.
- Understanding of manufacturing process economics and commercial drivers (pricing, mix, raw material indexing, freight).
- Able to explain financial results clearly to non-financial audiences.
- Curious, proactive problem-solver who manages multiple deliverables with attention to detail.
Experience- Analyst 2-3 years; Sr. Analyst 3-5+ years in FP&A, operations/plant/cost finance, or commercial finance.
- 2+ years hands-on experience within SAP S/4HANA environment.
- Manufacturing environment experience, preferably process manufacturing (chemicals, polymers, or materials).
- Standard costing, variance analysis, and product/customer profitability analysis.
- Partnering with non-finance stakeholders such as plant managers, sales, and supply chain.
- PE-backed or fast-paced company experience a plus.
EducationBachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field required
MBA or master's in finance/Analytics; CPA or CMA (or progress toward); Lean/Six Sigma training preferred
**Positions available in Houston and Beaumont
