This role is on-site at our Holdredge, NE location
The Senior Financial Analyst serves as a key finance business partner supporting manufacturing operations at embecta's Holdredge facility. This role works closely with the Plant Controller and cross-functional leaders to drive financial rigor, operational efficiency, and strategic decision-making.
The position is responsible for financial planning, cost analysis, capital investment evaluation, and operational performance insights within a manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, analytical professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and can translate complex data into actionable recommendations that support embecta's mission and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
Operational Finance & Business Partnership
- Partner with Manufacturing, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to monitor and improve plant performance.
- Analyze production volumes, cost drivers, and operational leverage to ensure alignment with financial targets.
- Validate manufacturing results, including productivity metrics and standard cost variances.
- Provide financial guidance to support data-driven operational decisions.
Cost Accounting & Inventory Management
- Develop, maintain, and enhance standard costing processes and methodologies
- Analyze manufacturing variances (labor, overhead, material) and drive root cause insights.
- Support inventory management activities including Days Inventory on Hand (DIOH) and accuracy of raw materials, WIP and finished goods.
- Ensure integrity and accuracy of product costing and inventory valuation.
Planning, Forecasting & Reporting
- Support month-end close activities, including financial reporting and variance analysis.
- Lead or contribute to annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range (3-year) planning processes.
- Develop and deliver clear, concise financial reporting and insights to plant leadership.
- Identify risks and opportunities and recommend mitigation strategies.
Capital Investment & Financial Modeling
- Partner with Operations on capital planning and investment evaluations.
- Build and analyze financial models including ROI, IRR, and NPV assessments
- Track capital expenditures and forecast depreciation impacts.
- Provide decision support for strategic investments and cost-saving initiatives.
Continuous Improvement & Strategic Initiatives
- Support Lean and Continuous Improvement initiatives through financial analysis and performance tracking.
- Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing to assess and mitigate material cost inflation.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, standardizations, and reporting efficiency.
- Contribute to special projects and cross-functional initiatives as assigned.
Compliance & Controls
- Ensure compliance with SOX requirements and internal financial controls
- Support internal and external audits
- Maintain strong documentation and adherence to corporate finance policies.
Requirements:
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related required
- Minimum of 5-7 years of related experience, strongly prefer within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with plant finance, cost accounting and product costing methodologies
- Understanding of financial modeling and capital budgeting methodologies (ROI, IRR, NPV)
- Knowledge of financial close processes, inventory accounting and
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, lookups, complex formulas;)
- Experience with SAP or other ERP systems in a manufacturing environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Effective communication skills with the ability to present financial insights to non-finance stakeholders.
- Flexibility to work non-standard hours during month-end, budgeting cycles or key business needs.
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