Location: Fond du LacWorkplace Category: Hybrid (3 days onsite)Travel Required: 0%Direct Reports: 0Pay Range: 73,600 - 106,200Visa Sponsorship: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.Relocation: NoPosition Overview:As part of the talented Finance team, you will be supporting manufacturing finance activities through financial forecasting, inventory accounting, reconciliations, and inventory controls. This role partners with Procurement, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and inventory management.
Essential Functions:
- Lead forecasting and analysis of material variances, providing clear explanations of forecast-to-actual and budget-to-actual results.
- Own monthly book-to-perpetual reconciliations for WIP inventory across manufacturing plants, investigating and resolving discrepancies.
- Manage Excess and Obsolete (E&O) reserve reconciliations, including reserve calculations, inventory aging analysis, and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate physical inventory counts, including planning, execution, reconciliation of count variances, and maintenance of audit-ready documentation.
- Prepare month-end inventory journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations while ensuring compliance with GAAP, company accounting policies and internal controls.
- Partner with plant operations, supply chain, and finance teams to identify root causes of inventory and cost variances and drive corrective actions.
- Identify and implement process improvements and automation to strengthen the inventory accounting process and controls and reduce risk
- Support internal and external audits through timely and accurate inventory-related analyses and documentation.
- Mentor, train, and oversee the development of other analysts on the team, providing guidance, work direction, and opportunities to build financial and analytical skills.
- Provide ad hoc analysis and lead special projects as requests are made and assigned.
Required Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- 5+ years of financial analysis, cost accounting, or manufacturing finance experience.
- Strong knowledge of inventory accounting, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
- Advanced Excel and ERP system proficiency.
- Good organizational, interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated ability to interact cross-functionally
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail. Strong background in data analysis and automation tools (Power BI, Power Automate, or similar)
- 3 or more years of experience in financial analysis and planning is required.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong Problem-solving, analytical skills and the ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience working in a team environment with various functions of the organization.
The anticipated pay range for this position is 73,600 - 106,200 annually. The actual base pay offered will vary depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, relevant experience, business needs, and geographic location. In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. At Brunswick, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the salary range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the specifics of the candidate's qualifications and the business context.
This position is eligible to participate in Brunswick's comprehensive and high-quality benefits offerings, including medical, dental, vision, paid vacation, 401k (up to 4% match), Health Savings Account (with company contribution), wellbeing program, product purchase discounts and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.
