Strategy & Controlling Senior Specialist - Wilson, NC-
Strategy & Controlling Senior Specialist - Wilson, NC
The Strategy & Controlling Sr Specialist supports strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, and manufacturing performance management. This role provides financial analysis and business insights to support Operations and Finance decision-making while driving productivity, cost optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Your Day-to-Day
• Support strategic planning and long-range planning processes, ensuring alignment with business objectives, KPIs, and resource needs.
• Develop business cases, financial analyses, feasibility studies, and recommendations for strategic initiatives.
• Partner with Operations, Finance, and cross-functional teams to support manufacturing performance, productivity, and cost objectives.
• Coordinate budget, forecast, and planning inputs, including KPIs, headcount, productivity initiatives, and operating costs.
• Prepare monthly reporting, leadership presentations, and decision-support materials.
• Track productivity and cost-saving initiatives, monitor performance, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Consolidate planning submissions and support budget and long-range planning cycles.
• Analyze performance against budget and forecast, identify key drivers, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Support inventory counts, controls activities, and related follow-up actions.
Who We're Looking For
• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing finance, business controlling, operations planning, or performance management.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, KPI reporting, and variance analysis.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to turn data into clear business insights and recommendations.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• SAP, ERP, FMCG, and manufacturing experience preferred.
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.
Annual Base Salary Range: $88,000 - $110,000
