Sr. Financial Analyst Operations & FP&A

Responsibilities

• Critical Business Partnership Activities:
• Serve as a trusted business partner to Finance, Operations & Supply Chain Management providing interpretive and predictive financial analysis to drive actionable insights to the Finance Team
• Partner with Procurement to track the financial impact of market-driven inflation/deflation and indirect savings initiatives
• Partner with Site & FP&A analysts to assist in developing advanced analytical tools using BI, AI and other applications
• Partner with the Supply Chain team on production volume projections used for forecasting/planning
• Provide general support and assistance to Ops/FP&A Finance Director and other members of the Operations & Supply Chain Leadership Team on adhoc cross-network data analysis.
• Core Responsibilities across Operations & FP&A:
• Manage the consolidation of total manufacturing costs across the network to provide visibility into actual spending versus forecast and budget
• Lead and Coordination of all Forecasting Processes including file updates & enhancements ( R&O, AOP, Monthly/Quarterly Forecasting)
• Leverage AI, BI, and data analytics to transform and elevate reporting capabilities across Operations Finance and FP&A
• Ensure financial data integrity within HFM by managing the end-to-end data loading, validation, and reporting processes
• Manage Divisional Cost Center reporting for Forecasts, AOP & Close Activities including journal entries
• Support FP&A team by providing key drivers in Operating expense bridges & variance analysis compared to Plan, Forecasts and Prior year.
• Lead the Weekly Mid Month Outlook Process for Manufacturing Expenses & Losses, including analyzing and summarizing the data and the completion of required schedules/templates
• Evaluate key drivers and root cause(s) and provide meaningful analysis to explain Divisional Operating Expense performance and variances to target/commitments
• Fulfill various ad-hoc reporting and analysis requirements, including developing, analyzing and presenting information
• Management of Operations Bonus calculation including projections and scenario analysis
• Manage and enhance Headcount reporting tools used to understand staffing and labor across sites & departments
• Support internal & external audits & perform required SOX audit activities to ensure compliance certification for the division/site
• WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BRING TO THE TEAM:
• Avery Dennison has a long history of being a market leader. Your history is important to us. It should include the following:
• Minimum Requirements
• Education:
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting.

Requirements

• 5+ years of financial and/or accounting experience with experience in a manufacturing environment
• Mainstream (common) ERP and/or financial system(s) experience preferred
• Skills Competencies:
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and Google (including relational databases) and other related software (other AI/BI reporting experience preferred)
• Solid working knowledge of ERP & financial & accounting reporting systems, Oracle BI preferred
• Ability to work with and synthesize large & complex datasets to prepare comprehensive analyses/reports in a clear and succinct manner
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize workload of self and team to meet deadlines due to fluid business conditions and requests.
• Strong mathematical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Build strong & successful relationships across organizational levels and functions.
• Adept at effectively communicating complex ideas and making presentations on financial topics
• Provide actionable insights to the organization which leads to improved results
• Promote collaboration, desire to learn continuously and takes initiative to act on data and intuition
• WHERE YOU'LL WORK: Mentor, Ohio (30 Minutes East of Cleveland)
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected s

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