Financial Analyst

The Financial Analyst role provides decision support to plant, regional, and business leadership within an automotive manufacturing environment. The position focuses on plant-level FP&A, forecasting, performance analysis, and business intelligence to improve profitability and support operational decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Support annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and monthly plant forecasting by partnering with business teams to challenge assumptions and improve forecast accuracy.
• Analyze actual results versus budget, forecast, and prior periods, and clearly explain key business and operational variances.
• Evaluate drivers across sales, volume, EBITDA, headcount, CAPEX, cost reductions, material, labor, overhead, and other financial and operational performance factors.
• Convert complex financial and operational information into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for finance and non-finance leaders.
• Partner with Operations, Materials, Customer Service, Supply Chain, Sales, and other functions to identify financial risks, opportunities, cost improvements, and profitability initiatives.
• Support manufacturing performance reviews, investment evaluations, capacity and resource planning, and other plant-level operational decision-making.
• Develop and continuously improve financial reports, KPI dashboards, analytical tools, and management reporting using Excel, Power BI, ERP systems, and other available technologies.
• Consolidate financial, sales, volume, EDI, and operational information while improving data accuracy, reporting efficiency, standardization, and automation.
• Identify responsible opportunities to apply automation, AI, and emerging technologies to increase the speed, quality, and effectiveness of FP&A and financial analysis.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• 2+ years of full-time professional financial analysis experience after graduation; internships and co-op assignments do not count toward the required experience.
• Plant-level FP&A or operational finance experience in automotive, manufacturing, or another fast-paced industrial environment.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, management reporting, and financial performance analysis.
• Strong understanding of general accounting, cost accounting, and manufacturing or operational cost drivers.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience using ERP systems and financial reporting tools or related business systems.
• Strong analytical, structured problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications (Bonus)

• Power BI dashboard development or other business-intelligence reporting experience.
• Experience with sales and volume bridge analysis, EBITDA, headcount, CAPEX, cost reductions, or manufacturing-cost analysis.
• Experience integrating financial, EDI, sales, manufacturing, and operational data into financial analysis and reporting.
• Experience automating recurring financial reports or analytical processes.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted financial analysis, reporting tools, or other emerging Finance technologies.

Technologies

• Excel
• Power BI
• ERP systems
• EDI

Location and Work Setting

Springfield, TN (onsite)

How to Apply

Apply online at www.johnsonelectric.com.

Additional Note

Johnson Electric may use Artificial Intelligence tools as part of its recruitment process.