Job Description

Senior Financial Analyst

Location: Batavia, IL

Schedule: Hybrid (3 days onsite / 2 days remote)

Our client is a growing manufacturing organization committed to operational excellence, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision making. They are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support financial planning, reporting, and strategic analysis across the business. This role will partner closely with finance, operations, and commercial leadership to drive performance and provide actionable insights.

Position Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst will play a key role in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and business performance analysis. The ideal candidate will have strong Power BI expertise, experience translating complex data into actionable insights, and the ability to partner with leaders across the organization. Exposure to manufacturing, operations finance, or sales finance is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic planning and business decisions.
• Analyze financial performance, identify trends, and provide actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packages, KPIs, and variance analyses.
• Build and enhance Power BI dashboards and reporting tools to improve business visibility and decision making.
• Partner with operations, supply chain, and sales teams to understand business drivers and improve financial performance.
• Support pricing, profitability, customer, product line, and margin analyses.
• Assist with long-range planning, scenario analysis, and business cases for capital investments and growth initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to streamline reporting and improve financial processes through automation and data analytics.
• Present findings and recommendations to finance leadership and operational stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 4+ years of FP&A, corporate finance, or financial analysis experience.
• Strong financial modeling, budgeting, and forecasting experience.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Hands-on experience with Power BI, including dashboard development and data visualization.
• Experience working with ERP systems and large datasets.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and business partnering skills.
• Manufacturing industry experience is strongly preferred.
• Exposure to operations finance, plant finance, cost analysis, or sales/commercial finance is a plus.
• MBA, CPA, or CMA designation is a plus.

Why Join?

• High visibility role supporting key business leaders.
• Opportunity to influence operational and financial decision making.
• Collaborative manufacturing environment with strong growth potential.
• Hybrid work schedule offering flexibility and work-life balance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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