Operations Finance Senior Associate

• Support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities for Operations Finance
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports, including variance analysis, trend analysis, and commentary on business performance
• Partner with Operations stakeholders to understand key business drivers, cost trends, risks, and opportunities
• Support expense management, cost center analysis, headcount tracking, capital planning, and other operational finance activities
• Analyze actual results versus budget, forecast, and prior periods, identifying key variances and providing actionable insights
• Assist in the preparation of management presentations, financial summaries, and business review materials
• Support month-end and quarter-end close activities, including accruals, journal entry review, account reconciliations, and financial validation
• Help maintain financial discipline by ensuring compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, and corporate finance requirements
• Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, and other business partners to support operational decision-making
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting consistency, and forecast accuracy
• Support ad hoc financial analysis, scenario modeling, and business case development for operational initiatives
• Use financial systems and reporting tools, such as SAP, Hyperion, Anaplan, Excel, Smartsheet, S4 Hana, and other standard finance platforms, to gather data and support analysis
• Communicate financial results, risks, and opportunities clearly to finance leaders and business partners

Strong knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and operational performance management