Senior Operations Finance Analyst
At a glance
Senior FP&A role at Sulzer. Easley · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $102,557–$150,000 across the United States.
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What you'll do
- Guide Operations leaders on financial performance, using monthly results and variance commentary to inform decisions
- Build budgets and forecasts, track operational KPIs, and connect shop-floor results to financial impact
- Review manufacturing costs, expense and cost-center trends, then identify savings and productivity actions
- Maintain product costing and standard costs, investigating material, labor and overhead variances
- Track inventory health, working capital, CAPEX, orders and shipments to support accurate forecasts and reporting
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business or another related field
- Three to five years working in manufacturing controlling or cost accounting
- Hands-on ERP system experience, with SAP preferred, plus advanced Excel skills
- Strong analysis, communication and business partnering skills, with the ability to find root causes and drive follow-through
Who this fits
This senior analyst role suits someone who can partner with Operations and turn cost, inventory and performance data into corrective actions. The listed experience range is three to five years in manufacturing controlling or cost accounting.
From the employer
Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.
About the role
Job SummaryServe as the strategic finance business partner to Operations by driving financial performance through product costing, inventory governance, cost management, forecasting, reporting, and operational decision support. The role supports Operations leadership with actionable financial insights, governance, and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring financial discipline and business performance optimization.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the finance business partner to Operations leadership.
- Provide monthly reporting, variance analysis, and business performance commentary.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and operational planning processes.
- Monitor operational KPIs and translate operational results into financial impact.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and financial governance processes.
- Analyze manufacturing costs and operating expenses and identify improvement opportunities.
- Monitor cost center performance and support productivity initiatives.
- Maintain product costing structures and support standard cost updates.
- Analyze material, labor, and overhead variances and recommend corrective actions.
- Support pricing, profitability, and margin analysis.
- Oversee inventory valuation, accuracy, and inventory-related KPIs.
- Support cycle count, physical inventory, reserve analysis, and working capital initiatives.
- Develop and enhance reporting tools, dashboards, and financial controls.
- Monitor CAPEX spending against approved budgets and provide variance analysis and reporting
- Ensure sustainability and financial accuracy of reported savings initiatives.
- Analyze open order intake, backlog, and shipment performance to support forecast accuracy and period-end reporting.
- Monitor inventory, receivables, and operational working capital performance. Partner with functional leaders to identify opportunities for cash flow improvement
Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in manufacturing controlling and/or cost accounting
- Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred if applicable)
- Advanced Excel
- Drive accountability for financial performance.
- Ability to identify root causes and drive corrective actions.
- Data-driven decision making.
- Strong analytical, communication, and business partnering skills.
What we offer you
- Competitive Paid Time Off (3 weeks to start)
- 12 Company Paid Holidays per year
- Annual Bonus Program
- Full Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
- Company Paid Short Term and Long Term Disability, Company Paid Life Insurance
- 6% 401K or Roth Company Match with Immediate Vesting
- Company Paid Retirement Security Contributions following 1 year of employment
- Tuition Reimbursement/Educational Assistance
- Quarterly Gym Reimbursement
Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.
We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.
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