Your Opportunity as the Lead Analyst, Plant Finance
Serve as a key finance partner supporting our Gentilly and Chef manufacturing plants. Own critical financial processes including month-end close, budgeting, variance analysis, and audit support, while ensuring accuracy and compliance. Turn data into actionable insights—developing analytics and visualizations that drive operational performance and continuous improvement. This is a high-impact role for a detail-oriented, collaborative finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Location: New Orleans, LA
Work Arrangements: Onsite 100% (M-F)
In this role you will:
- Provide finance support for Gentilly and Chef manufacturing plants
- Prepare monthly journal entries and support financial close
- Analyze and reconcile assigned Balance Sheet accounts
- Ensure compliance with GAAP and corporate policies for assigned responsibilities
- Participate in business planning; prepare and coordinate the annual budget with plant manager
- Participate in annual manufacturing standard reviews for assigned locations
- Review/analyze monthly manufacturing variances
- Review/analyze monthly cost center variances
- Maintain and document monthly controls for internal audits
- Support external audits on quarterly and annual basis
- Provide KPI analysis for monthly financial review
- Drive key priorities and initiatives
- Identify areas of improvements and standardization
- Develop plant analytics and visualizations to add value to manufacturing decisions
What we are looking for:
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 4+ years of financial analysis or accounting experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Financial planning and forecasting ownership
- Highly organized and hold high standards of accuracy and precision
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication and relationship building skills
Additional skills and experiences that we think would make someone successful in this role:
- Experience supporting financial activity for an operations facility
- Ability to work in a diverse and fast paced environment
- Ability to make sound business decisions that have a positive impact on the company
- MBA, CPA, CMA, or other advanced degree or certification
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