We’re looking for an analytical, detail-driven professional to join our Financial Planning & Analysis team. In this role, you will support operational finance across our production sites, with a focus on cost and waste reporting, standard costing, site productivity analysis, and the monthly and quarterly forecast cycle. You will work directly with transactional data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 and build the reporting that Plant Managers, Operations leadership and the Senior Leadership Team rely on to manage performance.This is a hands-on, build-oriented role suited to someone who is rigorous about where a number comes from. You will also provide analytical support to the Commercial and Corporate finance teams on a scheduled basis, with workload and priorities set by your direct manager.Responsibilities:Produce site and department level productivity reporting covering labour, materials and overhead absorption against spend and production volumes, for use by Site General Managers and the Senior Leadership TeamPerform monthly and quarterly variance analysis, investigating root causes across material, labour and overhead, and preparing supporting documentation for reviewMaintain multi-level bills of material and standard cost inputs, including labour routings, rate tables and material standards, ensuring they reflect current production processesPrepare weekly waste reporting package, including extraction and validation of inventory ledger and waste GL dataSupport the annual budget, quarterly forecast and long-range planning cycles, including preparation and reconciliation of site level P&LsPrepare supporting schedules and analysis for quarterly Board and Senior Leadership reporting, including inventory position by product categoryBuild and maintain financial models in which each figure is formula driven and traceable to source records such as work orders, bills of material and ledger detailAutomate and streamline recurring reporting through Excel, Power Query and Power BI to improve turnaround time and reduce manual handlingComplete ad hoc analysis and data requests supporting Operations, Commercial and Corporate finance stakeholdersRequired Skills:Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or a related field 2–4 years of relevant experience in financial planning and analysis, cost accounting or operational finance, in manufacturing or consumer packaged goodsEnrolment in or progress toward a CPA or CFA designation is considered an assetAdvanced Microsoft Excel skills, including lookup functions, pivot tables, Power Query and handling of large transactional data setsExperience extracting and validating data from an ERP system; Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience is considered an assetWorking knowledge of standard costing, bills of material, work order reporting and variance analysisExperience with Power BI or a comparable data visualization tool is considered an assetPractical experience using AI assistants such as Claude or ChatGPT