Description For immediate inquires call Katie Ruger today at 616-600-8734! Calling all finance professionals: an exciting opportunity awaits! A leading manufacturing team in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is searching for a top-notch Financial Analyst to make a powerful impact. This dynamic role calls for a sharp mind to dive deep into analyzing plant costs, operational metrics, and financial reporting—ensuring everything runs like a well-oiled machine. This isn’t just any job; this is your chance to collaborate closely with plant leaders and business unit managers to champion cost management, drive results, and shape bold forecasting and budgeting strategies. Ready to take your career to the next level? This is the opportunity to make a difference where it counts most! Responsibilities: • Serve as the plant expert for cost accounting systems, ensuring adherence to internal financial controls. • Develop and maintain accurate standard costs, including updating and creating Bills of Materials and Routings. • Ensure consistency between operational systems and cost cards while reconciling labor hours from payroll systems. • Analyze production line capacity, utilization, and performance to identify improvement opportunities. • Generate reports comparing actual production results to standards on a daily, weekly, and periodic basis. • Reconcile customer-owned inventory, track usage, and investigate factors influencing consumption. • Prepare monthly journal entries related to inventory adjustments and ensure accurate financial reporting. • Manage special billing scenarios, calculating material and labor costs as necessary. • Support month-end closing activities, including reconciliations, journal entries, and variance analysis. • Collaborate on the preparation of the Annual Operating Budget and provide financial insights to multi-site operations. Requirements • Proven experience in financial analysis, particularly within a manufacturing environment. • Strong skills in variance analysis and ad hoc financial reporting. • Proficiency in data mining techniques to extract valuable insights from complex datasets. • Knowledge of standard cost development and accounting entries. • Familiarity with inventory reconciliation and operational performance metrics. • Expertise in preparing budgets and forecasts aligned with organizational goals. • Ability to work collaboratively across multiple sites and departments. • Advanced proficiency in financial systems and tools, with a focus on accuracy and detail. Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles. Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/mobile-app) and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more. All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information. © 2025 Robert Half. An Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veterans. By clicking “Apply Now,” you’re agreeing to Robert Half’s Terms of Use (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/terms) .