Job Description

The Financial Analyst for Treatt North America provides critical financial insights and analytical support across key business functionsincluding Inventory Management, Commercial Sales, and HRto drive strategic decision-making and improve overall financial performance. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams to ensure data accuracy, identify trends, and provide actionable recommendations that support both operational efficiency and profitability within the ingredients manufacturing environment.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze and reconcile inventory balances, ensuring alignment between financial records, physical counts, and production reports.
• Collaborates cross-functionally with Group teams to ensure alignment of processes and ways of working.
• Partner with sales to analyze sales performance by customer and product line, providing insights on pricing, margins, and trends to support commercial decisions.
• Monitor and report on inventory valuation, variances, and obsolescence; recommend adjustments to improve working capital.
• Support the Managing Director and Finance with cost accounting, standard cost updates, and production variance analysis.
• Assist in developing and maintaining inventory-related KPIs and dashboards.
• Partner with the Sales and Commercial teams to analyze sales performance, margins, and pricing strategies.
• Support forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis for revenue and gross margin by product line, customer, and region.
• Develop tools and reporting to track customer profitability, sales trends, and promotional ROI.
• Assist with pricing models and scenario analyses to support commercial decision-making.
• Collaborate with Commercial leadership on strategic initiatives such as new product launches or market expansion.
• Work with department leaders to monitor and analyze overhead costs, identify variances, and support cost control initiatives.
• Partner with HR to forecast and monitor personnel expenses, incentive programs, and benefit costs.
• Assist in preparing management accounts, ensuring accuracy, variance analysis, and meaningful financial insights for operations and sales teams.
• Contribute to departmental budgeting and financial planning processes.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports with meaningful commentary and insights.
• Perform key month-end tasks including reconciliations, journal entries, and reporting to ensure timely and accurate financial results.
• Support annual budgeting and forecasting cycles, including consolidated financial models.
• Identify and communicate financial risks and opportunities to leadership.

Drive process improvements and automation of reporting to enhance data integrity and efficiency.

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (MBA or CPA a plus).
• 35 years of experience in financial analysis, ideally within manufacturing, CPG, or ingredients/chemical industry.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• Strong understanding of cost accounting and inventory management principles.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, supply chain, and cost drivers that impact financial results.
• Demonstrated competence in budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling to support business planning and decision-making.
• Ability to provide insights into raw material usage, yield efficiencies, and waste trends to improve cost controls.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to present complex data clearly.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with JD Edwards ERP system preferred, or the proven ability to learn complex ERP systems quickly.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power BI (or similar analytics tools).

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