Job Description

Job Description

The Financial Analyst for Treatt North America provides critical financial insights and analytical support across key business functions—including Inventory Management, Commercial Sales, and HR—to 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:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (MBA or CPA a plus).
• 3–5 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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