Senior Financial Analyst
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Type: Permanent
Location: Warren, MI
Description
We’re recruiting a professional Senior Financial Analyst for a permanent role with a respected client. Synergy Solutions helps you find career-building opportunities in administration, finance, marketing, and beyond—ideal for driven individuals ready to make a long-term impact.
Position Overview
As a Senior Financial Analyst, you’ll support the end-to-end financial analysis for product lines and plant operations. You’ll partner with cross-functional teams (engineering, manufacturing, purchasing) to deliver cost insights, build robust financial models, and support strategic budgeting/forecasting. Your analysis will help shape pricing strategies, capital allocation, and efficiency initiatives—accelerating our competitive edge in a fast-moving market.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead monthly cost accounting close: validate standard costs, analyze variances (labor, overhead, materials), and propose corrective actions
- Maintain fixed asset accounting: oversee capitalization, depreciation schedules, impairment testing, and audit support
- Build dynamic financial models for new product launches, process improvements, and “make vs. buy” decisions
- Partner with operations to identify cost-saving opportunities, optimize inventory levels, and reduce working capital
- Develop and maintain KPI dashboards and management reporting packages (P&L bridges, cash-flow analyses)
- Support month-end and quarter-end close: reconcile balance-sheet accounts, prepare journal entries, and ensure SOX compliance
- Mentor junior analysts: review deliverables, share best practices, and foster continuous learning
- Any other tasks as identified to support the business
Qualifications/Desired Skill Sets
- 5-7 years of progressive experience in a manufacturing or automotive supply environment
- Strong cost accounting background: standard costing, variance analysis, and inventory valuation
- Hands-on asset accounting knowledge: GAAP capitalization rules, depreciation methods, and asset reconciliations
- Proven expertise in financial modeling and scenario analysis (capital projects, product costing)
- Demonstrated track record with budgeting and forecasting in complex, multi-plant operations
- Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with PLEX ERP systems
- Excellent communication skills: able to distill complex data into clear, actionable recommendations
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required; CPA or CMA preferred
- Exposure to Power BI, Tableau, or similar reporting tools.
- Lean/Six Sigma certification or continuous improvement experience.
- Comfortable working in ambiguity and driving structure.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence across functions.
EEOC
Synergy Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Synergy, we make all employment decisions without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight. The list of duties and responsibilities outlined above is representative and may not be a complete and detailed list of tasks. Employees must perform all other duties assigned by his or her supervisor. Additionally, this job description does not constitute a contract of employment and that the company may exercise its employment-at-will rights at any time.