Financial Analyst

Title: Financial Analyst
Location: Oxford, MS

Salary: $89,100-$130,000
Schedule: Monday- Friday
Relocation Available

Website: Winchester.com

Focus: The Financial Analyst plays a critical role in supporting plant operations through detailed financial analysis and reporting. This position is responsible for analyzing plant costs, revenues, and budgets to provide insights that guide decision-making and drive efficiency. As a key finance partner to operations, the Financial Analyst helps ensure accurate forecasting, cost control, and continuous improvement initiatives within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Financial Analyst Essential Job Functions:

• Lead and manage monthly forecasting efforts, partnering with operations to build accurate, forward-looking financial models and deliver clear variance analysis to guide performance and planning.
• Build and maintain dynamic reporting tools (e.g. expense tracking, production metrics) using Excel and business intelligence software to support data-driven decisions.
• Perform monthly close activities, including preparation of complex journal entries and reconciliation of key accounts.
• Support the development of annual budgets and standard cost updates and analysis.
• Contribute to Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives across manufacturing and supply chain functions by identifying financial impacts and improvement opportunities.
• Assist with inventory control processes including cycle counting, annual physical inventory, and variance investigation.

Financial Analyst Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree* within a business-related field; Accounting or Finance Preferred
• 5+ years of accounting experience within a manufacturing facility, working closely with cross-functional teams including operations, engineering, and plant leadership
• Advanced Excel skills (lookups, array formulas, pivot tables).
• Experience in ERP data analysis and dashboard development required; experience with SAP Business Objects or Power BI is preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP systems, SAP preferred.
• Continuous Improvement/Lean Project Leadership experience preferred.

Location-Specific Requirements:

• This position requires successful vetting as an Employee Possessor in accordance with U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
• This position requires access to ITAR controlled technical data, and as such, employment will be contingent upon the candidate's ability to access ITAR controlled technical data pursuant to an export license approved by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, if required.

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*Degree must be from a school that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education of the U.S. Department of Education or equivalent program from an international university.

Olin does not provide any form of sponsorship. We will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J or TN or who need sponsorship now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Olin is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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