Sr. Financial Analyst

This position is an onsite/hybrid position located in Oceanside, CA. Please note that relocation assistance is not offered.

Job Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst serves as a key business partner to Operations, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams, providing financial planning, analysis, and decision support in our fast‑paced manufacturing environment. This role owns forecasting, budgeting, and operational finance analytics, with a strong focus on manufacturing cost drivers, S&OP integration, and data‑driven insights. This is a hands‑on role that translates complex operational data into clear financial recommendations that improve margin, optimize production decisions, and support scalable growth.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Own the forecast process, integrating volume assumptions from demand planning with standard and actual cost structures to produce accurate P&L projections.
• Build and maintain driver‑based financial models that link operational KPIs (OEE, yield, throughput, scrap rates) directly to financial outcomes.
• Lead the annual budget process for manufacturing cost centers, partnering with plant leadership to develop bottoms‑up labor, material, and overhead budgets.
• Deliver variance analysis (volume, mix, rate, spend) that goes beyond the numbers to explain the operational root cause and recommend corrective action.
• Serve as the Finance representative in the S&OP cycle, providing margin and cost impact analysis for demand and supply scenarios; model the financial implications of production plan changes, including line changeovers, overtime decisions, co‑manufacturing options, and inventory build/draw strategies.
• Develop and maintain a landed cost and contribution margin framework by SKU, product family, and channel to support portfolio optimization decisions.
• Quantify the P&L impact of demand volatility and supply constraints, translating operational trade‑offs into financial language for executive decision‑making.
• Maintain and refine the standard cost model, including bill of material (BOM) costing, labor routing standards, and overhead allocation methodologies.
• Support and model potential capacity expansion or other changes; evaluate the financial impact of engineering changes, supplier transitions, and process improvements, ensuring accurate reflection in forecasts and budgets.
• Leverage ERP data (SAP, Oracle, or equivalent) and BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities that manual reporting would miss; build automated dashboards and reporting for real‑time visibility.
• Conduct ad hoc analyses on pricing strategy, customer profitability, freight and logistics cost, and working capital optimization.

Education, Training

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.

Experience Required

• 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, business analytics or related function.
• Experience in food or other CPG manufacturing required; pork/meat or other USDA‑regulated product experience preferred.

Pay Range: $100,000–$120,000 per year. Hybrid position. Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience.