Senior Financial Analyst

Sanmina - Huntsville, AL

Full-time - Mid Level

Huntsville, AL

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

At SCI Technology, a Sanmina Company, we serve those who serve by delivering innovative, trusted and comprehensive products and services that meet and exceed the unique needs of the Defense and Aerospace sector. From avionics to tactical and airborne communications, counter-UAS, integrated manufacturing and cradle-to-grave product life cycle support, we deliver high-reliability solutions that keep service members connected and protected in the field. Our heritage dates to 1961, as an early supplier to the space program in Huntsville, Alabama. Today, SCI offers a complete range of Defense & Aerospace solutions through our three business segments - Products, Systems Build, and Life Cycle Services. It's SCI summed up - ALL WE DO to serve those who serve. The Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) will have an active understanding of manufacturing labor costs, and advanced capabilities in compiling, analyzing, and presenting data as business intelligence. The successful candidate will provide insightful manufacturing cost analysis in conjunction with SCI Manufacturing and Finance leadership stakeholders. This role is chartered with the continued development and implementation of a manufacturing labor performance measurement process that will provide SCI leaders at all levels of the organization with timely, insightful, and actionable manufacturing performance information. The SFA will be a key participant in the continued design, construction, and integration of tools related to cost analysis and forecasting, primarily centered on understanding the impact of direct labor costs. Creativity, intelligence, adaptability, and problem-solving skills are essential elements for success. This will include fusion of actuals and percent complete assessments. On a recurring basis, the analyst will continually evolve, refine, improve, and execute the performance measurement process. This will include direct and frequent interaction with all levels of Manufacturing Operations leadership from frontline supervisors to VP. Recurring activity will include analysis of variance to budget, supporting development of Manufacturing Operations' corrective actions plans, support to Estimate at Complete development, and support to manufacturing parametric estimating development.

Responsibilities

• Establish clear output requirements in conjunction with SCI Manufacturing and Finance leadership stakeholders.
• Define and implement the overall performance measurement architecture for assigned manufacturing cost elements.
• Continually evolve, refine, improve, and execute the performance measurement process.
• Conduct analysis of variance to budget and support development of Manufacturing Operations' corrective actions plans.
• Support Estimate at Complete development and manufacturing parametric estimating development.
• Assess, understand, synthesize, and integrate complex business datasets into concise information.
• Develop existing and additional Business Intelligence (BI) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) requirements with stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, mathematics, or a computer technology field with 8 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, or a master's degree in an appropriate field with 3 years of experience, or non-degree candidates with a minimum of 10 years in a manufacturing environment performing tasks representative of this position.
• Strong understanding of and experience with business/management information systems in a defense manufacturing environment including ERP/MRP principles and labor cost management.
• Understanding of job cost manufacturing systems and basic FAR/CAS principles in a defense and/or commercial manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to interpret, organize and analyze large amounts of data efficiently using modern business intelligence approaches.
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Excel including pivot tables, x/vLookups, data extraction and manipulation, data queries, macros/VBA, and charts.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with SCI's existing management information systems (Oracle E-business suite/Oracle Projects, Oracle 11i, various manufacturing systems).
• Ability to interact with and build working relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.