Sr. Financial Analyst

JELD-WEN (NYSE:JELD), founded in 1960, is one of the world’s largest door and window manufacturers, with more than 21,000 employees operating in 24 countries globally. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, JELD-WEN designs, produces and distributes an extensive range of interior and exterior doors, wood, vinyl and aluminum windows and related products for use in the new construction and repair and remodeling of residential homes and non-residential buildings.

Our products and services afford us the opportunity to enter peoples’ workplaces, homes and daily lives. With this privilege comes great responsibility to ensure that the products we deliver are reliable and enrich the places and lives that they touch. We bring beauty and security to the spaces that touch our lives.

We act with integrity, invest in people, inspire through innovation, deliver on our promises and improve every day. We are seeking talented individuals who share this purpose and values and want to excel in their field of expertise. We offer excellent benefits, a collaborative environment in which to apply your talent and a dynamic and growing company, with exceptional career progression opportunities.

The Senior Financial Analyst – Plants will support the Windows business by assisting in monthly financial reporting, financial analysis, forecasting, and accounting close procedures in support of the Windows plant operations. The Sr. Financial Analyst will develop and enhance financial reporting and analysis of plant operations, provide timely and insightful analysis to the operations team, and assist in deployment of a strong internal control environment across our windows plants.

Job Duties

·         Maintain cost accounting and standard inventory accounting processes. Partner with accounting and operations to enhance existing methodology and inventory valuation reporting and analysis.

·         Development of plant level cost of sales analysis, including productivity, price-volume-mix analysis and detailed manufacturing cost walks.

• Assists in the monthly accounting close, working with the operations, accounting and finance team as required. Reviews plant statements for thoroughness and accuracy.        Assist with monthly management reporting.

·         Assist in development of financial preparation of capital and expense requests

·         Provide close financial support for the plant managers, assisting them with weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly budgeting, forecasting, and cost analysis.

• Leads actions to achieve the operating plan and productivity targets including validation of improvement initiatives, prioritization of projects and development of countermeasures.

·         Coordinate between business unit finance and operations leaders to ensure plants are meeting reporting and financial timelines.

·         Collaborate with accounting, operations and internal audit to improve the existing internal control environment. Identify areas of improvement and recommend improvements.

·         Maintain strong communication between the plant, finance and operations leadership.

·         Work closely with NA FP&A and Windows Accounting groups on reporting requirements to ensure consistency across Windows and NA reporting.

·         Perform ad hoc analysis and other tasks in support of the business unit operations and finance staff as required.

Qualifications

·     Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or other relevant discipline required.

·     Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience; manufacturing experience highly preferred.

·     Strong financial acumen accompanied by knowledge of financial accounting, cost accounting, inventory valuation, and internal control principles.

·     Excellent data analytics skills including working with databases and BI tools, PowerBI.

·     Experience with ERP systems, SAP, HFM, OneStream preferred

·     Travel between sites 15-30%.

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JELD-WEN is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by JELD-WEN, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.