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Senior Financial Analyst Jobs in Charlotte Metro at Four Pillars Talent
Title: Senior Financial Analyst
Company: Four Pillars Talent
Location: Charlotte Metro
Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A (Financial Planning and Analysis) – Operations Finance (Ops Finance) / Finance Operation (Finance Ops)
Location: Hybrid (2 days in office in the Charlotte, NC, 3 days from home)
Target Base Salary: $90,000 – $115,000 (if close, let’s talk)
Excellent benefits detailed below!
Open due to promotion. Lots of growth opportunity here!
This would be an excellent role for someone looking to exit consulting / advisory or public accounting that is looking to transition into corporate.
Don’t worry if you haven’t done everything below. Just come with a great attitude and eager to learn.
About the Role
We’re hiring a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Operations Finance team, partnering closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, R&D and Procurement to drive cost visibility, efficiency, and strategic investment decisions. This is a high-impact FP&A role that connects financial insight with operational execution to influence both daily operations and long-term strategy.
You’ll act as a key financial business partner to operations leaders, bringing data-driven analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and planning support to critical functions across the supply chain from procurement, manufacturing to shipment to end customers.
I’m confident you will love the team! Very sharp, collaborative group of high performers. There will be a little travel to various plants across the country so that you can meet folks in operations and see the process for yourself to better understand the business end to end. I would anticipate maybe 1-2 times a quarter (possibly less) and will then taper off.
The cool thing is the company has many other areas of finance that you can rotate into through internal mobility like commercial/sales finance, corporate FP&A, strategic finance/pricing and/or directly into the business whether its operations, sales, etc.
What You’ll Do • Own financial forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis for manufacturing plants, logistics, procurement, and other operations functions. • Analyze key drivers of cost of goods sold (COGS), including materials, labor, overhead, and freight. • Help drive profitability and efficiency / process improvements for operations • Examine Financial and operational KPIs and analytics such as: price volume mix (PVM) analysis to drive revenue and move inventory, profitability (revenue/gross margin/expense) at the product, market and department level • Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting packages with performance commentary and actionable insights. • Drive key elements of the month-end close process, including accruals, cost allocations, and journal reclassifications. • Partner with plant and supply chain leaders to provide financial visibility into KPIs, cost trends, and productivity initiatives. • Support capital expenditure (CapEx) planning, ROI modeling, and tracking of actuals vs. plan. • Track capital expenditures (capex) vs. operating expenses (opex), including ROI of key investments. • Evaluate inventory levels, working capital impacts, and inventory-related reserves or write-offs. • Analyze standard cost variances and support updates to cost models. • Assist in development of long-range operational plans and strategic cost initiatives. • Support scenario modeling, ‘what-if’ analyses, and cost-benefit evaluations for key operational decisions. • Own portions of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), partnering with cross-functional teams to align assumptions and inputs. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Accounting, Procurement, Engineering, and FP&A to align financial plans with business goals. • Drive continuous improvement in financial reporting, dashboarding, and operational analytics. • Leverage financial systems (e.g., OneStream, Adaptive Insights, Anaplan, Power BI) to enhance reporting and forecasting accuracy. • Automate manual processes and continuously improve financial models and reporting frameworks.
What We’re Looking For • 2-7 years of experience in FP&A, operations finance, supply chain finance, or plant-level financial analysis. • Very open to someone coming out of public accounting or advisory / consulting that is looking to transition into industry. • Mix of both public accounting / consulting / advisory and either operations finance would be ideal • General understanding of manufacturing cost structures, cost accounting, and operational KPIs. • Experience business partnering with operations leaders and translating financial data into business action. • Advanced Excel modeling skills and familiarity with Power BI, ERP systems, or enterprise planning tools. • Clear communicator with a proactive, collaborative, and business-minded approach. • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA, MAcc, CPA, CFA or CMA a plus). • Experience in any kind of manufacturing, CPG, or consumer / industrial products highly preferred, but open to others with tangible product exposure. • Someone with a high degree of intellectual curiosity
Why This Role? • Impact – Help shape operational decisions that drive profitability and efficiency. • Visibility – Work directly with plant operations, supply chain, and executive leadership. • Growth – Excellent path to senior roles in finance or operations leadership. • Culture – Fast-paced, collaborative, and performance-driven team. • Flexibility – Hybrid schedule with 2 days onsite each week and 3 days from home. • Ability to move around internally into other functional roles so that you continue to learn and grow
Comp and Benefits: • Target base salary of $90-115k based on experience (if close, lets talk). • Flexible work schedule – Hybrid (2 days in the office) • Excellent Comprehensive benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance, etc.) • Unlimited Vacation and 10+ paid Holidays (also company is usually off last 2 weeks of the year over the holidays) • 6% – 401(k) match (100% vested day one) • Nice modern office with windows for the 2 days you are in office
Location: Downtown Charlotte, NC. Must currently reside in Greater Charlotte, NC metro OR you are planning to relocate as this role is a hybrid role meaning there's a mix of in office and work from home each week. This position is not eligible for fully remote.
This position is not eligible for sponsorship. US Citizenship or Green Card is required.
