Description
Do you take pride in doing things right the first time? Looking for a stable job with room to grow? Ready to join a team that treats you like family? We want to hear from you!
Senior Financial Analyst – Ayer, MA
Join a Legacy. Build the Future
Catania Oils, a fourth-generation, family-owned business with 125 years of excellence in the edible oils industry, is looking for a passionate and driven Senior Financial Analyst to join our team. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, love solving problems, and know how to bring out the best in people—this is your moment.
Our Core Values Drive Everything We Do
- We Are Family – We treat every team member with respect and support, just like family.
- Own It – We take responsibility, celebrate wins, and learn from challenges.
- Job Well Done – We strive for excellence and take pride in delivering quality work.
- Customer Focused – We go beyond expectations to ensure our customers succeed.
- Authenticity at Our Core – We act with integrity and stay true to our values, even under pressure.
What You’ll Do
- Build, maintain, and enhance financial models related to overhead costs, manufacturing performance and company-wide strategic initiatives.
- Support the annual budgeting process and ongoing financial forecasting activities across the business.
- Identify risks, performance gaps, and cost-saving opportunities, and help drive corrective actions through fact-based analysis including tracking and validating realized benefits.
- Monitor and report on financial performance across the Operations Group, including Manufacturing, Warehouse, Distribution, Inventory Management, and Supply Chain.
- Partner cross-functionally with the Operations, Supply Chain, Sales and other departments to support cross-functional initiatives by providing financial insights and scenario analysis.
- Analyze sales performance, trends, and variances, and provide actionable insights to improve business results.
- Analyze and review bills of material to ensure accurate product costing and standard costs.
- Understand and analyze manufacturing and operational KPIs and provide recommendations to improve efficiency and reduce chronic losses.
- Manage and enhance financial and sales reporting processes, including dashboards (Excel, Power BI, planning tools)
- Support the evolution of reporting towards automated and real-time insights
- Support continuous improvement efforts related to reporting, controls, data quality, and financial processes.
- Participate in annual and/or bi-annual physical inventory counts and related reconciliation activities.
- Prepare ad hoc financial analysis, reporting, and special project support for the Director of Finance and leadership team.
Requirements
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field
- Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in financial analysis, preferably in a manufacturing environment
- Strong proficiency in financial modeling, analysis budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting.
- Intermediate to expert level Excel skills – ability to work with large data sets and create advanced formulas
- Understanding of manufacturing processes and the financial impact
- Excellent analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills with the ability to convey complex financial information clearly
- Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to work with large data sets, advanced formulas, pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis tools.
- Strong skills in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Experience with Power BI and dashboard development.
- Working knowledge of ERP systems and financial reporting tools.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, inventory, product costing, and the financial impact of operational performance.
- High level of initiative with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through in a fast-paced environment.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational, collaboration, and cross-functional partnership skills.
- Ability to work independently while also contributing effectively across departments.
- Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing principles is a plus.
Why Catania Oils?
- Be part of a company that values teamwork, respect, and continuous improvement
- Work in a culture that blends tradition with innovation
- Make a real impact in a company that’s committed to sustainability and quality.
- We offer competitive pay and benefits.
Catania Oils is an Equal Opportunity Employer
