Senior Financial Analyst

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst / Finance Managerto join the Corrugated division’s Finance Team and support sites in the South Region. As a valued business partner, you will collaborate with, lead, and advise facility teams, providing financial and analytical support while assisting with financial reporting and consolidation. You will create value through actionable manufacturing and cost analysis, benchmark reporting, and project tracking for management. You will also help lead the group’s transformation and AI efforts, using automation and emerging technologies to improve finance processes, strengthen decision-making, and increase efficiency. Success in this role requires the ability to understand and manipulate data sources and clearly communicate results, trends, and variances to internal customers. Advanced proficiency with data analytics and visualization tools, such as Excel, Power BI, and Tableau, will put you ahead. The ideal candidate will bring flexibility, creativity, and resourcefulness; manufacturing experience is a plus.

What You Will Do in Your Role

• Commercial & Manufacturing Analysis: KPI analysis, cost analysis, benchmark reporting, and bet tracking to highlight opportunities and effectively communicate action items to business leadership
• Manufacturing analysis will focus on direct costs, production, and indirect costs at the mill level. Effectively gathering data sources to highlight opportunities, trends, variances
• Month end financial reporting, consolidation of reporting and analysis, variance analysis
• Ownership of planning and forecasting activities in support of multiple facilities
• Provide transparent economic evaluations and analytical support, based in economic reality, to decision owners on business proposals for capital investment, major expenses, strategic initiatives, ad hoc operations projects, etc.
• Collaborate with Plant Leadership to identify opportunities; develop and prioritize strategies that drive value creation and advance the current state
• Proactively build mutually beneficial relationships with others, to better understand and utilize the resources available
• Help Lead transformation initiatives by leveraging AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve processes, enhance decision-making, and drive greater efficiency across the organization.
• Advance the Principle-Based Management® (PBM®) culture by applying and reinforcing the company’s Values
• Ability to travel when needed (will range from 25% to 30% depending on geographic location and timing of need; will include overnight stays)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in financial analysis, accounting, cost accounting or operations finance role
• Experience applying accounting and financial concepts, economic principles, variance analysis, and marginal analysis
• Experience extracting data from systems and presenting data to customers and/or stakeholders
• Experience presenting financial concepts to customers and/or stakeholders
• Willingness to travel up to 30%, including overnight travel
• Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship

The Experience You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business
• Experience using MS Excel for statistical modeling, forecasting, graphs, charts, pivots and macros
• Experience creating dashboards and KPI’s using various analysis/data visualization tools
• Experience in the Manufacturing sector

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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Hiring Philosophy: All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are: As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day – to make everyday products even better. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits: Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities: Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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