Join our vertically integrated team at MAT Holdings, Inc., a leading global manufacturer with a 40-year history. We're proud to provide employment opportunities for more than 14,000 employees across 12 countries. Headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois, we have over 40 factories on three continents, including 2.1 million square feet of U.S. distribution and manufacturing space.
You will find our products in home improvement centers, big box retailers, hardware stores, and automotive chains. They're in the cars you drive, the trailers you tow, and the heavy-duty machinery you operate.
MAT can maintain consistent expertise and solutions across the entire supply chain. We’re experts in engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics and distribution, marketing, design, and customer service — we don't just make it happen. We ensure it happens with excellence.
We’re more than manufacturing, we’re MAT.
Benefits
- MAT Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries offer a complete benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance after 60 days of employment
- Paid Time Off (PTO), including paid vacation, sick days, and paid holidays
- 401k Retirement Plan + Company Match
- Career Advancement Program, training and development
- Wellness Programs, including fitness reimbursements and mental health support
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Voluntary Life / AD&D , Employer Provided Life/AD&D
- and More
The Financial Analyst is responsible for analyzing financial data related to manufacturing operations, ensuring accurate reporting, and aiding decision-making. This role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams to monitor costs, analyze variances, and support financial forecasting and budgeting for manufacturing processes to the General Manager.
Principle Responsibilities
- Prepare / Review weekly /monthly entries and analyses related to purchase price variance, labor, overhead, productivity, and inventory
- Complete month-end journal entries to support the financial close process
- Lead the annual operating budget preparation process for the businesses
- Prepare the monthly financial forecasts
- Analyzing changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods, or services provided to determine effects on cost
- Analyzing actual manufacturing costs and preparing periodic reports comparing actual expenses to budget
- Input and maintain cost in SAP
- Review business unit and interdepartmental cross-charges and make adjustments or reclassifications as needed.
- Prepare weekly / monthly operational performance metrics for the Jackson manufacturing facility and Direct Import team.
- Where not explicitly mentioned above, support the Direct Import team in the above functions as required.
- Other duties as assigned
Competencies
- Ability to meet attendance standards. All full-time employees are required to work a 40-hour week. Sometimes, it may be necessary to work additional hours to accomplish the required tasks and meet deadlines.
- While no control over others exists, when in discussion with others, this position must display tact, diplomacy, and respect. They must listen to, acknowledge, and respond to issues in a timely fashion.
- Highly motivated and well-organized.
- Maintain high personal standards of quality.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills.
- Creativity, initiative, and problem-solving skills are a must.
- Understanding of US GAAP
Education/Experience:
- Candidates will have a minimum of an associate’s degree in finance or accounting
- 0 to 2 years of overall accounting experience
- SAP experience is also a plus.
- Must know Windows and Microsoft Office software products with an emphasis on Excel
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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What We Do
MAT Holdings is a diversified, privately-held family company with a portfolio of companies that manufacture, market, and distribute quality products and trusted brands to the hardware and fencing, automotive, and power equipment industries. MAT Holdings Inc. was formed in 1984 as Midwest Air Technologies Inc. with its current headquarters located in Long Grove, IL. Today, the company has grown to include six subsidiary companies within the U.S. and twelve worldwide and employs roughly 13,000 people.
The company’s core businesses include the production, sales and service of products in the automotive, fencing and hardware and power equipment sectors. Customers include home improvement centers, mass and specialty retailers, hardware and farm co-ops, wholesale distributors, warehouse clubs, OEMs, OE suppliers and others.
MAT has operations on three continents including 2.1 million sq. ft. of strategically positioned warehousing and manufacturing space throughout the U.S.
