The Role
Lead local budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for manufacturing. Maintain financial models, analyze variances and KPIs, support monthly and ad-hoc reporting, partner with operations and global finance, improve reporting automation, and participate in ERP and reporting projects.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are seeking a highly motivated and analytical FP&A Senior Analyst to support financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and decision support for our manufacturing operations in Costa Rica
Key Responsibilities
- The FP&A Senior Analyst will have ownership of the local annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes
- Maintain a detailed financial model to support revenue, gross margin, labor, overhead, capital expenditure, and cash flow planning
- Support the Finance Controller in the preparation of monthly, annual, and ad-hoc financial reporting packages
- Owner of variance analysis teaming with local Cost Accounting team and the Finance Controller
- Analyze financial results versus budget, forecast, and prior periods to identify key drivers and business trends that will support operational decision-making
- Collaborate with global finance teams to ensure consistency in reporting and planning methodologies and analysis in the US and Vietnam on a project basis.
- Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Manufacturing leaders to evaluate business performance
- Monitor manufacturing KPIs including:
- Standard cost variances
- Inventory levels / turns
- Freight and logistics costs
- Material usage and scrap Labor absorption, efficiency, and utilization
- Unit gross margin performance
- CapEx Tracking
- Maintain and enhance financial reporting tools, dashboards and KPI’s
- Support ERP optimization initiatives and data integrity efforts
- Identify opportunities to automate reporting and improve financial processes
- Participate in ERP implementations, upgrades, and reporting enhancements as needed
Requirements
- Fluent in both English and Spanish (written and verbal)
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
- 5+ years of progressive FP&A, Finance, or Manufacturing Finance experience
- Advanced financial modeling and forecasting skills
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel Experience working within ERP systems
- Familiarity with standard costing and cost accounting principle
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain financial results and business drivers to non-finance stakeholders
- Ability to work independently, prioritize competing deadlines, and partner effectively across local and global teams
Benefits
- Private Medical Insurance
- Profit Sharing
- Hybrid work model
- Training and development
- Additional PTO
Skills Required
- Fluent in both English and Spanish (written and verbal)
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
- 5+ years of progressive FP&A, Finance, or Manufacturing Finance experience
- Advanced financial modeling and forecasting skills
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Experience working within ERP systems
- Familiarity with standard costing and cost accounting principles
- Strong communication skills to explain financial results to non-finance stakeholders
- Ability to work independently, prioritize competing deadlines, and partner across teams
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The Company
What We Do
Nextern collaborates with innovators, clinicians, and device partners to create, iterate, optimize and manufacture best-in-class medical devices. We bring an unmatched core competence in medical device product design and development through manufacturing as a leverageable asset to collaborators like you, who are focused on accelerating the commercial side of the business.
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