Sr. Plant Cost Analyst

This is the base salary pay range that an applicant can expect to make upon hire.   Pay within this range will vary based upon relevant experience, skills, and education among other factors. In addition, this position is eligible for an incentive bonus. 

The Sr. Plant Cost Analyst will play a critical operational and strategic role supporting our Scottsboro, AL facility, serving as a key member of the operations leadership team. This position will directly influence plant performance by driving financial visibility, and enabling data‑based decisions.

You will lead the development and execution of financial processes that improve cost structure, strengthen operational discipline, and enhance overall plant profitability. This includes establishing consistent cost‑accounting practices, supporting capital investment evaluations, identifying cost‑out opportunities, and spearheading performance‑improving initiatives across the platform.

This role offers the opportunity to make an immediate and highly visible impact—ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of operations, finance, and strategy.

Drive Operational Performance

• Provide full financial partnership to plant leadership, ensuring operational decisions are grounded in accurate, timely, and actionable financial insights.
• Lead operational performance deep dives to uncover drivers of variance, waste, and inefficiency, and recommend improvement actions with measurable outcomes.
• Build and enhance financial KPIs for plant performance, ensuring accountability and alignment to operational goals.

Own Financial Execution

• Lead detailed capital and expense tracking ensuring projects meet financial targets and timelines.
• Review, analyze, and project facility spend, ensuring disciplined cost management across operations.
• Oversee monthly forecasts and annual operating plans
• Manage accurate month‑end and year‑end closing activities, including reconciliations and variance analysis.

Strengthening Cost Structure

• Assist with development and optimization of BOMs, routings, and standards to ensure true cost visibility.
• Partner with operations to identify and drive cost‑reduction opportunities, working capital improvements, and productivity gains.
• Support procurement activities that influence cost position and financial returns.

Improve Processes & Systems

• Design, implement, and improve financial processes to support a high‑performing, scalable operations model.
• Partner with BPS/IT to troubleshoot system issues, support SAP integration, and streamline data workflows.

Expand Your Scope

• After establishing strong performance in Scottsboro, responsibilities will grow to include support for additional manufacturing sites across the platform.

What You Bring to the Team

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting with 7+ years of experience, including at least 2 years in manufacturing cost accounting.
• Proven analytical and leadership capability with the ability to influence operational partners.
• Strong communication skills and a process‑driven mindset.
• Experience with SAP/ERP, forecasting, and close cycles.
• Ability to thrive in both office and plant‑floor environments.
• Commit to an in-office schedule Monday-Friday with some travel throughout the year, less than 10 days per year.

Why You’ll Want This Role

This isn’t just another finance position—it is a high‑impact operational leadership role where you will:

✨ Shape the financial and operational foundation of a growing manufacturing operation.
✨ Influence multimillion‑dollar decisions on capital, cost structure, and operational strategy.
✨ Gain visibility across senior leadership as the financial “right hand” to the Plant Manager.
✨ Build/improve processes leaving your mark on how the plant runs financially.
✨ With the potential to grow into a multi‑plant strategic finance leader within the platform.

If you are energized by improving performance, partnering with operations, and driving real financial results, this is a role where you will have both influence and runway.

Please Keep in Mind

If you do not meet 100% of these requirements, we at JM still want to hear from you. So, if you are interested in the role, we encourage you to apply so we can learn how your skills and talents can contribute to our team.

Benefits

Johns Manville (JM) offers a wide range of benefits to employees. Some are subsidized by the company and others are fully employee-paid. Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan, wellness program and critical illness insurance. JM sponsors a 401(k) plan which includes a sizeable company match. JM offers paid vacation and also provides paid sick and parental leave for eligible employees.

Additionally, Johns Manville provides basic life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage. Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well. The company also offers a variety of tax saving accounts; health spending account, traditional flexible spending account, and a dependent care spending account. JM also offers a tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.

Johns Manville supports employee growth with vast educational opportunities and a company-wide mentoring program. This program pairs employees and leaders to grow skills, build stronger internal networks and strengthen the company’s succession planning process. Johns Manville also offers soft and hard skills training facilitated by internal and external presenters. Our talent management team prioritizes the holistic growth of our workforce.

Diversity & Inclusion

Johns Manville believes diversity and inclusion in our workplace is critical for the long-term success of our company. We are committed to retaining, developing and attracting a diverse workforce that fosters an inclusive work environment in which all employees are treated with dignity and respect. This is the right thing to do for our employees, our company and our communities.

Incumbent must be physically able to perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.