**Main job objective - Mission**:
The Senior Financial Analyst with an operations focus will analyze and optimize production costs and operational efficiency. This role requires a good understanding of manufacturing processes to provide financial analysis that supports strategic decisions, improves profitability, and ensures the financial sustainability of the maquiladora operation.
**Main responsibilities and Key Result Areas**:
- Develop and maintain financial models integrating operational data to assess profitability by production line, continuous improvement projects, and cost reduction initiatives.
- Collaborate with the operations department to identify savings and efficiency opportunities, translating these opportunities into concrete financial analyses.
- Drive the Manufacturing Expense Overview in collaboration with the production team.
- Support inventory control and accuracy.
- Actively participate in the financial planning cycle, ensuring that operations budgets accurately reflect variable and fixed costs, and production forecasts. Perform monthly variance analysis.
- Monitor and analyze specific operations key performance indicators (KPIs), such as production line efficiency, defect rates, and capacity utilization.
**Professional qualifications and knowledge**:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, with over 3 years of experience in financial analysis, with a significant focus on operations, ideally in the maquiladora industry
- In-depth knowledge of production processes and the ability to interpret operational data into financial analyses
- Strong proficiency in analytical and reporting tools, including advanced Excel and ERP systems like SAP.
- Excellent communication skills in Spanish and English, capable of effectively interacting with finance and operations teams.
**Competencies and personal skills**:
- Strong analytical orientation with a focus on problem-solving.
- Ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Commitment to continuous improvement and the pursuit of operational efficiencies.
- Strategic vision to align financial analyses with operational and business objectives.
**Interested?**:
Please apply, we are looking forward to hear from you!
**Abril Bojorquez, Human Resources Generalist Sr.