We are looking for an experienced, detail-oriented finance specialist to support planning, reporting, and business decision-making for a growing manufacturing organization in Houston, Texas. This role will partner with operational and leadership teams to interpret financial results, build forward-looking analyses, and communicate clear recommendations to executives. The ideal candidate brings strong FP&A capability, understands manufacturing cost drivers, and can work effectively in both English and Spanish across multiple locations.
Responsibilities:
- Develop financial models, forecasts, and annual operating plans to support strategic and day-to-day business decisions.
- Analyze monthly and quarterly results, identify performance trends, and explain key variances against budget, forecast, and prior periods.
- Partner with plant and business leaders to translate financial data into practical insights that improve operational and financial performance.
- Prepare concise executive-level summaries, presentations, and reporting materials that clearly communicate financial outcomes and recommendations.
- Support the budgeting cycle by coordinating inputs, validating assumptions, and helping maintain a disciplined planning process.
- Monitor manufacturing-related financial drivers, including cost behavior and production impacts, to strengthen business understanding and decision support.
- Collaborate with teams across Spanish-speaking locations to gather information, discuss results, and ensure alignment on financial priorities.
- Contribute to process improvement efforts and assist with finance-related system or reporting changes when needed.
- 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, or a related finance leadership track.
- Strong background in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Ability to interpret complex financial information and present conclusions clearly to executives and non-financial stakeholders.
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment with a solid understanding of operational and cost-related financial concepts.
- Proficiency with SAP or another large-scale ERP platform; candidates with SAP experience are strongly preferred.
- Fluency in Spanish and English, with the ability to communicate effectively across multiple locations.
- Demonstrated potential to grow into broader leadership responsibilities, including mentoring processes or guiding team workflows.