Senior Financial Analyst

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Company: McConway and Torley and Standard Forged

Location: Pittsburgh, PA 15237

Description:

The newly created Company, FerroWorks, has locations in Pittsburgh, McKees Rocks, and Kutztown, PA including McConway and Torley and Standard Forged, which have been in continuous operations since 1869, the same year the first US transcontinental railroad was completed. We have been able to meet the needs of our customers with a steady, dependable and economical supply of high-quality railroad industry products. As McConway is the original designers of the first standard automatic coupler, continued innovation and craftsmanship have and has led to a product line that includes every ARR approved coupler as well as custom coupler solutions, which are all proudly cast in the US.

We are actively seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support our continued growth! In this position you will be an integral member of the team, helping to develop, execute, and effectively communicate significant analyses that identify meaningful trends and opportunities across the business. Additionally, you will be leveraging tools and systems to quickly access data and present meaningful, concise information to various levels of management. In your role you will perform financial reporting, ad-hoc project analyses, and financial modeling using a broad range of tools including Excel and PowerBI.

Some of your key activities will include:
  • Preparing, analyzing, and summarizing monthly financials and key performance indicators (KPIs) reports for use by internal and external leadership teams
  • Delivering daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting for the leadership team regarding many KPI's used to manage the business
  • Supporting development of multiple business units/divisions financial forecasts and annual budget, and tracks and analyzes variances throughout year
  • Creating presentations on financial and operational performance for Senior executives and the Board
  • Supporting operational leaders across the company to drive financial and strategic insight through data driven financial analysis and decision making
  • Driving complex business modeling and analysis to identify operating improvements and deep dive on cost drivers
  • Performing return analysis including the use of ROIC, IRR, NPV, and ROI valuations for capital investments and new product development
  • Supporting month-end close processes, reconciliations and internal control reporting

To be successful, you will help to develop clearly defined and reported KPI's to inform leaders at different levels of the business. You will need to ensure that you are tracking metrics around bottom line performance, and your work will have a direct impact in driving improvements on EBITDA.

Required Qualifications:
  • At least 5 years of professional experience in accounting, finance or related field
  • 3 or more years of expert level experience in Microsoft excel, to include macros, pivot tables etc.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
  • Proven experience in building strong financial models
  • Experience in cash flow forecasting
  • Experience in Private Equity environment and reporting requirements
  • Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
  • Extremely strong analytical, problem-solving skills and business acumen
  • Project and time management skills
  • Manufacturing and/or costing experience a plus
  • Experience with large ERP systems preferred
  • Self-motivated with strong intellectual curiosity
  • Innovative and resourceful, embrace change and process improvement
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills


Education:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field is required
  • Equivalent Combination of education and experience may be considered
  • A CPA or Masters Degree is preferred

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