Financial Analyst – Operations – Operations Finance

Job Description

Financial Analyst – Operations | Reynolds Consumer Products

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Reynolds Consumer Products, located in Lake Forest, IL, supporting the Tableware Division. Reynolds Consumer Products is a consumer products company. This role is critical for ensuring financial accuracy and transparency across product costing, manufacturing expenses, inventory, and project tracking. The person in this position will play a key role in capturing costs and communicating financial impacts during month-end results.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Lake Forest, IL
• Pay: $66000–$90750 yearly
• Team: Supports the Tableware Division, collaborating with Operations, R&D, FP&A, Engineering, and IT teams.
• Mission: Drives financial accuracy and transparency for product costing, manufacturing costs, inventory, and project tracking within the Tableware Division.
• Tech Stack: Intermediate Excel, ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, NetSuite, or similar)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Financial Oversight: Drive financial accuracy, transparency, and insight across product costing, manufacturing cost, inventory management, and project tracking.
• Analysis & Reporting: Conduct detailed financial analysis, interpret P&L and balance sheet activities, and prepare account reconciliations.
• Close & Controls: Support month-end and year-end close activities, ensuring robust data integrity and process controls for P&L and inventory processes.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Operations, R&D, FP&A, and IT to facilitate systems integration and ensure costs are accurately captured.
• Process Enhancement: Identify and implement improvements for reporting, analysis, and workflow automation to boost efficiency and accuracy.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field. This is an early-career position requiring a strong understanding of financial principles.
• Experience: 0-2 years of progressive accounting or finance experience, preferably supporting manufacturing operations, with experience in tracking project cost and variance analysis.
• Skills: Ability to interpret balance sheet and P&L statements, account reconciliations, and bank statements; intermediate Excel proficiency (complex formulas and pivot tables); working knowledge of inventory accounting and manufacturing close processes; experience with ERP systems; exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Bonus: Strong preference for experience in SAP-based environments; proven ability to drive process improvements by streamlining financial and operational reporting, enhancing inventory accuracy and close efficiency, automating manual tasks, and reinforcing internal controls.