Senior Financial Analyst

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst / Finance Manager to join the Corrugated division's Finance Team and support sites in the South Region.

As a valued business partner, you will collaborate with, lead, and advise facility teams, providing financial and analytical support while assisting with financial reporting and consolidation.

You will create value through actionable manufacturing and cost analysis, benchmark reporting, and project tracking for management.

You will also help lead the group's transformation and AI efforts, using automation and emerging technologies to improve finance processes, strengthen decision-making, and increase efficiency.

Success in this role requires the ability to understand and manipulate data sources and clearly communicate results, trends, and variances to internal customers.

Advanced proficiency with data analytics and visualization tools, such as Excel, Power BI, and Tableau, will put you ahead.

The ideal candidate will bring flexibility, creativity, and resourcefulness; manufacturing experience is a plus.

What You Will Do in Your Role


* Commercial & Manufacturing Analysis: KPI analysis, cost analysis, benchmark reporting, and bet tracking to highlight opportunities and effectively communicate action items to business leadership


* Manufacturing analysis will focus on direct costs, production, and indirect costs at the mill level.

Effectively gathering data sources to highlight opportunities, trends, variances


* Month end financial reporting, consolidation of reporting and analysis, variance analysis


* Ownership of planning and forecasting activities in support of multiple facilities


* Provide transparent economic evaluations and analytical support, based in economic reality, to decision owners on business proposals for capital investment, major expenses, strategic initiatives, ad hoc operations projects, etc.


* Collaborate with Plant Leadership to identify opportunities; develop and prioritize strategies that drive value creation and advance the current state


* Proactively build mutually beneficial relationships with others, to better understand and utilize the resources available


* Help Lead transformation initiatives by leveraging AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve processes, enhance decision-making, and drive greater efficiency across the organization.


* Advance the Principle-Based Management® (PBM®) culture by applying and reinforcing the company's Values


* Ability to travel when needed (will range from 25% to 30% depending on geographic location and timing of need; will include overnight stays)

What Will Put You Ahead


* Experience in financial analysis, accounting, cost accounting or operations finance role


* Experience applying accounting and financial concepts, economic principles, variance analysis, and marginal analysis


* Experience extracting data from systems and presenting data to customers...