Financial Analyst in Charleroi, Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania Food Corporation

We are two affiliated food manufacturing companies producing private-label frozen meal bowls, breakfast items, and co-manufactured/tolling programs at high volume with thin margins. We're looking for a Financial Analyst to support both entities' finance functions, with primary ownership of cost card accuracy, customer true-up processes, inventory audit support, and margin analysis. This role works cross-functionally with supply chain, operations, and commercial teams and reports to the Director of Finance, who oversees finance across both facilities.

• Build, maintain, and audit cost cards across SKUs at both entities, ensuring actual cost inputs (ingredients, packaging, freight, labor, overhead) are current and accurate.
• Own the quarterly true-up process for customer contracts — reconcile actual costs vs. quoted/locked pricing and prepare true-up calculations and supporting documentation.
• Support and execute periodic inventory audits at both facilities; investigate variances between physical counts and system (ERP) records.
• Partner with supply chain and procurement to challenge and validate vendor pricing, questioning cost inputs that don't reconcile with market or contract terms.
• Prepare margin and profitability analysis by customer, program, and SKU to support pricing and commercial decisions.
• Build financial projections and forecasts (volume, cost, margin) to support budgeting, new business evaluation, and management reporting.
• Assist with month-end close activities related to inventory, COGS, and standard cost variances.
• Flag cost or margin risks proactively and bring supporting data to the Director of Finance for decision-making.
• Support new business/quoting activity by building cost models for prospective SKUs and customer programs.
• Support AR/AP review — monitor aging, flag past-due exposure, and assist with collections follow-up on problem accounts.
• Track customer contract compliance — verify invoiced pricing matches negotiated cost cards and contract terms, catching discrepancies before customers do.
• Build CapEx and ROI models to support equipment and capacity investment decisions.
• Own physical inventory reconciliation end to end, including count-to-book reconciliation and working with plant operations on root-cause fixes.
• Maintain recurring KPI dashboards (margin by customer, cost variance trends, etc.) for management reporting.
• Build and maintain customer scorecards tracking sales performance, pallet aging, customer pickup/dwell times, and payment history.
• Work interchangeably across both entities as workload and business needs require.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in financial analysis, cost accounting, or FP&A, ideally in food manufacturing, CPG, or another high-volume/low-margin manufacturing environment.
• Strong Excel skills required; experience with ERP systems required, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central a plus.
• Comfortable working with granular, unit-economics-level cost detail and translating it into clear, decision-ready analysis.
• Direct communicator who can hold a position on pricing/cost questions with supply chain and vendors, backed by data.
• Occasional travel to the second facility as needed.

• Cost cards reflect true, current costs — no stale inputs, no unexplained variances.
• True-ups are accurate, timely, and defensible when reviewed by customers.
• Inventory audit findings are investigated to root cause, not just reported.
• Supply chain pricing gets questioned with data before it gets accepted.

Compensation: Competitive, commensurate with experience.

Location: Based out of Western PA (Charleroi area), preferred. Open to South-Central WI for an exceptional candidate.

Reporting Line: Director of Finance (corporate, spanning both entities).