We are looking for a skilled Senior Financial Analyst to join our team in Waukesha, Wisconsin. In this role, you will play a key part in analyzing financial data, preparing reports, and supporting strategic initiatives to drive business growth. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in financial analysis and modeling, along with the ability to collaborate effectively across different departments.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Conduct detailed analyses of financial results to identify trends and explain variances compared to prior periods, budgets, and forecasts.<br>• Contribute to the development of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, including assessments of working capital requirements.<br>• Compile and present consolidated reports on actual financial performance, budgets, and forecasts.<br>• Assist in preparing monthly operations review materials, ensuring accurate and insightful reporting.<br>• Validate cost-saving initiatives within the value creation plan to ensure their alignment with financial goals.<br>• Create and manage compliance documentation related to federal grant requirements.<br>• Provide financial guidance and support to business leaders across enabling functions.<br>• Participate in month-end close processes, including reclassification of expenses and other adjustments.
<p>We are seeking a seasoned Fractional CFO to provide strategic and hands-on financial leadership for a manufacturing organization. This engagement is ideal for a finance executive who thrives in a consultative environment, can quickly assess current state operations, and drive meaningful impact across financial strategy, reporting, and team leadership.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Provide strategic financial leadership, partnering with executive leadership to guide decision-making and long-term planning</li><li>Assess and optimize cash flow, working capital, and capital allocation strategies</li><li>Oversee and enhance month-end close and financial reporting processes</li><li>Lead, mentor, and stabilize the accounting team</li><li>Identify and implement cost optimization strategies across operations</li><li>Ensure compliance across financial operations, including benefits and retirement plans</li><li>Strengthen banking relationships and support financing activities as needed</li><li>Evaluate current processes and implement best practices to improve accuracy, timeliness, and scalabilit</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>We are looking for a Pricing Manager for a growing manufacturing company.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Job Description:</strong></p><p>Price Calculation & Execution</p><p>• Calculate customer and item level pricing based on pricing direction established by executive leadership, including list prices, customer specific prices, and contractual pricing.</p><p>• Build and maintain pricing models that incorporate: </p><p>o Raw material and input cost changes</p><p>o Manufacturing and logistics costs</p><p>o Target contribution margins, gross margins, and EBIT objectives</p><p>o Volume, mix, and customer profitability considerations</p><p>• Support pricing actions such as price increases, surcharges, cost pass throughs, and customer specific adjustments.</p><p>2. Margin & Profitability Analysis</p><p>• Analyze contribution margin, gross margin, and customer profitability by SKU, customer, and segment.</p><p>• Quantify financial impact of pricing scenarios (e.g., requested price reductions, volume trade offs, reformulations).</p><p>• Partner with Finance to ensure pricing outputs align with budget, forecast, and long range plan assumptions.</p><p>• Support leadership discussions with clear “what if” analyses and financial sensitivity views.</p><p>3. Pricing Governance & Discipline</p><p>• Help enforce pricing discipline by: </p><p>o Ensuring pricing decisions are consistent with approved strategy</p><p>o Reducing unnecessary price leakage and ad hoc discounting</p><p>o Documenting assumptions, approvals, and rationale for pricing actions</p><p>• Maintain pricing documentation, approval workflows, and audit trails.</p><p>• Serve as a neutral analytical counterweight between Sales, R&D, Operations, and Finance.</p><p>4. Cross Functional Collaboration</p><p>• Work closely with Sales to support customer negotiations with data backed insights.</p><p>• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to understand cost drivers and capacity implications.</p><p>• Support executive leadership with concise, decision ready pricing summaries for key customers and initiatives.</p><p>• Coordinate with ERP, Product Vision, and Finance systems to ensure pricing accuracy and data integrity.</p><p>5. Continuous Improvement & Tools</p><p>• Improve pricing models, templates, and dashboards over time.</p><p>• Identify opportunities to standardize pricing logic and reduce manual effort.</p><p>• Support the evolution toward more structured, scalable pricing processes as the business grows.</p><p>________________________________________</p><p>Key Deliverables</p><p>• Customer and SKU level pricing calculations</p><p>• Margin impact and sensitivity analyses</p><p>• Pricing support materials for customer negotiations</p><p>• Executive level pricing summaries and dashboards</p><p>• Ongoing monitoring of pricing realization vs. plan</p>