<p>Steven Lahey with Robert Half is looking for an experienced Sr. Financial Analyst to support manufacturing finance activities for an aerospace operation in Stockton, California. This position focuses on turning cost, inventory, and operational data into meaningful insights that help leaders improve profitability, strengthen financial accuracy, and guide business decisions. The role works closely with production, procurement, supply chain, operations, and finance teams to enhance reporting, support planning cycles, and drive better cost performance. For immediate consideration please reach out to (916) 649-0832. </p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Analyze production-related financial results, including materials, labor, overhead, and margin performance, and highlight key drivers behind fluctuations.</p><p>• Review inventory balances and costing outcomes to help maintain accurate valuation, strengthen controls, and support effective stock management decisions.</p><p>• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting activities by assessing cost patterns, operational assumptions, and potential financial impact on business performance.</p><p>• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting analysis during month-end close to ensure reliable reporting for manufacturing operations.</p><p>• Monitor cost of goods sold, inventory adjustments, and operational variances to improve transparency and support compliance with accounting standards.</p><p>• Partner with operational leaders to identify savings opportunities, improve productivity, and translate financial findings into practical recommendations.</p><p>• Assist with cross-functional initiatives aimed at improving reporting quality, process efficiency, financial controls, and data integrity.</p><p>• Provide documentation, schedules, and analytical support for internal and external audit requests related to cost accounting and operational finance.</p>
We are looking for a Payroll Analyst to join a long-term contract opportunity in San Ramon, California. This position is ideal for someone in payroll who can examine complex payroll issues, identify underlying causes, and help move resolutions forward across Workday Payroll and related enterprise applications. The role requires strong analytical judgment, comfort working with cross-functional stakeholders, and the ability to manage multiple time-sensitive priorities in a client-facing environment.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Investigate payroll discrepancies across Workday Payroll and connected systems, document findings, and support timely issue resolution.<br>• Review payroll results and gross-to-net outcomes, reconcile variances, and determine the factors contributing to defects or unexpected calculations.<br>• Support payroll-related build activities, data conversion efforts, and catch-up transaction processing to help maintain accuracy across impacted workflows.<br>• Perform validation of migrated payroll data, partner with stakeholders to resolve data issues, and ensure discrepancies are addressed before downstream processing.<br>• Manage defect intake by assessing business impact, setting priorities, tracking progress, and escalating critical blockers when necessary.<br>• Coordinate testing activities across teams, including planning, execution, retesting, and confirmation that end-to-end payroll processes function as expected.<br>• Work with internal teams and external vendors to troubleshoot integration issues affecting inbound and outbound payroll data exchanges.<br>• Monitor defect patterns, testing outcomes, and operational risks, then share clear insights, reports, and status updates with project leadership.<br>• Maintain detailed records of investigations, corrective actions, testing evidence, and final outcomes to support auditability and continuous improvement.
<p><strong>Lisa Cole with Robert Half </strong>is partnering with a<strong> </strong>growing, complex manufacturing and project‑based organization is seeking a <strong>Financial Analyst</strong> to serve as a financial partner to Program and Project Managers. This role operates at the program level—similar to a “mini‑controller”—supporting active programs across engineering, manufacturing, and R&D environments.</p><p>This position is ideal for a candidate with strong cost accounting, contract, and program finance experience who enjoys partnering cross‑functionally and driving financial visibility at the project level. For more information on this position, please call Lisa Cole at 916-649-0832. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Act as the primary finance partner for assigned programs and projects</li><li>Prepare quarterly profit and cash reporting at the program level</li><li>Track, analyze, and forecast program costs, margins, and cash flow</li><li>Manage invoicing and milestone billing; partner with AR for collections</li><li>Perform variance analysis, estimates‑to‑complete (ETC), and estimates‑at‑completion (EAC)</li><li>Support revenue recognition activities with working knowledge of <strong>ASC 606</strong></li><li>Assist with audits (internal, external, and government, as applicable)</li><li>Prepare monthly program financial packages and ad‑hoc analysis</li><li>Collaborate closely with Program Managers, Contracts, and Operations teams</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>
<p>We are looking for a Financial Analyst to support manufacturing finance through insightful analysis, practical reporting, and strong cross-functional collaboration. This role will help leaders understand operating results, plan future performance, and make sound decisions by turning complex production and cost data into clear financial recommendations. The position is well suited for someone who enjoys working with detailed information while keeping sight of broader business goals.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Build and refine financial models, forecasting tools, and reporting resources that support manufacturing planning, labor needs, overhead spending, capital investments, and operating performance.</p><p>• Work closely with plant leadership and partner teams to create reporting that highlights results across facilities, products, projects, and overall manufacturing activity.</p><p>• Maintain and enhance recurring dashboards and scorecards that track important measures such as efficiency, output, utilization, quality, safety, productivity, and cost trends.</p><p>• Evaluate labor hours, payroll spending, staffing patterns, and productivity data to identify key drivers and support workforce planning decisions.</p><p>• Contribute to annual budgeting and ongoing forecast cycles by analyzing volume assumptions, operating costs, labor requirements, overhead, and capital plans.</p><p>• Assist with monthly close activities by preparing analyses, investigating variances, and improving processes that strengthen the accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting.</p><p>• Produce regular financial and operational summaries for leadership, including clear explanations of risks, opportunities, and notable performance changes.</p><p>• Review manufacturing overhead and departmental expenses to support cost control efforts and improve forecast reliability across the organization.</p><p>• Support capital planning through business case analysis, return evaluations, project tracking, and follow-up reviews of investment outcomes.</p><p>• Partner with operations, engineering, project management, and accounting teams to translate business activity into actionable financial insight and recommendations.</p>
<p>The Robert Half Full-Time Engagement Professionals practice is seeking financial analysts to help organizations make sound business decisions by evaluating financial data, forecasting trends and providing actionable insights. These professionals play a key role in budgeting, reporting and strategic planning across departments.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities: </strong></p><ul><li>Analyzing financial data to identify trends, variances and performance drivers</li><li>Preparing reports, dashboards and presentations for leadership and stakeholders</li><li>Supporting budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes</li><li>Conducting profitability, cost and investment analysis to guide decision-making</li><li>Collaborating with cross-functional teams to align financial goals and strategies</li><li>Monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial metrics</li><li>Building and maintaining financial models to support business initiatives</li><li>Assisting with scenario planning and risk analysis</li><li>Staying current on industry trends, economic developments and financial best practices</li></ul>