We’re Hiring! Our key client is hiring and looking to add a Financial Analyst (Intermediate) to their team. Please check the description below and reach out to us for more details if you are interested.
Pay: $54.68 – $62.88/hour on W2
Work Type: Onsite – Channahon, IL 60410
Duration: 18-month contract with possible extension
Job Overview:
* Provide accurate, timely, and insightful financial stewardship for the Mechanical Division at the refinery.
* This role owns OPEX analysis and reporting, prepares journals and accruals, stewards balance sheet accounts, supports tax and audit cycles, and develops tools and insights that enable effective decision-making for site leadership.
* The position partners closely with Mechanical leadership, cost stewards, and Corporate Accounting Services to ensure strong financial governance, compliance, and planning accuracy.
Key Responsibilities:
* OPEX Analysis & Management
* Deliver monthly OPEX analysis packages for Refinery management and P&S requirements, including detailed variance explanations and trend analysis.
* Execute weekly and monthly Plant Maintenance and MAL reviews (reactive, planned, expense betterment) and correct miscoding through journal entries.
* Distribute recurring financial reports to Routine Planning & Programs SLS and other key stakeholders.
* Cost Steward Enablement & Tools
* Develop, enhance, and maintain financial analysis tools and macros (e.g., PM/MAL macros, Mechanical Administration tools).
* Coach and support cost stewards on planning, reporting, variance drivers, and budget give-backs.
* Benchmarking & Solomon
* Support Refinery Index (RI) and other benchmarking indices by coordinating data across Maintenance, Overhead, and Turnarounds.
* Document assumptions, methodologies, and inputs to ensure repeatability and readiness for Polaris or similar frameworks.
* Journals, Accruals & Adjustments
* Prepare journal vouchers for overhead allocations, cost owner corrections, mispostings, COGS to OPEX reclasses, and interdepartmental charges.
* Prepare standard and ad hoc accruals (e.g., CDMS overhead, chemicals, spent caustic, inventory held pending documentation).
* Partner with Corporate Accounting Services (CAS) to ensure policy compliance and timely month-end close.
* Balance Sheet Governance
* Review, age, and reconcile key balance sheet accounts, including Progress Payments and Long Lead Inventory.
* Act as Gatekeeper for Warehouse Special Long Lead Inventory.
* Coordinate monthly and quarterly reconciliation activities with CAS.
* Business Planning (Maintenance / MS&O)
* Assemble annual Business Plan materials including presentations, KPIs, and benchmarks.
* Align MAL-level financial inputs with planning calendars and maintenance strategies.
* Tax & Audit Support
* Coordinate monthly accrued sales tax reviews with the Illinois Tax Advisor.
* Prepare or coordinate annual filings (e.g., IL DCEO FTE/Enterprise Zone, Federal Excise, Illinois Business Incentives, Warehouse Tax Assessment, Enterprise Zone Renewals).
* Support audits and UIA activities related to fixed assets and financial processes.
* Mechanical Administration
* Maintain the 3-year business plan roll-up and drive annual plan seasonalization.
* Publish monthly WD8 Mechanical Administration budget stewardship and maintain YEP projections.
* Steward efficiency metrics and update Maintenance Activity Rates (quarterly, with annual wage updates).
* Steward general scrap credits, maintaining SharePoint and spreadsheet controls.
* Execute journal vouchers, accruals, ZIBOT intercompany transfers, and manage departmental work orders and purchase requisitions.
* Support Solomon overhead data collection on a bi-annual basis.
* Projects & Fixed Assets
* Analyze depreciation actuals versus budget, resolve variances, and adjust financial projections.
* Lead the annual fixed asset verification process across departments and present results for Refinery Manager approval.
* Decision Rights & Interfaces
* Own OPEX analysis content and journal/accrual proposals.
* Recommend corrections to cost owners and escalate accounting policy questions to CAS.
* Interface with Mechanical leadership, Cost Stewards, Warehouse & Materials, CAS, Project Controls, Tax, Legal, Procurement, and IT/Systems.
* Success Measures
* Timely and accurate monthly close deliverables (OPEX, journals, accruals).
* Clean balance sheet reconciliations and minimal audit findings.
* Actionable financial insights that improve cost performance and planning accuracy.
* High-quality Business Plan materials and stewardship reporting.
Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field required.
* CPA or CMA strongly preferred.
* 3+ years of finance or accounting experience in a refinery, chemicals, or heavy manufacturing environment, with a strong OPEX focus.
* Hands-on experience with SAP (FI/CO/PM), maintenance cost flows, journals, accruals, and balance sheet stewardship.
* Exposure to tax and audit cycles; Solomon or benchmarking experience is a plus.
Skills & Competencies:
* Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups; macros preferred).
* Strong analytical, reconciliation, and data governance capabilities.
* Clear, concise communicator able to partner with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* High attention to detail, strong ownership mindset, and commitment to deadlines and continuous improvement.
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