Financial Analyst - Plant Ops (M/F)
Why you should join:
TE Connectivity’s Energy business unit is seeking a remote Financial Analyst – Plant Ops based in Poland, Romania, or Morocco to support one manufacturing site within the EMEA region. This role acts as a finance business partner to the plant organization, providing financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and operational decision support while working closely with the Plant Controller, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance Shared Services.
The position is remote but requires regular collaboration with plant stakeholders and periodic travel to the supported site, estimated at 10% to 25%. The analyst will support month-end close, forecasting, budgeting, standard costing, inventory and variance analysis, capital and fixed asset governance, and performance reporting, ensuring timely and accurate insights for operational and financial decision-making.
Your tasks:
- Support monthly close activities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, variance analysis, and financial reporting submissions for the supported plant.
- Analyze plant performance, including conversion cost, material usage variance, purchase price variance, scrap, productivity, inventory, absorption, and cost center spend.
- Prepare clear financial commentary, bridges, and management summaries that explain key drivers, risks, opportunities, and required actions.
- Partner remotely with Operations and plant leadership to support financial performance management and operational improvement initiatives.
- Support annual budget, quarterly forecast, and weekly/monthly outlook processes for the supported site.
- Maintain and analyze standard costs, routings, master data, and cost build-ups in SAP, ensuring data accuracy and compliance with TE policies.
- Monitor inventory, WIP, reserves, and fixed assets; support physical inventory and fixed asset count activities during site visits or through structured remote coordination.
- Support capital expenditure requests, fixed asset transfers, project tracking, and financial governance in line with approval requirements.
- Drive reporting automation, standardization, and process improvement using Excel, Power Query, SAP, HFM, or similar tools.
- Ensure compliance with TE financial policies, internal controls, SOX requirements, and applicable local requirements.
Your ideal profile:
Required
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Controlling, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering with Finance specialization, or a related field.
- 2–4 years of experience in finance, controlling, FP&A, or plant operations finance; manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
- Good understanding of standard costing, variance analysis, inventory, budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close processes.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to work independently in a remote environment and manage large data sets.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; practical experience with SAP FI/CO or other ERP systems.
- Fluent English language skills; additional European languages are an advantage.
- Ability and willingness to travel approximately 10% to 25% to the supported plant and other TE locations as business needs require.
- Eligible to work remotely from Poland, Romania, or Morocco.
Preferred
- Experience supporting a plant remotely or working in an international matrix organization.
- Experience with Power BI, Power Query, Copilot, or other reporting automation tools.
- Exposure to capital expenditure governance, fixed assets, productivity tracking, or operational excellence projects.
Competencies:
- Strong remote business partner with the ability to build trust and influence stakeholders across countries and functions.
- Clear communicator who can explain financial results and operational drivers in a concise and practical way.
- Self-motivated, structured, and able to manage priorities independently in a remote setup.
- Proactive problem solver with continuous improvement mindset and strong ownership.
- Demonstrates TE core values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, and Teamwork.