At Caldic we are continually developing our capabilities, and we strive to become better every day, with the goal to build long-term relationships. To add value to our company, and to our inspiring solutions we are currently looking to add to our team. Are you a natural leader with a proven track record in the industrial market? Do you have the drive to succeed in a moving fast forward company? Then we are looking for you!
Position Summary:
The Operations Finance Analyst partners with operations and business leaders to provide financial analysis, performance insights, and decision support that drive operational efficiency and profitability. This role is responsible for analyzing operational KPIs, evaluate business performance, identify opportunities to improve profitability and/or operational efficiency.
The successful candidate combines strong financial acumen with operational understanding and is comfortable working cross-functionally with manufacturing, warehousing, procurement, logistics and finance teams. In addition, the success candidate will also translate complex data into clear, actionable business insights.
Other key success factors include:
- Business partnership and stakeholder management.
- Ability to communicate financial concepts to operational audiences.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Continuous improvement mindset.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
Key Responsibilities:
Operational Performance Analysis
- Analyze operational metrics including productivity, labor efficiency, inventory management, capacity utilization and service levels.
- Identify trends, risks, and opportunities impacting operational performance.
- Partner with operations leaders to develop corrective action plans for performance gaps.
- Provide financial insights that support improvements in productivity, service, cost, and profitability.
Cost Management
- Monitor manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and other operational expenses.
- Support cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Analyze labor, material, freight, inventory, and overhead costs to enable improved overhead planning.
- Evaluate business cases and ROI for operational improvement projects.
Reporting & Business Partnering
- Prepare monthly management reports, dashboards, and performance reviews.
- Translate complex financial information into clear business insights for non-financial stakeholders.
- Collaborate with operational leaders to improve financial understanding and accountability.
- Support standard costing, cost allocation, and overhead analysis where applicable.
- Support ad hoc analysis and financial operational know how trainings for ops leaders.
- Track cost-saving initiatives and validate realized financial benefits.
Qualifications:
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
- CPA or progress toward a professional designation (CPA/CMA/CGA) is considered an asset.
Experience
- 3-5 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Operations Finance, Cost Accounting, or a related analytical role.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, supply chain, distribution and operational environments required
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Proficient in preparing and presenting PowerPoint presentations to senior leadership
Technical Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including financial modeling and data analysis.
- Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, JDE, etc.).
- Experience using Power BI, SQL and other data analytics tools is an asset.
- Strong understanding of financial statements and operational metrics.
About us
At Caldic we value our team spirit, built on strong relationships and open communication. You will be part of a community where you can always get support from experienced colleagues. At the same time, we encourage an entrepreneurial mindset: you have the freedom to act and take initiative to bring your ideas to life. At Caldic we want to give everybody the opportunity to make a difference.
Everyday hundreds of thousands of people around the world are in touch with a food, pharma, personal care or industrial product that has been handled with care by Caldic. At Caldic we are the linking pin, connecting people, products and solutions for a better world. But we go beyond connecting to ensure we deliver on our business partners' requirements for added-value R&D, manufacturing and packaging solutions, while minimizing the environmental impact. This makes Caldic the partner of choice in innovative and sustainable solutions in life science and specialty chemicals. Our tagline ‘Because we care' underlines our commitment to our people, our business partners and our planet. On a daily basis around 1200 Caldic employees go the extra mile to deliver value-add solutions. Caldic is present in 19 countries in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.caldic.com.
Caldic Canada Inc. is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon: Age, Citizenship, Color, Family Status, Gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), Gender Identity or Expression, Marriage and Civil Partnerships, Physical and/ or Mental Disabilities, Political Belief, Race, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Accommodations are available upon request for any candidate and/ or employee.
