Hiring: Financial Analyst Company: Ascend Performance Materials Location: Pensacola, FL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:12:34 Target Skills & Keywords : Financial Planning, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, SAP About the job Experience: •BS / BA in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. •History in building performance relationships and cross-functional partnerships. •Demonstrated capacity to assimilate disparate information to develop detailed analysis and options. •Advanced knowledge and user of Excel functions, lookups, pivot tables, etc. •SAP experience preferred; experience with other ERP platforms will be considered. Required Skills: •TARGETED OUTCOMES/12 MONTH SUCCESS BENCHMARK •Become a highly engaged and effective business partner across the Utilities, Maintenance, and Services organizations. •Develop an understanding of plant spending plans, allocation basis, creation of product standard costs, and impact of cost savings initiatives. •Actively support the development of standard work, process documentation and continuous improvement within the department. •Act as business partner to the site leadership team to help drive business improvements by communicating key results, issues, and challenges. •Evaluate capital and productivity projects, helping to prioritize opportunities. •Prepare impactful cost information reporting for use by business partners in managing their business, enabling them to make strategic decisions with accurate information. •Identify and assess key value drivers, risks, and opportunities in order to maximize operating levels. Qualifications: •Achieve Greenbelt certification based on successful completion of data driven improvement projects. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!