James Hardie Building Products Inc. is the North American leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions. Hardie® products offer long lasting beauty and endless design possibilities with trusted protection and low maintenance. The company pioneered modern fiber cement building products and continues to invest in innovation to transform the industry. James Hardie is a high-performance organization, with an unwavering commitment to Zero Harm. The company proudly employs a diverse workforce of over 3,000 employees across operations in North America.

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As the Financial Analyst – LEAN you will be a key member of the LEAN manufacturing organization, integral to supporting the James Hardie organization in achieving Company objectives. The scope of the role includes ownership of LEAN initiative reporting and analysis across James Hardie’s North America business. This role provides the incumbent a unique opportunity to provide hands-on, meaningful business performance analysis that directly contributes to the success of the North America business.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide hands-on oversight and reporting for LEAN initiatives, including KPIs for waste, speed, delay, and mix adjusted performance.
• Provide meaningful business insight based on quality variance analysis. Track and understand macro and micro influencers to generate meaningful assumptions.
• Develop, prepare, and analyze short-range and long-range metric tracking models.
• Actively participate in improvement projects to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and standardization of LEAN initiatives.
• Continuously improve variance analysis to advance the quality of reporting and insights to the business.
• Support mission-critical ad hoc reporting and analysis to drive management decision-making

The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance/Accounting or related discipline required.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in data analytics using complex data sets, with a focus on operational performance metrics.

• Detail oriented, with solid organizational skills.
• Strong analytical abilities, including an aptitude to analyze results and make recommendations.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure connectivity on reporting metrics across all business partners.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Power Point skills required, PowerPivot/Power BI/Tableau experience a plus
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent assignments while meeting deadlines and demanding quality execution
• Demonstrated ability to identify problems and think independently about alternative solutions using data analytics
• Ability to travel an average of 10%.

What You’ll Receive:

• At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.
• Comprehensive low-cost co-pay Health Insurance; medical, dental, prescription, and vision insurance benefits for every 30 hour full-time employee. Insurance starts on day one!
• 401(k) Retirement plan that will match 100% of employees saved dollars up to the first 6% of your salary
• Paid holidays, paid vacation including Jury Duty and bereavement leave
• Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Parental Leave
• Community Involvement & Sustainable Solutions - Fire Resistant Siding to Help Rebuild the Grizzly Flats Community | James Hardie
• And more

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James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, veteran's status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected by law.