Finance Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About this role:

The Finance Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) drives the planning, forecasting and performance-analysis cycle for a Carrier manufacturing facility. Working with general supervision on assignments that require judgment and interpretation, this role turns operational and financial data into insight that supports decision-making, cost control and profitable growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads the monthly forecast, annual operating plan (AOP) and long-range planning cycles for the site.
• Performs month-end close activities, including accruals, journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Analyzes actual results versus plan/forecast, explaining variances in cost, spend, absorption and productivity.
• Builds and maintains financial models, dashboards and reporting packages for site leadership.
• Partners with Operations, Materials and Engineering to track productivity, savings and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Supports capital investment (CAPEX) requests with business cases, ROI and payback analysis.
• Tracks and reports key financial KPIs (conversion cost, labor efficiency, scrap, inventory, headcount).
• Ensures compliance with US GAAP, internal controls and SOX requirements in all analyses and reporting.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree 
• 3+ years of Financial Planning and Analysis, or accounting experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.
• Proven experience owning forecasting, budgeting and month-end close activities.
• Strong variance analysis skills with the ability to explain financial results to non-finance partners.
• Advanced Excel and financial-modeling capability.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP, internal controls and SOX compliance.
• Experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools.
• Manufacturing or plant-finance experience, including standard costing and absorption analysis.
• Proficiency with ERP (SAP/Oracle) and BI tools (Power BI, Hyperion/OneStream).
• CPA, CMA or MBA.

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