Financial & Data Analyst

The Financial & Data Analyst role at Hirsh Industries, LLC is an on-site position in West Des Moines, Iowa, reporting directly to the CFO. The work connects finance, pricing, budgeting, market research, and supply chain analytics, with a focus on automating AI-assisted reporting using an integrated data repository.

Key Responsibilities

• Build revenue bridges that decompose performance into price, volume, and mix, run budget-versus-actual variance analysis, and help design KPI scorecards used to run the business.
• Create product cost models and develop time-driven activity-based costing, including separating fixed from variable costs to understand operating leverage and true product and customer profitability.
• Model how pricing changes affect margin and volume, supporting the commercial team in deciding where, when, and how much to adjust.
• Support the annual budget, rolling forecasts, and scenario modeling with clear, documented assumptions.
• Research market size, customer segments, and competitors to inform strategy and growth decisions.
• Partner with the supply chain leader on analytics including inventory, service levels, and freight when additional analytical horsepower is needed.
• Convert recurring manual reports into automated, AI-assisted reporting so teams spend time on judgment rather than copy-and-paste, while maintaining data security and reporting accuracy.
• Present your analysis to the CFO and executive team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, or another quantitative field.
• 0–4 years of professional experience, with internships, co-ops, and serious academic or personal projects considered.
• Coursework or experience in managerial or cost accounting, with understanding of the difference between reporting results and explaining them.
• Strong Excel modeling skills and comfort working with large, imperfect datasets.
• Curiosity about AI and analytics tools, including the desire to demonstrate how you have used them to build something.
• Ability to translate quantitative findings into a clear narrative for stakeholders who do not live in spreadsheets.
• Sound judgment and integrity with data: verify work, flag mismatches, and protect confidential information.

Tools & Technologies

• Tableau, Power BI, Claude, ChatGPT
• ERP, SAP

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Bonus and profit-sharing eligibility
• Continuing education outside work hours

Role Details

• Location: West Des Moines, Iowa (on-site only)
• Employment: Full-time
• Position type: Individual contributor
• Reports to: CFO

Compensation

Base salary with bonus eligibility and profit sharing.

What Makes This Role Different

• Your analysis goes to the CFO and executive team, and you present your own work rather than feeding it into a queue.
• Exposure spans costing, pricing, budgeting/forecasting, market strategy, supply chain analytics, and report automation in one role.
• Hirsh Industries has connected core business systems into a single data repository for AI tools, and the position includes exploring how far automation and analytics can go.
• The work connects financial results to the factory floor.

First-Year Success Criteria

• First 90 days: Understand the data, products, and P&L; own a recurring price/volume/mix bridge; automate at least one report that previously required manual build.
• By six months: Build a product cost model for a major product family and deliver a fixed-versus-variable cost analysis leadership uses in decisions.
• By twelve months: Help build a company KPI scorecard incorporated into monthly executive reviews; present at least one pricing or market analysis to the leadership team.

Additional Opportunities

• Mentorship from senior finance leadership, with visibility into how executive decisions are made.

Nice to Have

• Experience with a BI tool such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Exposure to an ERP system such as SAP, or experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Plans to pursue a CPA, CMA, or MBA.

Data Toolkit Overview

• Tableau serves as the integrated data hub, bringing together ERP, CRM, and supply chain planning software, with Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI tools working on top.
• Integrated history runs from 2019 forward, and strengthening that foundation is part of the opportunity.
• You do not need experience with every listed system; the focus is on how you think.