Financial Analyst

Cleveland-Cliffs

📍Burns Harbor, IN
Posted May 21, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Financial Analyst

Company

Cleveland-Cliffs

Location

Burns Harbor, IN

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4414039176

Job Description

Location: Burns Harbor, IN

Cleveland-Cliffs Steel has an immediate opening for a Financial Analyst at our Burns Harbor location. The Financial Analyst is responsible for accumulating, analyzing, and reporting cost information for an assigned operating area. This information is communicated to management and manufacturing personnel for decision-making and the efficient and economical use of company resources.

Summary Of Responsibilities

  • Perform month-end close functions related to production costing, including the preparation of journal entries and the reporting of month-end, quarterly, and annual results.

  • Participate in the quarterly and annual financial forecasting process related to manufacturing costs.

  • Develop a strong understanding of the manufacturing processes to effectively analyze and report on key drivers related to price, inventory level, and usage.

  • Provide timely and accurate information to department management to support decision-making.

  • Engage with internal and external auditors to explain processes or provide documentation as needed.

  • Leverage tools needed to drive process improvements for the function and or department as a whole.

  • Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or business-related field

  • Strong analytical, problem solving, and learning skills

  • Excellent communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships with internal and external contacts

  • Ability to utilize Microsoft Excel to retrieve, filter, and analyze data from multiple servers, tables, and manufacturing systems

  • This position is open to local candidates only. Relocation assistance is not available.

  • Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Accounting/Finance experience in a manufacturing environment

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The Company is vertically integrated from mined raw materials, direct reduced iron, and ferrous scrap to primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. We offer an excellent total compensation package including competitive pay with variable compensation opportunity, health insurance, retirement, paid time off, and more.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to careers@clevelandcliffs.com or call 1(312) 899-3097 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Do not email your application materials to this email address. Application materials sent to this email address will not be considered.Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is an equal opportunity employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability. We are a drug-free workplace and conduct pre-employment screening as a condition of employment.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Walk me through your process for performing month-end close functions specifically related to production costing in a manufacturing environment.
  • 2.How do you leverage Microsoft Excel to retrieve, filter, and analyze cost data from multiple servers or manufacturing systems?
  • 3.When forecasting quarterly and annual manufacturing costs, how do you account for fluctuations in raw material prices and inventory levels?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to develop an understanding of a complex manufacturing process to effectively analyze and report on cost drivers.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you had to explain complex financial or cost information to non-financial manufacturing personnel to support their decision-making.
  • 3.Give me an example of a time you identified an opportunity to drive a process improvement within your finance or accounting department.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are in the middle of the month-end close and discover a significant variance in raw material usage that cannot be explained by the standard production reports. How do you handle this?
  • 2.An internal auditor requests documentation and an explanation of your production costing process for the past year, but you are currently under a tight deadline for the quarterly forecast. How do you manage both?

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Production costingMonth-end closeFinancial forecastingManufacturing costsVariance analysisJournal entriesMicrosoft ExcelCost driversInventory levelsProcess improvementAudit supportFlat-rolled steel

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