Finance Analyst Lead
Oshkosh
Appleton, WI · Posted October 2, 2026
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About the job
About Pierce, an Oshkosh company
At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.
JOB SUMMARY:
At Oshkosh, you'll be part of a purpose-driven organization that builds products and solutions that make a positive difference in communities around the world. As a Lead Finance Analyst, you'll provide financial leadership and process ownership for key accounting and business processes supporting Pierce Manufacturing.
In this hands-on leadership role, you'll own a portfolio initially including warranty, Digital Technology finance partnership, backlog actual reporting, and lease accounting, while leading and developing one Finance Analyst. You'll be accountable for the team's overall results and determine how work is prioritized and allocated based on business needs, complexity, capability, and available capacity.
You'll partner across Finance and the business to ensure accurate financial reporting, effective forecasting, strong internal controls, and continuous improvement. This role is ideal for a finance professional who enjoys combining hands-on financial work, business partnership, process improvement, and people leadership.
YOUR IMPACT:
These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.
Own and execute the team's portfolio of accounting, financial analysis, reporting, forecasting support, reconciliations, journal entries, and internal-control responsibilities.
Lead and develop one Finance Analyst, establishing priorities, allocating work, providing coaching and review, and building effective cross-training and backup coverage.
Lead warranty finance and accounting, including reserve analysis, journal entries, reconciliations, reporting, controls, and business partnership.
Serve as the primary Finance partner for Digital Technology, supporting actual results, forecast and budget assumptions, spending analysis, accruals, journal entries, intercompany activity, and allocations.
Own backlog actual reporting and process integrity, including data maintenance, reconciliations, reporting, and controls, while partnering with FP&A on forecasting and forward-looking analysis.
Own assigned lease accounting and financial processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, reporting, administration, and controls.
Partner across Finance and the business to ensure financial results and business drivers are appropriately understood and reflected in reporting and forecasts.
Maintain and enhance internal controls, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and support internal and external audit requirements.
Drive continuous improvement using CIMS tools to simplify, standardize, automate, document, and strengthen assigned processes; assume ownership of additional accounting and business processes as organizational needs evolve.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
Six (6) or more years of relevant experience in accounting, finance, or treasury.
Ability to travel 10%.
STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:
Progressive accounting, financial analysis, FP&A, or related Finance experience appropriate for a Lead-level role.
Strong knowledge of financial statements, accounting principles, journal entries, reconciliations, and internal controls and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
Demonstrated ability to independently own complex financial processes and balance hands-on execution with leadership responsibilities.
Demonstrated leadership capability through coaching, mentoring, work review, project leadership, or people leadership.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and business-partnership skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
Active CPA strongly preferred; CPA candidates in progress considered.
CMA, MBA, or other relevant advanced qualification.
Experience with warranty, lease, reserve, or other complex accounting processes.
Experience in a manufacturing or similarly complex operating environment.
Experience implementing process improvements and leveraging technology for efficiency.
Prior formal people-leadership experience.
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Pay Range: $92,600.00 - $154,400.00
The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by various factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education and skills, as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions. Beyond offering a competitive total rewards package, we prioritize a people-first culture and offer various opportunities to support team member growth and success.
Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at corporatetalentacquisition@oshkoshcorp.com.
Oshkosh Corporation is a merit-based Equal Opportunity Employer. Job opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.
Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.
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