FINANCE ANALYST III - PLANT OPERATIONS

Job Overview

Gathers financial information, analyzes them, and prepares financial reports that contribute to the plant's strategic decision-making.

Job Requirements

BUSINESS STATEMENT

The Energy Business Unit is currently seeking a financial analyst to join the global operations finance and will partner with Ops teams and global FP&A.

The Energy Business Unit is a $1.8 billion business with over 3,500 employees and over 10 manufacturing sites, in EMEA, US, Mexico and China.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support monthly closing &forecasting cycles and yearly budget process (FP&A Ops finance).
• Bridges results (actual/fcst/budget) and communicates gaps of performance in a comprehensive way to enable management decisions and conclusions.
• Consolidate capex and help create visibility on the prioritization of the investment to be made (by category and region).
• Track and reconcile conversion productivity on monthly basis by plant and ensure proper reporting.
• Consolidation of the ACOP/SCOP file and processing the tie out on monthly level.
• Communicate with the Hyperion team for scenario opening and be the lead on the ACOP/SCOP go-live project.
• Consolidate adhoc requests from 8 sites.
• Provide service and support in terms of analysis and data to ops functional leaders.
• Establish and maintain scorecard, bowling chart monthly, and update/restate bowling chart annually.
• Deploy TEOA within the Ops finance team and maintain the rigor on projects tracking.
• Standardization and automation of reporting.
• Performing cost center control, and functional spending for Central Ops team.
• Project work and adhoc analysis.

Key experience and attribute

• Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 3+ years of finance experience or equivalent in a global manufacturing company.
• Plant controlling and or international experience is a plus
• Good SAP knowledge is a strong plus
• Understanding of manufacturing organizations and supply chains, manufacturing budgeting, forecast processes.
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel and PPT
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong problem solving, analytical skills and strategic thinking
• Accurate, systematic, and independent work style
• Ability to work to tight deadlines within a team environment, proactive, organized and results oriented strong continuous improvement mindset focused on generating information and recommendations, not just data
• Analytical thinking and creative problem-solving skill set with an acute attention to detail, requiring minimal supervision.
• Experience in statistical analysis and financial modelling
• Culturally sensitive and Comfortable to work in a fast-paced, international matrix organization
• Continuous improvement mindset.

What your background should look like

Generally requires Bachelors degree in appropriate field with a minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible professional level experience; Masters degree or higher or local equivalent may be preferred at this level

Competencies