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Description
Reporting to the Plant Controller, the Financial Cost Analyst is directly responsible for managing cost accounting activities, financial analysis and other miscellaneous functions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Maintains proper level of understanding of changing and expanding manufacturing operations for effective evaluation and development of standard costs
Participation in annual budgeting & quarterly forecasts
Perform month-end duties including journal entries, report preparation and reconciliations
Fixed Asset Administration; tracking of capital spending, capitalization, disposals and audits
Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Audits
Compile daily, weekly, and monthly plant metrics reports with investigation of unusual numbers and variances
Analyze plant EBITDA on an ongoing basis to project monthly and quarterly results
Review, interpret and communicate the business’ results, ensuring that financial results and variances are explained completely and accurately
Follow-up and resolution of outstanding purchase orders, receiving, and invoicing
Review of the business’ financial reporting systems and policies, amending current practices where appropriate to ensure accuracy of reporting
Monitoring of the businesses annual budget to ensure cost-effective management
Adapts to conflicting deadlines and priorities established by company demands
Make recommendations for changes and improvements to overall efficiency of department, establishes procedures for new systems or reports that are assigned
Project code set up and project reporting
Involvement in Intercompany transaction resolution
Works on special projects / cross functional teams as required
Back up coverage for Controller
Other duties as required
Required education and/or Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required
CPA Designation or working towards CPA designation (PEP level) preferred
Minimum 2 years accounting experience in a standard costing environment an asset
Experience in Automotive manufacturing cost accounting preferred
Strong MS suite products
SAP Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
Required Skills and Abilities:
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Analytical mindset with a desire to find the hidden opportunities for cost savings
Sound business decision-making skills
Ability to stand alone Business Acumen: Financial, Analytical Ability to explain complex financial concepts to non-financial partners
Strong communication skills and capable of interacting with all levels of the business
