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The North America Manager of Costing & Operational Analytics is responsible for maintaining and improving upon the existing cost accounting functions in support of manufacturing operations and supply chain management for the North America manufacturing plants. S/he will also be responsible for procurement finance analytics, driving for purchasing productivity and general operations FP&A. This is an opportunity for a motivated manufacturing financial professional seeking longer term growth within manufacturing operations finance.
Job Responsibility
Establish policies and processes for standard cost activity in partnership with global corporate accounting
Educate business partners, including manufacturing and product line management leaders, on concepts of standard costing
Maintain accurate costing methodology in the ERP system, partnering with operations and engineering experts to ensure proper BOM, Routings, etc. are maintained
Maintain standard cost system to ensure accuracy of inventory valuation and lead annual manufacturing cost standard roll and analyze variances to standards
Monitor inventory transactions and processes including scrap, inventory, and COGS to ensure accuracy and compliance with corporate policies
Support monthly manufacturing and overhead variance research, analysis, and reporting, including labor/overhead absorption by site and product line
Develop and roll out standard reporting to easily report and improve site productivity, while informing and educating business leaders
Partner with global procurement to ensure adherence to policies, improving purchasing productivity, and generate informative PPV analysis for direct and indirect spend
Support weekly manufacturing performance review reporting and meetings
Assists senior management teams in understanding costs, variances, and other operating measures, including product/SKU level margins through key strategic reports
Responsible for providing and verifying product costs in support of all cost-based pricing contracts, intercompany transfer pricing
Identify potential issues and coordinate issue resolution/problem solving with other functional teams
Act as costing SME to find resolution to costing issues, accounting transactions, and inventory movement transactions as required
Provide support to global pricing, FP&A, and commercial teams to analyze product level costing to ensure continued margin expansion
Participates in the annual budgeting process, including preparation of standard costs
Drive the development of procedures and controls that ensure meaningful and reliable product costs and accurate inventories
Prepare for and participate in internal and external reviews and audits as required
Support manufacturing footprint optimization projects as required
Requirements
A bachelor's degree in finance or accounting, with a depth of skills in accounting (both financial and managerial), reporting, analysis, financial supply chain processes and procedures is necessary
Knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), especially as it relates to standard product costing is key to success in this role
Robust internal controls understanding and experience documenting processes and transactions
5 plus years' cost accounting experience in a process manufacturing environment and a general understanding of industrial and/or automotive manufacturing
Oracle or a comparable ERP technology tool experience is necessary
Understanding ERP capabilities throughout the business operation is critical to success in the role
Expert knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, Excel and other data analytical tools is a must
Nice to have
Strong communication skills, ability to present financial information in a meaningful understandable way and a capability to understand the big picture in terms of the Company's business process is important
Self-motivated with an ability to work independently and collaboratively and strong organizational skills are all essential
Good team building skills including trust, professionalism, the ability to garner consensus across diverse groups
ability to think strategically
yet have the desire to be hands-on when needed are all attractive qualities
Ability to drive results in a rapidly changing business environment is the key to future advancement
What we offer
Bonus Eligible
Medical, Dental, Vision insurance and other voluntary benefit options: benefits begin on the first day of the month immediately following your date of hire
Eligible for 3 weeks of paid vacation + 11 holidays (9 scheduled & 2 floating) + 8 sick days. All vacation days are accrued
401(k): 3% company contribution and additional 3% company match