Financial Associate I

Purpose Statement:
Provides support to all AMER manufacturing sites through the centralized Shared Services team.
Responsible for the effective execution of the assigned Finance/ Accounting centralized process, goods and services in accordance with the quality, delivery and expectations to meet department/company objectives

Key Job Accountabilities:

- Prepare weekly and month end journal entries to ensure accurate account balances (as many as needed).
- Reconcile general ledger accounts to comply with SOX requirements.
- Develop and execute reporting for site to use in the assessment of customer, factory, site or regional financial performance.
Prepare reports in user-friendly formats to aid in decision-making and analysis of parts contribution and other material analysis.
- Provide pricing support (BOM download and common component cost entry, entering valid assembly pricing and maintain component cost fields in ERP system) for effective and efficient production assembly pricing.
- Purchase price variance approval and revision in partnership with procurement and finance teams.
- Continuous Improvement - Work on special project as requested to resolve problem or productivity improvement.
Additional Accountabilities:

- Identify, recommend, and develop process improvements needed to create a Lean culture within Shared Services and its customers.
- Assist with the preparation of audit requirements.
- Run reports and maintain spreadsheets for Finance Department as needed.
- Minimal travel may be required to meet the needs of the business (