Provide quantitative, analytic support to the business partners on the ground and the management of an array of plants for making strategic, operational and tactical decisions in the areas of plant operations, supply chain. Support efficient, harmonized and high quality reporting and analysis across multiple plants, maintaining a high standard. Steer initiatives aimed at sharing best practices, knowledge and continuous improvement of analytics as well as reporting processes.
**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE**
- Partner with local plant controllers and managers to promote best practices and influence positive change.
- Drive the analysis of factory costs in interaction with local Business Partners
- Coordinate budgeting & forecasting process, communicate timelines and ensure deadlines are met and ensure regional financial results are reported timely & accurate by actively contributing to monthly closing activities, supporting with proper analysis and variance explanation.
- Engage in monthly forecasting process.
- Deep dive into volume/cost activities, identify exposure risks & recommend resolutions.
- Provide overall FP&A support, influence decision making, proactively identify findings, and present insights in a simple and concise way to senior management.
- Participate in cross-functional teams accountable for developing the yearly budgets and forecasts.
- Other special projects include working to build, communicate, and monitor new processes.
- This position will need to build and maintain relationships with functional disciplines outside of Finance, including Supply Chain, Operations, Sales and Leadership team.
**Scope**:
- All entities in North America (CA/US/MX)
**ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS OR COMMENTS**
- Travel requirements: during the transition period
**Section 2 - CANDIDATE PROFILE**
**EDUCATION, LANGUAGE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS**
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, MBA preferred
**ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE / TECHNICAL OR FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES**
- 5+ years of experience in Controlling and/or FP&A and/or Reporting with obligatory accounting understanding
- Prior experience in plant controlling desirable.
- Data analytics and reporting skills.
- Detail-oriented thinking.
- Eagerness to learn about the industry and the company.
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, with proven experience creating management reports in excel and powerpoint
- Proven abilities in teamwork, collaboration and consistency
- Good personality and excellent work ethic
- Knowledge of Business Intelligence tools
- Good operational knowledge of MS Office software with advanced Excel skillset (Tables, Pivot Tables, lookups variants)
- Documented proficiency with SAP and Business Warehouse
- Proficiency in English and Spanish, both written and oral.
Pay: $78,747.00 per month
Work Location: In person