.Eaton's ES AMER ARS division is currently seeking a Senior Cost and Inventory Analyst. What you'll do: Job responsibilities
- Responsible for analyzing cogs structure, reviewing current routings and BOM's to ensure profitability and a correct absorption rate for Plant's operations.
- Support closely operations and other functions (PLMs, staff, supervisor, etc.) through timely and accurate achieving and/or exceeding financial goals.
- Supports Finance Manager (Plant Controller) for ensuring financial accounting activities at the location are with USGAP and MXGAP, local statutory requirements and Eaton Corporate policies and practice.
- Coordinate cost accounting process and cost maintenance to ensure accuracy of BOM's, routings and standard cost. Assure periodic reviews and updates are performed as required, including review of variance analysis to drive continuous improvement. Including costing for new projects.
- Supports the development and analysis of forecasts and actual performance and operational metrics.
- Responsible in preparation of the profit plan, rolling forecast and weekly performance reporting for cost & inventory related metrics and figures (focus on cost sacing projects, scrap, production volume and cost). Drives business to meet or exceed short term & long-term goals, initiatives, and expectations.
- Review, analyze, and evaluate departmental budget system for the assigned departments. Develop and implement reports for management use in evaluating results against performance targets.
- Provide business partnership to all areas of plant regarding functional expertise and cross-functional support, providing guidance and education as needed to plant personnel to achieve financial objectives.
- Act as advisor and provide counsel to plant staff and personnel regarding financial operations and interpretation of financial information.
- Analyze low cost margin, work with operations to identify production strategy.
- Partner with materials and quality teams to ensure controls are in place to follow the on-hold levels as per internal policy and controls.
- Partner and supports IC costing and MPV reviews and reports related to general cost for the business.
- Lead processes to identify and quantify cost out opportunities and related data capture in database. Ensure integrity of financial information related to cost out projects.
- Support implementation of improvements to monthly closing procedures ensuring accuracy and timeliness, as well as continuously develop and improvement of financial modeling and tools.
- Ensure accurate and timely submission of data to the various Eaton systems (Oracle, Wisper, RSD, Encore, DFT, OBIEE, Dashboard, etc.)
- Coordinate annual physical inventory for finance activities ensuring compliance with corporate procedures and accuracy of physical count. Ensure appropriate cycle count procedures are deployed
