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Senior Financial Analyst
Greater South Bend IN (Relocation Paid)
Immediate job opening for a Senior Financial Analyst (Professional / “Manager” level) with a
worldclass billiondollar medical device & consumables manufacturer
• Position is pegged to advance into a Controller position with success (reports to
Controller/Director level)
• $1B business unit has experienced extensive organic & acquisitional growth over the past 5 years.
• 80K employees 5 million patients worldwide and over 18000 patents.
• Dynamic culture best in class mentality never a boring workday
Select Qualifications:
Reporting directly to the Controller (Director) in this role you’ll be responsible for monthly reporting
and forecasting cost center analysis material variance analysis and budgeting. Cost accounting
with SAP in manufacturing industry is required.
As this role is expected to grow into controller position knowledge of managerial accounting and
Power BI will have a significant advantage. This is a perfect opportunity for whoever is willing to work
hard and quickly grow his/her career with business.
Month end close and monthly reporting:
• Lead department KPI reporting and variance analysis
• Work with department leaders and reflect KPIs into financial forecast of the plant.
• Ensure alignment of reporting in SAP P41 and Jedox
• Compile accurate internal reporting package by established deadline each month
• Prepare highlevel PowerPoint presentation and meet with manufacturing team each month to
effectively communicate results trends and concerns from projections
• Work with team on productivity reporting facilitate estimates for pipeline ideas review project
calculations for accuracy and update financial and status information in reporting system
Spend and material variance analysis:
• Analyze manufacturing costs including payroll purchase orders and allocations. Provide and
effectively communicate meaningful explanations for variances to budget and forecast and prior
year and identify and work with business partners on improvement opportunities
• Analyze in detail material costs and labor/overhead application for variances to standards and
provide summarized explanations. Work with operations personnel to understand variances
mitigate risks and identify opportunities in production process
• Track and accurately report on project scrap and other costs
• Support project implementation with financial analysis and master data review and update
• Track spend and manufacturing orders at daily basis. Work with department leadership to
proactively solve issues if any.
Budgeting and forecasting:
• Coordinate and consolidate cost center spend information for budget process
• Calculate and communicate allocation information
• Determine annual production costs and standards
• Compile P&L volume spend headcount capital expenditure and inventory projections
• Ensure all schedules tie to each other and are consistent with communicated assumptions
• Generate accurate schedules for annual budget package and for monthly forecasts and distribute
within established deadlines
• Generate and monitor monthly projections and identify and effectively communicate all material
variances to budget/forecast
• Ensure effective twoway communication with operations team to align projections with trends
underlying factors and expected exceptions
• Load budgets and forecasts in various systems and ensure alignment between systems
• Complete cost roll in budget and maintain standard cost during fiscal year.
Qualifications
• BS/BA in Finance Accounting or similar
• Min 5 years of finance experience required
• Cost accounting with SAP in the manufacturing industry is required.
• MS Excel skills required
• CPA or CMA desired
• Ability to analyze financial results to determine accuracy and completeness of information
prepares various financial reports compiles and reviews financial plans and budgets ensures
compliance with budget allocations performs financial analysis at complex levels including rate
of return depreciation working capital investments budgeting and financial and expense
performance comparisons ensures conformance to IFRS and SOA requirements and may
perform commercial/contract activities pricing margin calculations etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication presentation and leadership skills and ability to work
with all levels of management are required.
• Must demonstrate successful experience of working with functional partners to improve process
and enhance efficiency.
• Must demonstrate strong capability of handling challenges and pressures under dynamic
situation.
Direction of Others:
May provide general guidance or train support and/or professional staff
Full Time