Finance Analyst III - Plant Operations

Job Overview

TE Connectivity Ltd., is a $14 billion global technology and manufacturing leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. For more than 75 years, our connectivity and sensor solutions, proven in the harshest environments, have enabled advancements in transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, data communications, and the home. With 80,000 employees, including more than 8,000 engineers, working alongside customers in nearly 140 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat and Twitter.

Position Overview:

The Aerospace, Defense, and Marine (ADM) business unit of TE Connectivity has an opportunity for a Plant Financial Analyst supporting the Fairview Plant. This position will report to the Fairview Plant Controller, supporting the Plant to drive strong cost controls and opportunities for operational efficiencies. The individual will focus on standard costing, reporting, and analytics driving enhanced visibility into Operations performance and enabling actions to drive performance improvement. The financial analyst will also collaborate with other AD&M finance team members, finance shared services, and the Fairview Operations team to achieve plant financial objectives. Another key element of the role is to improve financial knowledge and controls within Operations ensuring 100% compliance with TE financial policy and increased awareness amongst non-Finance functions.

The individual will also focus on productivity metrics, Labor efficiency, Saving project pipeline, and support.

Finally, there will be strong interactions with Quality to support COPQ metrics reporting and improvements

Please note: This position may involve working with technical data, technology, software/source code, hardware, or other items (collectively “items) subject to U.S. and non-U.S. export control laws and regulations.  Under these regulations, it may be necessary for TE to verify a candidate’s national origin and/or citizenship status to determine whether a U.S. or other government export license is required prior to releasing its technologies to the candidate.  If TE determines that TE will require a license or will be prohibited by applicable laws from providing the candidate with items necessary for the performance of this position, then TE expressly reserves the right to either a) make an offer of employment contingent upon TE receiving required export licenses from the appropriate government agency, b) consider the candidate for a different position that is not subject to such restrictions, on whatever terms and conditions TE shall establish in its sole discretion, or c) decline to move forward with the candidate’s application.

Key Responsibilities

• Operational Finance reporting and financial analytics
• Work with operational partners to ensure accurate standard costs are maintained for all products manufactured
• Perform analysis and reporting on Inventory, WO variances, Standards Analysis, PPV, Scrap/PFO and Subcontracts.
• Analyze plant spend, recovery and Earned hours
• Support plant controller in establishing budget & forecast
• Perform tasks in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley and accounting policies to maintain a strong control environment for inventories, fixed assets, capital, and other areas
• Review and approve savings projects and monitor achievement
• Lead asset management, asset transfer efforts, and inventory accuracy
• Analysis for manufacturing cost improvement and Capacity expansion.
• Support plant TEOA projects and Quality improvement initiatives.

What your background should look like:

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance / Accounting.
• 2+ years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
• Exposure to costing fundamentals
• Understanding of financial drivers and their impact within a manufacturing environment
• Proficient in Excel & PowerPoint
• Experience in SAP preferred
• Critical thinker with strong financial, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Competencies:

• Strong communication skills, and excellent interpersonal and influencing abilities, with the ability to build credible relationships with multiple stakeholders and to communicate effectively with senior management.
• Team player with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, humility, and a focus on business impact
• Highly motivated and able to thrive and think clearly under pressure, tight deadlines, and sometimes ambiguity
• Detail-oriented, organized, and demonstrated the ability to multi-task and shift priorities quickly
• Proactive, assertive & agile, always looking ahead and anticipating business needs and challenges
• Present insightful analysis and articulate recommendations in a clear and concise manner

Competencies