Job Overview

Responsible for providing financial support and performance analysis to the global/regional operations and plant management teams. The role requires an exceptional business partner to drive actions focused on achieving business goals by influencing and collaborating with colleagues. Key responsibilities include consolidation and analysis of actual results/forecasts/budgets, conducting monthly plant reviews, product/conversion/material productivity analysis, driving freight/inventory reductions, and support the review of capital investments; while promoting, reinforcing and ensuring alignment with corporate policies. The position also requires coordination with the regional/global BU supply chain team.

Job Requirements

•    Experience working in a manufacturing environment
•    Fluency in English
•    Prior finance experience in general accounting principles and process
•    Good understanding of financial analysis, financial modeling, forecasting, reporting and manufacturing costing
•    University Degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics.
•    Experience: Min 3+ years of finance experience in a manufacturing environment
•    Understanding of standard costing, variance analysis, cost accounting, cost analysis and reporting matters
•    Understanding of financial drivers and their impact within a manufacturing environment
•    Understanding of manufacturing, procurement and other supply chain matters
•    Familiarity with SAP, excel and data manipulation

Responsibilities

•    A key contributor to the plant strategy by providing financial support and risk analysis
•    Work as business partner with Operations and Product Management.
•    Supporting plant controllers in budgeting, monthly forecasting and month-end reporting
•    Responsible of uploading Committed Forecast and Risk and Opportunities in SAC.
•    Analysis of standard costs and actual production costs and resolution of issues.  Cost out calculations and review product cost over time. 
•    Drive the financial performance improvements across all operational areas including material spend, labor and overhead
•    Perform analysis and monitoring inventory discrepancies reported in cycle counts, and material usage variances in general.
•    Support the plant in review of capital investments / savings projects, monthly financial performance and other. 
•    Journal entries preparation, among other month-end activities Review and approve savings projects and monitor achievement
•    Floor audits to identify opportunities in footprint optimization and the control of company assets
•    Ad-hoc projects and analysis for Operations and Product management teams.

Non-recurring activities:
•    Participation in annual inventory of raw material.
•    Training rotational employees and practitioners.
•    Among others...

LOCATION: Hermosillo, Sonora, MX. (Onsite)
TRAVEL: Less than 10%
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