Financial Controller

Job Description Summary

Responsible for financial analysis, forecasting, closing and reporting for manufacturing shop. Monitors, analyzes and does necessary adjustments for both P&L and BS on a regular basis.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

Controlling activities

• Monitors, analyzes and reports operational KPIs like: production hours, production costs and sales
• Monitors production budget, comparing with actual numbers and explaining variances
• Regular in-depth analysis of production costs and costs allocations to cost centers, profit centers, functions to support operational decision-making;
• Regularly preparing various disclosures regarding headcount, overtime, costs of quality necessary for reporting and decision-making process
• Monitoring project costs and executing necessary cost transfers/corrections.
• Has ability to communicate clearly and obtain timely feedback from operations, prepares variance analysis in a timely manner
• Partnering with operational teams to monitor and support billing, dialogue with suppliers on balances confirmations/variances
• Finance gatekeeper for Purchase orders

• Responsible with monthly, quarterly and annually closing and reporting process;
• Responsible with period end adjustments like: period accruals, cost category reclassifications, cost allocations between functions for all costs categories;
• Supporting regular pre-close reviews (Pacing and other regular rhythms) by analyzing actuals and providing forecasts for each cost category;
• Monitoring and supporting Investments Budget realization;
• Overall monitoring of Fixed assets and Inventory processes (physical counting coordination, providing instructions to process teams, budget monitoring, documenting transactions etc)
• Provide support on various simplification or transformation initiatives
• Executing financial processes as designed, including identification of exceptions requiring escalation.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Accounting or Finance
• Experience in closing, analyzing, and forecasting in a global group environment
• Experience with core financial systems and processes (GL, transaction registers, journal entries); SAP knowledge is an advantage
• Advanced writing and conversational English skills

• Well organized, methodical approach is appreciated; ability to work with big database and manage multiple sources of data at the same time
• Ability to prioritize and meet quarterly and monthly timelines
• Attention to detail and accuracy; able to link results to drivers and find areas of opportunity for improvement
• Critical thinker with flexibility to adapt to new information

• This is a hybrid role with three days remote and two days in the office.