East London: Site Financial Analyst posted by Abantu Staffing Solutions

Job Overview:

The Site Financial Analyst will

• provide direct financial leadership to the East London Site, reporting into the EMEA Make Finance Support Director. This role will partner with the Site Lead, Site Leadership Team members, his/her direct reports and the Regional SC organizations to achieve short/long-term financial performance commitments and assess opportunities across sites that are in scope
• be responsible for Site business planning as well as the monitoring of actual results. He/she will partner with the Profitability Management & Reporting team to drive insights on budget vs actual drivers, operational metrics, and frame results. This role will lead total cost per unit analyses for the Site as well as review and approve the Business Plan standard costs
• will collaborate with Global Services, Centres of Excellence, and other centralized organizations on the financial review cycles to ensure the reliability of the financial information. He/she will provide insightful commentary on the financial drivers and communicate potential risks and opportunities. Together with the Site Leadership team this individual will be responsible for risk management and driving a compliance culture across the Site
• identify and implement opportunities to enhance financial analytics and will also support process improvement and standardization initiatives led by Global Services and Centres of Excellence

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance as well as a Professional Accounting qualification / designation (CA / CIMA etc.)
• 6+ years of progressive finance experience preferably Supply Chain Finance experience
• Ability to work under time pressure whilst paying attention to detail
• Advanced Computer Skills (MS Office)
• SAP ERP experience (highly advantageous)

Main Responsibilities:

Business Partnering and Decision Support:

• Establish a collaborative relationship with the Site Lead and well as the Site Leadership Team
• Provide in-depth financial analysis and generate valuable insights to support business cases for investment decisions and cost savings opportunities
• Actively contribute to the Sites strategy and master plan

Performance Analytics and Reporting:

• Review and communicate performance on key financial drivers and metrics
• Discuss variances between plan and actual results, share insights and recommend gap closure plans to the Leadership team
• Identify potential risks and opportunities and lead discussions on associated action plans

Planning and Forecasting:

• Work with business partners to challenge assumptions, build models, review financial outputs, and influence decision making
• Present/Share the Site financial targets and budget to the Leadership team to ensure strategic alignment
• Product cost (standard costing) and pricing structure definition/review and maintenance

Risk Management and Compliance:

• Responsible for oversight of internal controls for both US/SOX and local statutory requirements
• Support internal/external audits, present audit outcomes to the Site Leadership team
• Drive a culture of compliance across the Site
• Support continuous improvements and best practices for financial processes/analytics and other ad hoc analyses/projects

Competencies / Skills:

• Strong leadership skills to develop and implement a vision
• High conceptual and analytical competence
• Ability to zoom in and out ability to focus on process-oriented tactical plans as well as big-picture strategic thinking to challenge status quo
• Collaboration and Business Partnering
• Well-developed framing and communication skills
• Results and performance driven
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Autonomous working attitude with high motivation