Job Opportunities Site Operations Controller 113640

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Site Operations Controller Your future role

As the Site Operations Controller in Ashford you will direct site controlling activities for all departments present on site. You will support the business controlling network by supplying local information and provide business support to the local operations Manager to and compliance.

Be the member of the Site Operations Management Team ensuring:

• Full finance integration into operations

• Support and achieve process improvement programmes at a site level

• Active involvement and challenge of decisions

Your main responsibilities:

Reporting

• Provide analyses and interpretations of financial information to various functional management and partners. including Group Controlling Division Controlling Operations Controlling Functional Controlling (e.g. IT Purchasing HR)

Site Support

• Provide recommendations on inventory management

• Coordinate the annual budget process for the site

• Participate in site operations meetings to stay informed of site activities and provide finance support/action where required

Cost Analysis

• Manage annual and periodic requirements of costing activities and analysis of COGS

• Provide detailed product costing analysis and support management in the evaluation of product costs.

• Analyse process order and product level variances on a monthly basis and work with the operations team to resolve and correct costing issues.

• Review COGS summary with management

• Coordinate changes in master templates with local operations

• Contribute to recipe templates from a costing perspective

• Analyse and explain local product margins

• Respond promptly to pricing/commercial controlling requests

Financial Performance Analysis

• Analyze and coordinate activities associated with operations performance on site

• Contribute as an active member in site projects that move process/cost improvements (i.e. Supply Chain CI Utilities Maintenance)

• Support site management in the development and analysis of business plans budgets forecasts cost savings opportunities

• Perform adhoc and proactive analysis of the monthly Measurements and provide site and operational management with interpretive and predictive information for decisionmaking

• Participate in forecasting and midto longterm planning for the factory

• Support management in the strategic decisionmaking for the site

• Perform regular cost centre and investment reviews and followups. Drive resolutions of variance issues

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Support requirements associated with the monthend financial close

• Review the analysis of the site P&L and identify variances vs. budget last year and outlook. Drive and recommend corrective actions

• Financial reporting

Investment Process

• Work with site engineers local management and regional controllers from the stage of evaluating capital proposals up until value realization

• Asset under construction (AUC) followup

Other

• Oversee and evaluate internal controls for the site and create procedures to ensure clarity around processes and ensure internal controls

• Provide financial support for the site on special projects

• Ensure compliance to Corporate guidelines as reported in the Corporate Finance Manual

• Support annual external financial audit hard close and yearend close

You have:

• Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics or professional accountancy qualification

• 510 years experience in cost accounting/operations controlling in a manufacturing environment

• Fluent in English

• SAP FI/CO

• Working knowledge of costing processes and procedures

• Project Management

Our benefits:

• Bonus Payment

• Pension

• Life Assurance

• Private Medical

• Career development

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