Financial Analyst
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Job Location:
Fort Lauderdale, FL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
12 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Financial Analyst to join our Plant Controlling team. This role is a critical business partner to the plant management and operations teams providing financial insights and support to drive efficiency profitability and informed decision-making. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in cost accounting financial analysis within a manufacturing environment and hands-on experience with SAP particularly the CO (Controlling) and FI (Financial Accounting) modules.
Key Responsibilities:
Cost Accounting & Analysis:
- Perform month-end quarter-end and year-end closing activities including journal entries accruals and reconciliations related to production costs.
- Analyze and report on manufacturing variances (material labor overhead purchase price).
- Maintain and update standard costs for raw materials packaging and finished goods.
- Assist in the annual standard cost roll-up process.
Reporting & Performance Management:
- Prepare analyze and distribute daily weekly and monthly plant performance reports and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to plant and corporate management.
- Develop and maintain financial models to track and forecast plant performance operational spending and capital expenditures.
- Provide clear concise commentary on financial results explaining deviations from budget forecast and prior periods.
Budgeting & Forecasting:
- Play a key role in the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes for the plant.
- Collaborate with department heads (Production Maintenance Quality etc.) to develop departmental budgets and spending forecasts.
- Monitor spending against budget and work with managers to identify and implement cost-saving opportunities.
Inventory Control:
- Participate in physical inventory counts and cycle count programs.
- Analyze inventory levels identify slow-moving or obsolete inventory (SLOB) and ensure proper valuation and reserve calculations.
- Support production ad-hoc issues related with inventory.
- Reconcile inventory sub-ledgers to the general ledger and conduct inventory adjustments.
SAP System Management:
- Utilize SAP CO-PC (Product Costing) CO-PA (Profitability Analysis) and FI modules as a primary tool for data extraction analysis and reporting.
- Assist in maintaining master data integrity within SAP including cost centers profit centers and material masters.
Business Partnership & Special Projects:
- Act as a financial business partner to the plant leadership team providing ad-hoc analysis and decision support.
- Analyze the financial viability of capital expenditure requests (CapEx) calculating ROI payback period and NPV.
- Support internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations.
Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics or a related field.
- 3 plus years of experience in a financial analyst or cost accounting role preferably within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- Proficient hands-on experience with SAP specifically with FI (Financial Accounting) and CO (Controlling) modules (e.g. CO-PC CO-PA). This is a mandatory requirement.
- Strong understanding of cost accounting principles standard costing and variance analysis.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables VLOOKUPs complex formulas data modeling). Strong PowerPoint skills. Experience with BW and Hyperion.
- Excellent analytical problem-solving and organizational skills with a high attention to detail.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to present complex financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy.
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes and cost accounting principles is a plus.
- Excellent collaboration skills with the demonstrated ability
Additional Information :
- Experience with Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Power BI Tableau or SAP Analytics Cloud.
- Experience with automation tools such as VBA Catalytic Alteryx Analysis for Office Python
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Equal Opportunity Employer including disability / veterans.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Cognos
- Forecasting
- Hyperion
- Microsoft Access
- Pivot tables
- Accounting
- Analysis Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Budgeting
- Financial Planning
About Company
Bosch first started in Vietnam with a representative office in 1994. Bosch has its main office in Ho Chi Minh City, with branch offices in Hanoi and Da Nang, and a Powertrain Solutions plant in the Dong Nai province to manufacture pushbelt for continuously variable transmissions (CVT) ... View more
