Manager, Plant Finance

Kaohsiung City - Taiwan

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title:

Manager Plant Finance

Job Description:

The Role:

The PlantFinance Managerprovides strategic and financial decision support as well as cost accounting and financial support for KSP-SPlant (Taiwan).

The PlantFinance Manageris a key business partner to the Plant Manager and other key personnel in the Plant.

The Plant Finance Managerspriorities are tomaintainthe Plant cost accounting processes and provide operational/cost accounting analysis to support the plant operations and the supply chain organization in the plant.

The PlantFinance Managers activities include but are not limited to long term strategic planningbudgetingand forecasting periodic reporting and analysis ROI/investment analysis processimprovementand standardization projects.

This position reports to theFinanceDirectorAPS Asia Operationsvia solid line and to the Plant Manager via dotted line.

In this role you will:

Connect operational performance to the financials and provide financial strategic direction to the plant.

Provide recommendations to improve site performance.

Lead Monthly/Annual Forecasting/Budgeting.

Ensure the plant financial forecasts and budgets are aligned with OperationalDivisionaland Corporate goals.

Establish standard costing rates and partner with Operations to update material cost BOM and routings for costroll.

Partner with operations toidentify execute and report productivity projects.

Business/Operations Decision Support.

Provide financial support for ROI calculations for capital projects

Review/explain variances.

Providetimelyplant results and drive accountability.

Complete month end close tasks ensuring that financial statements related to the Plant are properlystatedand conform togenerally acceptedaccounting principles (GAAP) including inventory valuations and reserve amounts.

Ensure internal controls are properlyestablishedand followed. Maintain a strong control environment.

Provide Financial leadership and support for KSP-S Plant including but not limited to:

- Support theutilizationof SAP/ERP system andleveragethe capabilities to enhance business processes in the plant(especially setting andmaintenanceof Master Data which is critical for standard costing and S&OP/MRP processes)
- Provide Financial tracking and support of various capital projects supporting allBusiness Unitsand the facility.

- Ensure all finance processes controls plant reporting etc.isset-up and in place.

Provide financial education/training and guidance to non-finance employees.

Traits we believe make a strong candidate:

Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance and 5 years working in a manufacturing environment/cost function

Thorough understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Cost Accounting in a manufacturing environment knowledge and experience

SAP experience preferred working with a global ERP systema must

Ability toutilizeFinance Costing/Inventory Modules and Reporting tools of ERP system

Business Intelligence experience a plus

Ability toutilizeadvanced functionality of Microsoft Excel

Financial modeling and analysis experience

Good communicationskills; written and verbal

Language skill; English - Fluent
Ability to travel primarily within assigned region but occasionally globally up to 5%

Your success will be measured by:

Strong communicationskills.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Strong interest and curiosity in operations.

Demonstrated understanding of continuous improvement through identification of improvement opportunities vetting and tracking of improvement projects.

Ability to influence and motivate the plant management/other functions to drive changes and achieve desired results and to follow internal control requirements.

Successful business partnership with site operations and division leadership through forecast/budget alignmenttimelycommunication of financial results/risks/opportunities and ad-hoc analyses/modeling support.

Required Experience:

Manager

Job Title:Manager Plant FinanceJob Description:The Role:The PlantFinance Managerprovides strategic and financial decision support as well as cost accounting and financial support for KSP-SPlant (Taiwan).The PlantFinance Manageris a key business partner to the Plant Manager and other key personnel in...