at Robert Half in NAPERVILLE, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Description
Exciting career-building opportunity at a rapidly growing company. Hybrid Role – Primarily Remote!
To apply to this role, please send your resume to John Sadofsky at john.sadofsky@roberthalf.c0m
POSITION OVERVIEW
We are is looking for a detail-oriented and strategic mindset Senior Financial Analyst to join our Finance Team. Based in Romeoville, Illinois, this person will work as a member of the North America Farm Technologies Finance team. This position will be responsible for analysis of current and past trends of business KPIs, manage Financial Forecasting and help management understanding the health of the business. The position will have oversight responsibilities for 1 manufacturing facility and 1 distribution center.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES include the following, other duties may be assigned:
+ Act as a finance leader to 1 manufacturing & 1 distribution center
+ Serve as sparring partner to the plant managers & production leaders to help drive cost efficiencies
+ Attend daily plant production meetings and perform walkthroughs of the plant with the General Manager to discuss production and costing issues
+ Responsible for margins analysis for the different product line
+ Perform pre/post margin calculation for project, understand deviations and propose solutions
+ Forecast and monitor raw material inflation.
+ Support operation in finding & implementing cost savings opportunities
+ Calculate and manage material, labor and overhead standards based on forecasted manufacturing capacity
+ Support/validate plant cost productivity projects for labor, raw material and overhead reductions
+ Support/Validate projects to reduce inventory turns and maximize supplier payment terms.
+ Forecast/manage plant budgets
+ Monitors spending on key categories to include maintenance, supplies, and consumables, and support company initiatives to reduce spending
+ Help divisional finance business support team to understand manufacturing capacity based on order backlog with the achievement of budget/forecasting financials
+ Prepare presentations to Board of Directors and Senior Management Team
+ Responsible for maintaining perpetual inventory. Manage cycle count programs. Ensure accuracy of the physical inventory and reported results. Investigate and explain book to physical adjustments. Assure compliance to excess and obsolete inventory policies
+ Build financial model to measure plant performance
+ Define, implement & monitor key performance indicator for the sites (deliveries, efficiency, on time, backlog, over/under absorption, production variances …)
+ Assess processes, propose & implement improvement measures
+ Support operations by creating new tools & models
+ Support strategic project, help create business case and evaluate ROI
+ Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis
+ Requirements
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
+ 3+ years of progressive responsibility in Supply Chain/Production and standard costing Analysis. Qualified candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to execute complex analysis, prepare comprehensive, clear, concise and action-oriented reporting.
+ Manufacturing experience required
+ Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, demonstrating a working knowledge of IFRS
+ Strong working knowledge of ERP/Financial Systems & Applications
+ Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel skills required
+ SAP experience needed
+ Power BI experience is a plus
+ ERP implementation or conversion experience a plus
+ Strong data analysis experience, demonstrating the ability to understand business needs, obtain & validate data, interpret results, root cause anomalies and generate meaningful results
+ Project management skills and demonstrated ability to balance multiple priorities
+ Ability to work independently, with minimal direction/supervision
+ Effective written and verbal communication skills
To apply to this role, please send your resume to John Sadofsky at john.sadofsky@roberthalf.c0m
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