Manage financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, management reporting, capital expenditure tracking, and goods-flow forecasting. Maintain Hyperion planning systems, support and train local controllers, analyze plant and business-unit performance, and provide actionable recommendations to management. Ensure compliance with US GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, and company policies. Travel may comprise up to 20%.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Design and provide timely and accurate management information and reports;
- Coordinate planning & control cycle, including the quarterly forecasting- and annual budgeting process;
- Prepare frequent analysis on SG&A, operating costs and benchmark in and outside the organization;
- Monitoring plant and BU performance and provide accurate and timely monthly variance analyses across all between actuals, budget, latest forecast and prior year by plant / BU;
- Maintenance and support of Hyperion Financial Planning (HFP);
- Train and support local (plant or regional) controllers;
- Critically analyze information and translate it in useful advice, improvement proposals and conclusions for management;
- Perform the tracking, forecasting and analysis of capital expenditures differentiating between the various growth and maintenance categories;
- Coordinate with Global Supply Chain Manager and ensure accurate goods flow forecasting;
- Provide data and reporting on an ad-hoc and/or requested basis;
- Adhere to company policies and processes (including change control, security, corporate policies and/or US GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley 404).
- Travel up to 20%
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in finance, accounting or related field;
- 3 to 5 years of professional finance, accounting or budgeting and forecasting experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree or CPA a plus;
- Proficient knowledge and thorough understanding of US GAAP;
- Experience in a Big 4 firm and/or international company;
- Experience with Hyperion Financial Planning (HFP), Hyperion Sales Planning (HSP), Longview, Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), Power Point and Excel.
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