Plant Cost Analyst
Saint-Gobain
- Williamsport, MD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage the timely completion of the month-end financial close assignments
- Demonstrate awareness of all elements of the plant's financial statements
- Assist in preparing post-closing plant financial analysis, performance reports and meaningful commentary
- Partner with the Line of Business & Plant Controller to prepare and coordinate the annual budget at the plant level.
- Partner with the Line of Business & Plant Controller to prepare, maintain and analyze product standard costs
- Support the analytical needs of the Line of Business & Plant Controller and other financial management
- Partner with plant management to increase plant efficiency and profitability
- Prepare analysis to understand the financial ramifications of current and proposed business actions
- Identify issues and proactively initiate analyses / solutions to plant issues
- Ensure compliance with CT and SGC policies and procedures
- Oversee and reconcile inventory cycle counts and annual physical inventory
- Assist in preparation of capital appropriations requests
- Track cost reduction projects and maintain required reporting
- Support six sigma by auditing results, training black belts, and suggesting new projects
- Ad hoc analysis
- Bachelor degree in Accounting or Finance or relevant work experience
- Minimum 3 years of progressive cost accounting and analysis experience with a major manufacturing organization. A strong emphasis should be put on knowledge of management accounting, cost and inventory accounting, and GAAP
- Strong analytical skills are required to quickly grasp issues impacting the plant's financial results
- Strong IT aptitude to deliver effective desktop reporting (paperless web-enabled environment), utilize business warehouse tools and MS Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and presentations
- Excellent communication and presentation skills are required
- Capable of leading a process team and able to define clear vision, goals, and service standards
- Ability to manage projects, work independently, and communicate effectively to all areas and levels of the location
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across plant and functional organizations.
- Demonstrated client service orientation
- Ability to travel up to 40%