Plant Cost Analyst

Saint-Gobain

  • Williamsport, MD
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 16 days ago
Why do we need you ?Assist the Hagerstown & Line of Business Controller to ensure the financial statement integrity and internal controls of the Hagerstown plant, Holly Springs plant, and Richford warehouse locations. Responsible for plant accounting activity such as supporting WCM Plant Team. Partner with the plant management to provide timely and accurate data to support business decisions such as sourcing, pricing, and long-range planning.
  • 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
Is this job for you ?
  • 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%
A little more about usAt Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products .Legal StatementSaint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.

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