Oversee / Execute the planning and forecasting process in order to guide business units towards clear targets, ensuring consistency and alignment across the organization. Create financial models to assess the impact of various scenarios on operational performance. Lead the financial analysts in analysing and interpreting financial data related to costs incurred by the site during operations with the objective of providing valuable insights to Plant Manager & Plant Controller and aiding them in making decisions regarding cost efficiency, pricing strategy, and overall financial performance. Advise on financial risks and develop strategies to mitigate them. Ensure that financial strategies align with corporate goals and help navigate financial challenges. Take a leading and coordinating role in working closely with various departments like Zone controlling/accounting, sales, operations, SCM, and HR. Understand the needs of these teams and provide tailored financial insights. Collaborate across functions and groups to deliver timely, accurate, and insightful financial reporting, planning, forecasting, and analysis. Monitor revenue recognition, cost allocations, and margins. Give support to maintain adequate product costing systems for valuation and cost estimating activities including annual standard cost updates and manufacturing tariffs. Review, analyse and evaluate financial data and information for accuracy, consistency, and transparency. Maintain integrity of financial reports prepared by the plant. Establish, monitor, and maintain a system of internal controls that safeguards company asset and provides for integrity and propriety of financial transactions and recommend improvements. Compliance with corporate policy, including SOX Identify opportunities to improve efficiency in on site processes. Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance or Business Administration, or similar Minimum of 7 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with demonstrated ability to drive cost reduction projects and improve plant productivity Good knowledge of SAP is preferred Knowing how to navigate through matrix environment. Pursuing opportunities to simplify and digitize tools, products, and processes. Promoting and using data to create insight and make better decisions.
