Senior Finance Analyst

tier-1 MNCnewly created role with dynamic growthMBFC Job Overview and Primary Responsibilities Foster a strong business partner relationship and good communication with Operations Management Site and Regional level Act as key Operations Finance point of contact for Regional F P manufacturing sites and tollers Collaborate with Procurement team to review and validate raw material purchase prices Support standard cost setting process at Regional F P site tollers Provide analysis and explanation of financial results Qualified candidate should have the ability to 1 provide in-depth explanation of results 2 synthesize data to identify key business drivers and 3 coordinate analysis across different locations Assess the quality of inputs generate insightful outputs and communicate effectively to decision makers Monitor and report financial performance explain variances to budgets forecasts and prior year Prepare and present consolidated reports to management as appropriate Understand root causes of variances work proactively with the different locations to institutionalize improvements and remedy unfavorable performance This includes creating and maintaining spreadsheets to manage data and consolidation Prepare consolidated monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages as well as prepare presentations for budgets and forecasts Seek opportunities to improve the analysis of monthly financial and operational results Provide business data and analysis to Global Operations Management Team Monitor performance against SLAs and escalate identified issues as needed Support ad hoc projects Support SOX and internal audit as needed Ability to travel regularly to manufacturing locations Participate in and or review the following Request costing master data changes Develop operating budget site-level Develop standard cost for products Run standard cost reports and perform cost analysis Collaborate with local site personnel to understand costs and determine variances explanations Develop and update the rolling forecast Prepare materials for site-level cost reviews Support OF close activities e g reserve obsolete inventory capital projects physical inventory counts Identify and drive reporting and process improvements automation Required Education Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance business required MBA or Chartered Accountant preferred Qualifications Minimum of 3-5 years diversified experience in financial planning and analysis product costing and or operations finance within manufacturing preferably the chemicals industry Strong financial acumen and analytics skills Ability to build effective business relationships Above average ERP SAP preferred Excel and BI and analytics tools experience required Experience with all aspects of financial reporting cycle including development of annual business plan budget financial projections recurring forecasts and operations cost management required Demonstrated ability or aptitude for computer systems database management and data assimilation SAP experience mainly in COPA profitability analysis module Competencies Excellent business partnering skills required Demonstrated ability to interact and communicate effectively with executives and management is required Ability to influence outcomes and set overall performance expectations Strong analytical skills with an ability to ask challenging questions and get to the underlying issues Demonstrated leadership ability team management and organizational savvy Ability to work in a matrix organization Strong written and oral presentations skills Proficient in the Microsoft office suite to include Excel and Power Point