Operational Finance Analyst

PE Global is currently hiring a Operational Finance Analyst for our client based in East Cork. This is a permanent role.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Role:

Foster a strong business partner relationship with Supply Chain, Procurement and Logistics functions and with sub-functions within the Finance organization
Prepare monthly forecast reports for manufacturing variances linked with 3rd party warehouse transactions, monitor financial performance, understand and explain root causes of variances versus budget, prior forecast and prior year
Support monthly close activities: Purchase Price Variance analysis, inventory reserve provisions, freight allocation/accruals, duty accruals reconciliation and consolidation of manufacturing variances for the 2 principal entities in Denmark and Switzerland
Secure that master data is correct and collaborate with Procurement to review and validate raw material purchase prices as the basis for high quality standard costs
In cooperation with Supply Chain teams, facilitate accurate inventory records for obsolescete and slow-moving stock reserves, validate the quarterly warehouse stock reconciliations against 3rd party quantity reports and provide finance support throughout the yearly annual physical stock counts process
Develop SG&A operating budgets for Logistics and Supply Chain
Participate in ad hoc OFPA projects in terms of process improvement, work proactively to institutionalize improvements to reduce manual work
Follow the internal control book procedures and support SOX and audit compliance

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Economics or other relevant field and/or minimum 5 years of experience in FP&A, product costing or Operations/Supply Chain Finance
Financial acumen and experience with the financial reporting cycle, including the development of recurring forecasts, operations cost management and annual budgets
Standard costing experience preferred
ERP System experience preferred (SAP S4)
Ability to build effective business relationships and be a team player
Strong analytical skills with aptitude to ask challenging questions with demonstration of root cause investigation
Ability to operate effectively in a remote organization and agility to adapt to change
Take ownership to act and drive progress with continuous improvement mindset
Strong communication and presentations skills
Be hands-on and pro-active to deliver on commitments in an ethical way
Be able to provide in-depth explanation of results, synthesize data to identify key business drivers, assess the quality of inputs and generate insightful outputs