Financial Analyst - Plant - CA/CMA

Financial Analyst - CA/CMA

A Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for driving all reporting and analytics efforts globally. This highly visible role will touch all parts of Medline US & Mexico. Sr. Financial Analyst will be an integral part of the organization and will provide support in new S4 implementation, reporting, variance reviews, and manufacturing confirmations for Plant Controllers of the Company, and Finance. Strong communication skill will be a must in this role as Senior Financial Analyst will be driving several projects congruently.

A Senior Financial Analyst will also execute all Monthly reporting and will look for ways to automate and simplify processes. There is currently an effort at Medline to Centralize all Reporting in the US & Mexico, and this role will be an integral part of this process.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Support on Implementation of S4 HANA

- Contribute to US reporting simplification effort to centralize reporting, including evaluating existing US reports

- Support on Maintenance of Existing Mfg. reporting dashboards

- Partnering closely with the Plant Controllers to develop new/enhanced reporting. Contribute better decision-making to Plant Controllers.

- Support the manufacturing finance team with the maintenance of system costing files, policies, and procedures

- Partner with Plant controllers for Monthly Financial reporting and commentary

- KPI reporting including Variance reviews

- Supporting on Budgeting & Forecasting and reviews

- Consolidation of Financial & Non-Financial information for all sites

- Analysis/trending of Scrap /cycle counts as well as PPV and revaluations. Overhead variance calculations and analysis/dashboards beyond what is posted through the work order system

- Support ad-hoc projects as assigned

- Inventory monitoring of work orders and quantities

- Validation of BOM/Router changes

- Identify and investigate items that require further action - i.e. significant cost changes/UOM issues

- Prepare and distribute SAP S4 daily/weekly/monthly manufacturing reports to the Controllers of the plant

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE :

- At least 3-6 years of financial planning, management reporting, and/or analysis experience, preferably in a Manufacturing organization

- Experience in working cross-functionally and collaboratively in a global organization.

- Strong technical accounting skills and practical knowledge of the principles of financial accounting and accounting standards

- Strong in MS Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint advanced skillset)

- Ability to communicate strongly and influence without authority.

- Strong analytical skills & continuous improvement mindset

- Flexibility and good team player

- Multiple stakeholder management

- SAP/S4 FICO knowledge

- Alteryx & Tableau experience

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION - CMA/CA with 3-6 years of experience in complex plant manufacturing reporting and FP&A