Accountabilities:

•Manage an accurate and timely monthly closing and meet the stated deadlines and reporting needs.
•Provide accurate and timely costs analysis for Operations Finance.
•Maintain proper accounting processes and procedures to ensure no significant control or audit issues.
•Support the Plant Finance teams with the Annual Operating Plan.
•Communicate effectively with Operations Finance and other groups and departments.
•Maintain a strong and result driven relationship with Operations Finance and all levels of management.
•Manage multiple tasks and meet financial closing and reporting schedules.
•Understand all financial and operating aspects of the manufacturing areas of responsibility.
•Understand how to obtain and maintain information from the SAP modules (CO, PA, FI, Purchasing, MM) and Analysis for Office.
•Support special projects and other M&A initiatives.

Responsibilities:

•Review financial transactions to ensure compliance with government requirements and the company's Accounting and Internal Control Policies and Procedures.
•Accurate and timely financial closing, including execution of corporate and site accounting and internal control procedures.
•Maintain and optimize the Operations Finance closing procedure, working closely with Operations Finance and manufacturing plant controllers.
•Manage and perform timely standard cost updates and assure standard cost are accurate at site level.
•Provide accurate and timely support to the local Plant Finance teams
•Support the preparation of Annual Operating Plan for the Europe & Australia manufacturing plants.
•Provide concise and meaningful analysis of manufacturing operating results against budget and forecast.
•Support manufacturing plant controller in the preparation and distribution of accounting reports and presentations to manufacturing teams and management.
•Assist in special projects, ad hoc financial planning and analytics.
•Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives.
•Provide system and cost accounting process support to all global sites including training.
•Collaborate and maintain a strong and results driven relationship with Operations Finance, FP&A Business execution, Enterprise FP&A, Corporate Controlling, other departments and all levels of management.
•Posting standard and non-standard Journal entries.
•Process several account reconciliations: Maintenance Turnaround, CAPV.
•Complete SOX documentations.
•Contributes goals to be achieved in any other tasks which are delegated by the Operations Finance Director.

Requirements

• Bachelor and/or Master Degree in finance, accountancy or business management
• Min. 4-5 years in the relevant field in FP&A, Controlling (Manufacturing controlling is a plus),
• US GAAP experience, exposure to IFRS and /or EU GAAP is a plus.
• Advanced communication level in English (both written and verbal)
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word)