Division Cost Analyst

Eastman•Longview, TX

About The Position

The Division Cost Analyst supports financial planning, cost accounting, reporting, and analysis for division operations. The role partners with site and division leaders and colleagues across Finance, Maintenance, Engineering, Manufacturing, Contracting, Procurement, and cost analysis to provide reliable cost information, support business decisions, and improve budgeting and cost-management processes. The analyst coordinates division budgets and annual plans, prepares and maintains forecasts, monitors costs, supports monthly financial close, and provides analysis and reporting for division and site management. The role also develops and improves reporting tools, helps maintain appropriate procedures and controls, and supports special projects and ad hoc analyses.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field.
Previous cost accounting experience.
Working knowledge of SAP cost accounting processes and transactions.
Understanding of how Maintenance and Direct Spend costs affect one another.
Strong analytical skills and proficiency with relevant software, including Excel.
Ability to exercise sound judgment, work independently, and manage deadlines.
Ability to communicate financial information clearly.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with colleagues across sites and functions.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree or relevant cost-accounting experience.
Three to five years of cost accounting experience is preferred.
Experience with Power BI, Access, Word, or PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

Identify opportunities to improve budgeting, forecasting, cost accumulation, reporting, and other cost-management processes.
Use SAP and software such as Power BI, Excel, and Access to retrieve, analyze, and report data.
Follow applicable safety, environmental, security, and company policies and complete required training.
Work alternative schedules as needed to meet business close, forecasting, and other deadlines.
Coordinate the development of division budgets and annual plans, including Maintenance & Repair (M&R), Direct Spend, and other applicable operating costs; analyze business needs, priorities, assumptions, and trade-offs to support planning.
Prepare and maintain monthly and annual forecasts, coordinate turnaround forecasts with Turnaround Controls, and incorporate relevant costs into division forecasts.
Monitor cost centers, materials, labor, accruals, and other relevant cost measures; work with cost center owners to investigate gaps and develop mitigation or contingency plans.
Identify and communicate budget-to-actual and budget-to-forecast variances to division and site management, coordinating with other sites to understand and report cost trends and variances.
Support monthly financial close activities, including cost reviews, accruals, work-order settlements, and cost center allocations.
Help ensure costs are accurately recorded and classified, including capital-versus-expense treatment, and that division and maintenance information is reliable.
Develop, maintain, and improve reporting tools and applications that provide timely, useful cost information and comparisons for division financial questions and decisions.
Analyze cost and help maintain appropriate procedures and controls.
Partner with Finance and serve as a resource to site personnel on accounting processes and reporting.
Support special projects and other ad hoc analyses.