Financial Analyst

Glanbia•Sharonville, OH

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Analyst is a key business partner to the operations team located in Sharonville Ohio supporting flavors sites in Montreal, Bremen, Sharonville, Valencia, Linden. This position supports the Finance Manager in the review and monitoring of all Inventory activities and production activities for product costing occurring at the manufacturing facilities involving or having a financial impact on the Company. Key areas of focus include Product Costing, Inventory Management and Control, KPIs, Cost of Manufacture Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required, along with 1-2 years of relevant experience.
Excellent oral and written communications skills
Ability to quickly change priorities and handle competing priorities
Must be extremely accurate and detail oriented in performing tasks and cross-checking work
Strong organizational skills with demonstrated accuracy and attention to detail

Responsibilities

Support all aspects of product costing. This includes new raw material commercialization, preparing the standard costs of all new materials for bulk/finished goods commercialization, quarterly update of all standard costs for existing materials.
Support overhead analysis by material to include cost of manufacture changes and validation of operational times for each routing group and its impact on the overall absorption rates
Perform the obsolete inventory process across sites, including preparing the reports, setting up and running of the bi weekly meetings, as well as following up on open action items.
Support inventory management and control functions. Identify and resolve inventory-related issues by analyzing data, defining problems and providing valid conclusions.
Prepare, coordinate, and report monthly Operations KPI. Measure the performance against the targets and provide commentary on the variances
Perform monthly financial operations close and reporting cycle, manufacturing labor and overhead variances, and production reports including overhead analysis
Support operational financial and accounting aspects including financial planning of annual budget and quarterly forecast for flavors plants. Coordinate with the operations team members to determine direct and indirect headcount requirements and non-labor overhead costs
Develop and maintain a close working relationship with the production, quality, R&D, supply chain and other support departments by providing analytical support and data in a timely manner.
Support the integration of other flavors plants to SAP and company reporting requirements.