Multiple Senior Analyst Cost Accounting

Nestlé Global•Solon, OH

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Nestlé USA, Inc. seeks multiple Senior Analyst Cost Accounting in Solon, OH. This role is responsible for costing standard activities within the market, including timely, accurate, and relevant standardized management reporting and analysis, as well as monthly close activities in compliance with the Period End Close (“PEC”) process. The position involves performing PEC activities across businesses, ensuring alignment of controlling teams on management accounting procedures and timelines, preparing preliminary PEC models, executing allocation models, and generating standardized reporting of PEC actual results. The Senior Analyst will advise the manufacturing costing team through key initiatives, collaborate on the annual cost estimate process, and perform quarterly transfer pricing cost estimates. They will provide costing expertise and analysis to support the factory finance team, maintain and update master data costing tables, assist in quarterly dynamic forecasting for COGS, and help complete material standard costs for the annual operating plan. Additionally, the role involves developing tools to analyze year-over-year variances and coaching internal costing analysts. Telework is acceptable up to 2 days per week.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field plus 4 years of experience in the job offered or in a Costing or closely related role.
4 years of experience in operations finance in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry.
4 years of experience working with financial data for manufacturing and factories.
4 years of experience in developing and innovating on financial forecast models for raw materials costing and manufacturing costs to ensure accurate projections of COGS.
4 years of experience in SAP or Power BI focusing on reporting.
4 years of experience in SAP and reporting capabilities.
4 years of experience in Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reconciliation of large financial data sets.
4 years of experience with adhering to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) specifically regarding Accounting Standards and Costing Standards related to CPG manufacturing.
4 years of experience in development and execution of business planning for budget management to deliver business objectives such as cash savings or capital investments in manufacturing and factory setting.

Responsibilities

Responsible for costing standard activities within the market including timely, accurate, and relevant standardized management reporting and analysis as well as the monthly close activities in compliance with the Period End Close (“PEC”) process.
Perform PEC activities across businesses and ensure alignment of all controlling teams on management accounting procedures and timelines.
Prepare preliminary PEC model.
Execute allocation models including error resolution, and productions of posting, and reporting files.
Generate standardized reporting of PEC actual results.
Advise the manufacturing costing team through key initiatives with stakeholder management.
Collaborate on annual cost estimate process with decision support and factory finance teams.
Perform quarterly transfer pricing cost estimates for exported materials.
Provide costing expertise and analysis of costing standards to support the factory finance team.
Maintain and update all master data costing tables including standard price updates required during the Material Life Cycle (“MLC”) process for all new finished goods.
Assist in the quarterly dynamic forecasting (“DF”) process for the cost of goods sold (“COGS”) DF calculation.
Assist in the completion of material standard costs for the annual operating plan (“OP”).
Develop tools to analyze year-over-year variances that will assist in the accuracy of the data and the OP P&L.
Coach and develop internal costing analysts.