Job Description
Budgeting & Forecasting:Orchestrates the monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting cycles to ensureaccurate financial roadmaps.
Business Partnership:Acts as a strategic partner to the operations team, proactively identifying andvalidating cost-productivity improvements.
Asset & Compliance Stewardship:Manages inventory integrity through cycle counts and physicalaudits, while ensuring strict adherence to corporate accounting standards.
Financial Control:Performs month-end closing, weekly cost tracking, and critical balance sheetreconciliations to maintain total data transparency.
Digital Innovation
Champions a critical thinking mindset to simplify taks and drive processautomation across the finance function.
Qualifications
- Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
- Experienced Manufacturing Professional:
Candidates must possess 35 years of relevant financeexperience, with a mandatory background in manufacturing environments and familiarity with MNCcultures.
- Technical Financial Experience:
experience in FP&A, costing, plant variance, and/or managerialaccounting is essential,
- ERP & Systems Proficiency:
Proficiency in ERP is highly valued, combined with the analytical skills toprovide proactive recommendations based on detailed data.
- Physical Demands
- Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment
- Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data
- Repetitive manual movements are frequently required (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc)
- Occasional overnight travel may be required
- Typical Experience
- Three to six years of relevant experience
- Typical Education
- Bachelor's degree, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education experience may vary by geography.
Why Is This a Great Opportunity
- Strategic Financial Business Partnering Offers opportunities to collaborate with operations teams, identify cost-saving initiatives, and improve manufacturing productivity.
- Comprehensive Financial Planning Exposure Provides hands-on experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and cost management to strengthen financial planning expertise.
- Manufacturing Finance Specialisation Develops specialised knowledge in product costing, plant variance analysis, inventory control, and managerial accounting within a manufacturing environment.
- Process Improvement and Digital Transformation Encourages the implementation of process automation, financial system improvements, and data-driven decision-making to enhance operational efficiency.
- Leadership and Career Development Provides opportunities to lead projects, coordinate cross-functional teams, engage with key stakeholders, and contribute to business performance and strategic decision-making.