Position Summary:

Position will provide timely and accurate analytical, planning, reporting, and financial decision support to drive Operational performance and achieve business goals and objectives.

Essential Functions:

• Analyze month-end, quarter-end and year-end financial close results
• Interface with General Accounting to support various activities related to month/ quarter/ year-end closing
• Build strong and effective working relationships within the operations team, and central finance staff
• Develop expertise in use of Bendix financial systems
• Provide financial analysis, modeling, and decision support for various business decisions: capital investment, make/buy, sourcing, pricing, etc.
• Conduct variance analyses and research and provide detailed variance explanations between actual results, budget, forecasts and prior period results
• Prepare financial reporting packages & presentations for leadership
• Perform significant role in driving, developing and consolidating assigned areas of responsibility within the mid-term operating plan (MOP) process and the periodic financial forecast process                   

Knowledge:

• Extensive knowledge of product costing, accounting principles, and allocation methods
• Strong working knowledge in cost accounting systems and techniques
• Experience with analysis of capital projects
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and communicate financial results in structured, detailed manner; including financial statement preparation, interpretation and inter-relationships                                                    
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize financial planning data from business processes (PDC, PCPT, Strong Focus, misc. and ad-hoc sources) and systems (SAP GL, BPC) as well as from leadership and staff (account managers, buyers, engineers, pricing, etc.)

Skills:

• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office (specifically Excel, PowerPoint, ThinkCell)
• Able to manipulate large amounts of data
• Able to effectively communicate and present to all levels of management
• Excellent level of analytics and problem solving
• Pursues training and or experiences for self-development
• A self-starter who is action and customer oriented and has a strong sense of urgency

Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing environment (some Cost Accounting preferred)
• ERP experience preferred (SAP a plus)

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration; Accounting preferred
• MBA preferred (Analyst 3)

Position Requirements: 

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.