• Perform and support transactional analysis and reporting processes for Operations Finance;
• Perform operations related cost accounting and period end closing activities;
• Close collaboration with various stakeholders from Operations Finance, Commercial Finance and FP&A.

Description

Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting

• Support the coordination of the planning, budgeting and forecasting process;
• Maintain planning input forms and plan premises in planning systems before each planning cycle;
• Contribute to the preparation of the operations plan reporting;
• Upload data into finance planning.

Management Reporting

• Responsible for a timely creation and distribution of selected management reports;
• Maintain all relevant management reporting files and templates;
• Handle requests for new management reports according the service level.

Cost Accounting and Period End Closing

• Services business requests for standardised calculations and analyses on time and according to the procedures set. This also includes all necessary data collection;
• Prepare manual postings for relevant business cases;
• Settle and closes working orders;
• Perform cost distribution and allocation;
• Review operations cost centres and site profit and loss statement before period end.

Finance Data Management

• Handle requests for data creation and maintenance of Operations Finance data objects (e. g. operations cost centres);
• Update master data of reporting and planning files and input.

Business Partnering

• Partner with Site Management Accounting and Operations Finance;
• Work cross-functionally with various stakeholders from Operations Finance, Commercial Finance and FP&A.

Profile

• Bachelor degree in Finance or Accounting;
• Good knowledge of SAP and/or JD Edwards ERP system is an advantage;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint;
• Proficiency in English and another European language (German, Italian, French, Spanish and Dutch preferred);
• 3+ years of finance or accounting experience is required, preferably in the manufacturing industry;
• Experience in a Shared Service Centre environment is considered a plus;
• Hands-on experience with transactional analysis and reporting processes.
• Strong Team Work skills;
• Good analytical, planning and organisation skills;
• Effective business writing and professional communication skills;
• Ability to work in an international global work environment.
• Good understanding of best practice operations management accounting processes, ideally in a shared service environment of a manufacturing company

Job Offer

A great opportunity for professional growth.