Financial Business Partner Manager

  • ElringKlinger AG
  • Southfield
  • 7mo ago
  • Full-Time
  • On-site

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Business Partner

  • Be the business partner for the plant General Manager
  • Actively working together with General Manager and Senior Managers in case of deviations concerning budget and company processes
  • Track the Business Case and involve in the improvement
  • Person of contact for internal and external audits in the controlling area
  • Cooperation with Finance Shared Service Center and follow the standard process
  • Support plant to meet global, regional, plant KPIs
     

Reporting

  • Month end closing CO process

  • Deviation analysis of actual monthly report
  • monthly forecasting
  • Budget planning
  • Inventory and material cost analysis
  • KPI report
  • Board meeting slides preparation & presentation
     

Costing

  • Oversee and manage internal costing including standard costing
  • Cost center expenses analysis and tracking
  • SAP CO plant process owner
  • Analyze product costing profitability, on plant level and on profit center level
  • Preparation of production order variance analyses. BOM, routing, price, consumption
  • Ensure accurate master data by analyzing material consumption and pricing
  • Inventory and capacity analysis 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Completed degree (Bachelor) in the field of finance/accounting, or comparable field.  
  • At least 10 years professional financial experience, and 5 years of senior controller/cost accountant manager experience in an international manufacturing environment. Preferably in Automotive.
  • Proficient in Excel. SAP CO is a big asset.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good team player