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Finance Analyst

United States - IL - Belvidere

Job Description

The
Financial Analyst is responsible for assisting the Plant Controller in
performing a variety of accounting functions related to cost accounting,
inventories, fixed assets, payroll, billing, month-end closing and financial
reporting.

Essential
Duties:

• Assists Plant Controller in preparation of analysis of
  manufacturing costs for inclusion in period forecasts.
• Assists Plant Controller in preparation of annual profit plan and
  quarterly forecasts.   
• Coordinates supplier purchase order amendments price changes
  related to PACT agreements, engineering changes, or other cost reductions
  initiatives.
• Performs and maintains all functions related to Product Costing
  System.
• Participates in VA/VE/CR implementation timing and cost tracking.
• Produces all reports necessary for month-end closing.
• Creates and posts all required journal entries.
• Assists in managing and maintaining the 5S Program for all
  departmental activities.
• Supervises accounts receivables, accounts payable, payroll, and
  general ledger.
• Prepares daily panel measurable for reporting in staff meeting.
• Assists department managers in analysis of data.
• As an auditor, assists in the taking of physical inventories to
  ensure the accuracy of the physical counts with reconciliation.  Includes
  data entry of count tickets.
• Functions as backup to other Financial Analysts as necessary.
• Functions as backup to Plant Controller as required.
• Responsible for ensuring that the correct processes are followed
  with regard to physical assets.  This process must be completed in
  conformance with the Role of the Controller (corporate procedure).
• Performs other duties deemed necessary by the Plant Controller or
  Group Accounting.

Your Qualifications

Job Qualifications

• Minimum 2  year degree in Accounting and prior experience. 
• Preferred Bachelor Degree with major in Accounting, or equivalent.
• Strong Excel skills – multi layered spreadsheets, using pivot tables, etc.
• 2 years in manufacturing cost accounting areas or related experience
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as procedure manuals. 
• Candidate has the ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtracts, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 
• Candidate has the ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Candidate has the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Must be computer literate and familiar with appropriate software programs (spreadsheets, word processing, power point, etc)
• Other training as defined in the Training Matrix or Learning Network.