Cost Analyst

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities 

1. Provide financial, business and process analytics to enable operations to achieve or exceed its business objectives.

• Support cost saving initiatives by working in partnership with Operations.  Calculate and track savings against established targets.  Actively participate in various cost savings projects & idea creation with Operations team.
• Review and update standard costs and BOM’s on a continual basis. Includes development of standard asset rates & evaluating machine performance to determine where further analysis & updates may be required.
• Support related process initiatives to ensure improved performance.
• Demonstrate understanding of manufacturing process within facility through analytics, outside of reoccurring asks.

1. Work with local and corporate accounting teams to ensure a timely and accurate month end closing.

• Support the monthly closing process by reviewing and closing jobs, reviewing results, and making required journal entries.
• Develop a thorough working knowledge of the Oracle ERP costing, accounting, and inventory systems.
• Ensure financial reporting responsibilities are done in a manner consistent with NPI and SOX compliance requirements.             

1. Provide effective and accurate Power BI Dashboards that reflect site performance.

• Construct and lead/report out on weekly cadence.  Recommend improvements, coordinate follow-up actions, and resolve open matters.
• Demonstrate ability to interpret Operations asks & create or modify existing reporting to be “value added.”

1. Provide financial planning and forecasting to meet business requirements.

• Provide forecasting Neenah Converting Center Spend, Absorption and Work Order Variances.
• Provide analysis specific to any Outside Converting activities.

Preferred Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in accounting or finance with a minimum of 1 year of related experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Experience with cost accounting in a manufacturing environment
• Strong attention to detail and experience with budget preparation and variance analysis
• Strong sense of urgency
• Advanced MS Office Skills, Advanced EXCEL user, Pivot table, VLOOKUP, etc.
• Experience with large ERP systems
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Ability to work autonomously without direct onsite supervision