Cost Controller

Plant Cost and Asset Controller

Seeking a Plant Cost and Asset Controller to deliver and facilitate a detailed analysis of site costs.

These goals will be achieved via a combination of

(a) delivering detailed cost reporting, with the guidance of the entitys Finance organization, for relevant cost centers (Global Planning, Manufacturing, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Engineering, etc.) to site management,

(b) preparing recurring and ad-hoc site-level data analysis with the guidance of Ops
Control to ensure the proper categorization of costs,

(c) developing asset, inventory, and consumable spare-parts management discipline

(d) supporting site management to identify the opportunities to ultimately eliminate inefficiencies throughout all aspects of the manufacturing sites and,

(e) enabling Investment Management and Ops Control to review operating asset performance vs expectation.

The Plant Cost and Asset Controller will also ensure that costs are appropriately classified, and reported accurately.

Responsibilities for this assignment include but are not limited to:

Costs and Inventory Analysis:

• Enable site leaders to analyze the evolution of monthly costs, including determination of trends, and assist in maintaining costs within budget assigned by operations control;
• Facilitate the efficiency program at site level to enable site management to achieve the cost optimization objectives set by Site Management and Ops Control;
• Ensure the performance of cycle counts, and the biannual physical count by site personnel in accordance with Internal Controls criteria, under the supervision of Entity Finance;
• Provide monthly inventory, mobile asset, and consumable spare-parts consumption analysis with extensive explanations on any deviations to entity Finance and Ops Control managers in close collaboration with the team on site;
• Implement robust, standardized processes to manage and oversee spare parts consumption;
• Support site management, Ops Control, and the Investment Director to enable the review of the realization of expected benefits for investments on-site;
• Review exception reports from SAP, and enable site management to maintain the quality of data and reliability of information streams in a satisfactory level;
• Assist entity finance manager to ensure accurate cost allocation across cost centers while assessing variances;
• Lead the development of reporting metrics, tools, and carry out complex, ad hoc analysis;

Required Qualifications And Competencies

• Bachelors in Finance with demonstrated capability in cost analysis and 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment or; Bachelors in Engineering with 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment and demonstrated aptitude for financial analysis, and;
• Experience with SAP is required;
• Excellent analytical and conceptual thinking skills;
• Experience partnering with site leadership, willing to engage people from all levels in order to increase cost awareness of the site;
• Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations;

Preferred Qualifications And Competencies

• Experience with Microsoft Power BI;
• Proficiency in Google Sheets and Google Slides;
• Experience communicating with senior management / senior organizational stakeholders.