Supply Chain Finance Team Lead

Supply Chain Finance Team Lead

Position ID: req44774

Sector: BA North America

Functional Area: Finance

Location: Charlotte Office

Number of Openings: 1

Employment Type: Permanent

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Requirements:

Candidate must have a Bachelor'sor foreign equivalent degree in Finance or Accounting and 5 years experience infinancial data analysis in a manufacturing environment. Must have experiencein: financial manufacturing operations evaluation, including planning,reporting, and forecasting results for all aspects of total manufacturedproduct cost; data and cost performance analysis in the home applianceindustry; VPM (Volume, Price, and Mix) analysis and applicability in thevariable cost performance; financial reporting for direct material results,differentiating, measuring market driven, and business driven cost changes;inventory governance and physical inventories; SAP FI/CO and BI systems;ensuring cost accounting tracking systems align with US GAAP accountingprinciples; and calculating business case financials, including Earnings BeforeInterest and Taxes (EBIT) and Net Present Value (NPV).

Job Duties:

Act as key financial partner tocentral operations leadership team. Analyze financial data and cost performancein home appliance manufacturing projects. Generate standard or custom reportssummarizing business and financial data for review by executives, managers,clients, and other stakeholders. Perform financial manufacturing operationsevaluation, including planning, reporting, and forecasting results for allaspects of total manufactured product cost. Prepare monthly operationalreporting from manufacturing and sourced locations, working with controllersand stakeholders to ensure accuracy of financial forecasting. Work closely withfinance to ensure cost accounting tracking systems align with US GAAPaccounting principles. Perform financial reporting for direct material results,differentiating, measuring market driven, and business driven cost changes.Partner with Operation leadership to understand needs and provide datasolutions and recommendations to drive profitable growth. Provide analyticalsupport to business partners in terms of collecting, analyzing, and reportingcost trends and any other project requests. Help to streamline the forecastingprocess, utilizing new tools such as business intelligence dashboards andforecasting modules. Drive implementation of automated solutions, includinginternal BI systems such as COGNOS and SAP BPC. Lead creation of visualfinancial dashboard through BI tools as such PowerBI. Prepare manufacturinginvestment requests and perform analysis for key manufacturing investments aswell sustainability projects (eg. green energy footprint, solar panels installation,electrification of forklifts, etc.) and calculate business case financialsincluding Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) and Net Present Value(NPV), for key transformational food preservation products. Manage month-endclose as it relates to operational activities, examining the gap betweentop-down and bottom-up target cost and propose solutions to close this gap.Support inventory governance initiative and track physical inventories annualperformance. Support SAP FI/CO implementation according to the company'digitalization plan, contributing to the product costing system set-up inmanufacturing facilities. Provide cost performance, mix, overheads,contribution to fix, capital, and investment analysis. Identify cost trends,make recommendations for cost out/process improvements, and track results.Execute cost modeling for different scenarios such as monthly forecasting,annual and 5year/strategic plan, including analysis for the largetransformation projects. Lead Inventory control projects. Lead initiatives toenhance/automate reports capabilities, both from financials and operationalperspectives. Calculate VPM (Volume, Price, and Mix) analysis and applicabilityin the variable cost performance according to the company methodology. Partneracross other regions and with global counterparts to report, share results andbest practices, and work with global partners to ensure metrics make sense andare driving business results. Support audit needs for operation areas. Lead thestandards setting process across the organization and work with multiplestakeholders to coordinate this activity.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Electrolux shapes living for the better by reinventing taste, care and wellbeing experiences, making life more enjoyable and sustainable for millions of people. As a leading global appliance company, we place the consumer at the heart of everything we do. Through our brands, including Electrolux, AEG, Anova, Frigidaire, Westinghouse and Zanussi, we sell more than 60 million household and professional products in more than 150 markets every year. In 2017 Electrolux had sales of SEK 122 billion and employed 56,000 people around the world. For more information go to www.electroluxgroup.com.