Supply Finance Analyst

Purpose of Role

The Supply Finance Analyst serves as a trusted partner in the organization and provides financial support to the Commercial and Factory teams. The role is responsible for ICP planning/forecasting process across the MEA and Non-MEA Source units. This position supports the planning process and provides insights to understand price / volume /mix for MEA Prime. This position provides insights into operating results and clarifies key performance indicators. In addition, the role is supporting Supply Finance team with ad-hoc analysis and insights.    

Principal Accountabilities

Provides business support and financial guidance for the Commercial team and Supply team and markets in the following capacity: 

• Contributes to an engaging, high-performance learning environment
• Serve as the Finance Analys for Markets and Factories in:
  • ICP calculations, understanding, forecasting for MEA Source units and Non-MEA Source units
  • Work closely with FP&A and Supply team to consolidate the source units’ input and understand the periods actuals
• Ongoing analysis of Prime budget
• Manages ad-hoc financial reporting activities.
• Responsible for generating and sharing insights that drive efficiency, continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Supports strong financial and governance acumen in team
• Contributes to the culture of accountability and responsibility by tracking action plans for key initiatives, addressing root cause issues to drive sustainable operating improvements.  Identify trade-offs and escalate operating plan variances as appropriate.

• Key Supporting Competencies·      
• Drive for Results·    
•   Peer Relationships·      
• Decision Quality
• Command Skills     
• Planning
• Standing Alone

• Key Functional Skills/Knowledge·      
• Strong analytical skills and ability to apply problem solving techniques.
• Knowledge of financial accounting, GAAP, and internal controls.
• Experience in accounting period close and financial analysis, financial statements. 
• High level of digital savvy – leveraging digital tools to get data and insights.
• Ability to work in various financial system and processes, SAP preferred.
• Ability to meet deadlines under time constraints.
• Working knowledge of Supply processes
• General business acumen with demonstrated ability to understand the functional interdependencies
• Financial Insights and Analysis – Well understanding of systems and processes, as well as digital tools to derive critical insights from this information, and the effective communication of financial information and insights to the business.
• Financial Shaping and Decision Making – The knowledge and application of financial shaping philosophy and development and implementation of processes and tools used to shape the financial performance of the business and evaluate the activities and investments involved in deploying strategy. 

•  Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field 
• 3+ years relevant work experience, with manufacturing or supply chain business partnering/accounting experience·      
• CPA or MBA preferred.