Finance Associate Level II

Managerial Responsibilities (30%):

• Monthly Closing Activities Variance Analysis: Perform monthly closing activities and variance analysis to ensure accurate financial reporting
• Inventory Management
• Product Cost Analysis Reporting: Conduct product cost analysis and prepare related reports
• Manufacturing Cost Analysis: Analyze manufacturing costs to identify areas for improvement
• Audit Support: Assist in audit-related activities to ensure compliance and accuracy
• Expense Management: Analyze managed expenses to drive planned improvements, achieve stretch targets, and validate cost savings projects related to manufacturing expenses
• Financial Processes: Support daily financial processes, including purchase requisitions, invoice reconciliation, supplier payments, requests for checks, and addressing questions concerning monthly budget data
• Special Projects: Participate in special projects as assigned and perform ad hoc reporting requests as needed

General Professional Practice (GPP) Responsibilities (70%):

Reporting:

• Prepare basic reporting for management, including reviews for areas of emphasis and follow-up
• Analyze basic financial data to support departmental budgets and forecasts
• Explain expense variances and heighten spending awareness within the organization
• Load actual and forecast data into the financial system

Financial Processes:

• Support other daily financial processes required for purchase requisitions, invoice reconciliation, supplier payments, requests for checks, and questions concerning monthly budget data
• Participate in special projects as assigned and perform ad hoc reporting requests as needed

Responsibilities

Competencies:

• Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
• Decision Quality: Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
• Instills Trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
• Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
• Values Differences: Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization
• Financial Analysis: Interpreting financial data by analyzing trends, variances, opportunities, and risks to provide insight to stakeholders regarding financial impact to drive business improvement; evaluating financial results against targets to communicate conclusions to all stakeholders; ensuring integrity of financial data by investigating variances and determining corrective actions to resolve identified issues
• Financial Reporting: Analyzing financial data by evaluating results and solutions to support business decisions; preparing and presenting financial information by summarizing data to communicate results in compliance with regulations and stakeholder expectations; partnering with stakeholders to drive financial performance that aligns with organizational goals and strategies

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

• ICWA Inter/CA Inter/MBA Finance BCOM or M COM

Experience:

• 4+ years of relevant work experience or intermediate-level knowledge obtained through education, training, or on-the-job experience