Sr. Operations Accounting Manager

The Operations Accounting Manager/Manufacturing Controller has overall accountability and responsibility to the Director, Supply Chain Finance, for providing financial representation and support for our Prosperity, SC manufacturing facility. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to financial budgeting, forecasting, variance analyses, performance analyses, standard cost development, inventory valuation, and coordination of data collection to support local and corporate financial systems, as well as additional analyses and reports as required to support financial and plant/supply chain management.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assure plant compliance with Company and other related policies and protocols, and to notify the Director, Supply Chain Finance of any deviations from those policies and protocols.
• Assist plant management in implementing financial and performance measurement systems in line with local needs and corporate policies.
• Assist the Director, Supply Chain Finance in developing Objectives, Goals, Strategies, and Measures, as well as personal performance objectives at least annually, and to perform in accordance with those objectives.  These would also be subject to review by and direction from the Senior Director, Planning & Analysis
• Assist Director, Supply Chain Finance in determining and prioritizing plant opportunities for operational accounting efforts consistent with Group and local goals and strategies, and initiate self-directed efforts and/or coordinate the efforts of others to successfully capitalize on those opportunities.
• Provide coordination and direction as required to affect appropriate financial monitoring, reporting, analysis, and plant cost allocation which provide accurate and timely reflection of segment (e.g. channel) and consolidated performance. 
• Ensure effective information flow between the plant and corporate offices to support all centralized financial functions.
• Coordinate effective input, output, integration, and coordination of all information systems (e.g., SAP, PC, T&A) related to financial monitoring, reporting, and analysis.
• Provide direction and support to the plant wherever appropriate related to plant financial monitoring, measurement, reporting, analysis, and projection.
• Coordinate plant cost allocation systems that support financial measurement and reporting by channel, including Contribution Margin and EBIT.
• Assist in the development and implementation of corporate procedures affecting plant financial operations.
• Work with the Director, Supply Chain Finance on the definition and interpretation of policies, procedures, etc., whenever alternatives could result in significant differences in financial allocations or reporting.
• Develop plant cost information to support product and customer rationalization.
• Develop and implement systems as required to collect, manage, and analyze data related to resource consumption and allocation.
• Provide financial leadership to Supply Chain personnel in the development and use of Key Performance Indicators, and assure consistency between those indicators and resource consumption as reflected in cost allocations.
• Lead in the local awareness, development, implementation, and utilization of Activity Accounting.
• Help institutionalize the concepts of costing and financial analysis by providing training to all levels of plant management and staff.
• Perform ad hoc cost and economic analyses as needed by Group and operating unit functions.
• Propose application of new technologies relating to information distribution, financial monitoring and measurement, cost allocation, and performance analysis within the Group and plant operations.
• Maintain a personal awareness of:
  • Corporate strategies and positions as they relate to allocation and reporting of resources;
  • Current developments and alternatives relating to costing and financial analysis;
  • Plant cost development and reporting practices and opportunities.

 

Minimum Job Requirements:

Education/Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

 

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• At least three years of experience in accounting, preferably manufacturing accounting.
• Record of effective self-direction..