Financial Analyst II

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At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

About the role:

You will be accountable for coordinating and providing a broad range of financial and operational analysis activities for Massena from a Financial Accounting & analysis perspective. 

Reporting to Controller, you will be responsible for:

Financial Accounting Activities:

• Responsible for open/close of Oracle RTP Organizations.
• Responsible for weekly subledger run and verification.
• Accounting Liaison for Natural Gas reporting and invoicing.
• Accounting Liaison for updating Oracle Standards monthly.
• Process various vendor invoices
• Review and analyze weekly freight accruals
• Prepare monthly closing reports
• Perform monthly Account Reconciliations

Financial Analysis Activities:

• Developing, analyzing, and managing financial cost control systems and procedures to provide timely and innovative product cost and performance measurement indices.
• Providing spending trend analysis, margin analyses, cash flow, profitability, forecasting, and financial recommendations to assist in the optimal management of the Casthouse.
• Coordinating, analyzing, and consolidating financial data requirements Massena West with the management.  This also includes assisting in strategic analysis and developing financial plans for various smelting depts. (annual financial plan – budgets/allocations/etc.)
• Managing and reporting all physical inventories and providing month-end closing and assisting in the analysis of results for Aluminum BU and location.
• Provide accurate, timely cost and other non-financial statistical information/data support including monthly reports.
• Coordinate weekly capacity forecasts between location production staff and commercial team.
• Monthly forecasting including labor/headcount, operating expenses, and balance sheet data.
• Prepare Capital Project cost control reports including monthly spend, capital accruals, asset handovers and Post Project Reviews.
• Internal/SOX audit responsibilities including Compliance for FBP.

Job dimensions and specializations:

• Plans, develops, and implements cost and financial control systems which increase the effectiveness of the operations.  This includes the promotion of process efficiency and the elimination of double handling efforts in account closing activities.
• Actively engages in timely analyses of actual performance utilizing innovative problem identification (like trend analysis) and solving approaches to recommend necessary and proactive guidelines for improving overall performance.
• Initiates and participates in special analyses and studies of major importance in plant performance, plant equipment changes, cost trade-offs, investment decisions, manpower issue support.
• Evaluates, recommends, and coordinates the implementation of improvements in local accounting systems and policies and procedures within the framework of Company policy and under the direction of the Controller.
• Coordinates the Casthouse physical inventory and insures that procedures are in place to maintain internal controls.
• Assists in creating the locations financial and operating plans.
• Directs the carrying out of policies as established by the Company, Business Unit Controller or Location Controller.
• Continual evaluation and improvement to simplify product costing, budgeting, inventory and data tracking systems for reliability and management application purposes.
• Assist and provide the general Casthouse informational and administrative needs.  These include the functions of data and chart preparation, cost and non-financial information and data support systems, asset/capital and RFA justification analysis and spending/planning, and related product/waste shipping.
• Provide accurate, timely cost and other non-financial statistical information/data support including monthly reports.
• Monthly forecasting of production, consumption, operating expenses, and balance sheet data.
• Internal/SOX audit responsibilities including STARS Compliance for FBP.

What you can bring to this role:

This position requires in-depth knowledge of Accounting policies, practices, procedures, & systems. 

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance, and certification as a Certified Public Accountant and/or a Certified Management Accountant or advanced degree is recommended) and/or work experience. 
• Should show progression in previous assignments, in increasingly more responsible accou