Kimball Electronics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.
No sponsorship is available for this position.
Main Performance Goals
Short-term: (0 to 2 months)
- Learn and perform month end processes required for accurate financial statements
- Learn and understand Kimball Electronics culture (external candidates)
- Understand the KEJ production facility to provide accurate financial data
- Demonstrate ability to navigate important transactions in SAP and other applications / systems critical to the position
- Learn and perform all PPV processes including the reconciliation analysis & reporting
- Learn the quoting, engineering changes (ECs), and price roll processes across all customers & product hierarchies
- Assist Program Managers with financial data required for customer PBRs
- Analyze and post any journal entries associated with the impact of manufacturing revenue related to price rolls
- Learn and understand the 6S audit process
Midterm: (3 to 6 months)
- Prepare and distribute necessary business reports (daily/weekly/monthly)
- Competently apply Kimball's methods for developing quote data for material quoting for preparing quotes
- Prepare and submit SPR’s (Special Price Requests) as needed from information given
- Maintain, from a functional application owner perspective, the SPR internal web-application – SPR Administrator
- Provide quoting statistics on a monthly basis
- Perform monthly 6S audit
- Own the record retention process
- Work with the standard cost system
- Understand the quote process and the customer profitability process and how both relate to the decision support data provided to management
Long Term: (6 to >12 months)
- Help lead, manage, and perform annual price rolls for multiple customers
- Work with the business unit various departments, global business development, and the customers to resolve all issues with quote data
- Provide recommendations for customer cost down opportunities
- Cross train with other Financial Analyst team members
- Identify gaps / errors in current business processes and recommend solutions
- Directly support enhancements and development of relevant business tools and systems
- Assist in improving business processes driving for gains in efficiency & effectiveness
Other (ad hoc priorities):
- Achieve Green Belt Certification in KEJ's Yellow/Green/Black Belt Certification Program
- Respond to audit inquiries promptly
- Help support internal control processes & reviews to ensure the integrity, accuracy, and completeness of the business units financial statements
- Decision Support-focused ad-hoc projects, manage different projects and bring closure
- Help assist with any operational spend analysis and reporting
- Be a Change Agent, focusing on continuous improvement and innovation
You Have:
Basic Background Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years related work experience required
- The ability to work with all levels
- Detail oriented and emphasis on complete & accurate results
- Problem solving / analyzing and interpreting data
- Strong communication skills across all different functions of the business unit
- Capacity to request and gather information proficiently
- Ability to be self-motivated and self-directed, takes initiative
- Customer driven and focused, both internal and external
- A bachelor's degree (typically accounting or finance) or equivalent work experience
- Helpful, but not required are an MBA, CMA, CPA, or APICS (manufacturing) certifications
- Cost Accounting and Standard Cost experience in a manufacturing environment a plus
- Experience in Microsoft Office product, especially Excel, required
Helpful, but not required is knowledge of SAP
Top Skills
What We Do
Who We Are -
Kimball Electronics is a leading contract manufacturer of durable goods electronics serving a variety of industries on a global scale. Kimball Electronics continues to make the customer the focus of everything we do. Our touch is felt throughout daily life via the markets we serve: Automotive, Industrial, and Medical. Recognized with a reputation for excellence, Kimball Electronics is committed to a high-performance culture that values personal and organizational commitment to quality, reliability, value, speed, and ethical behavior. Our employees know they are part of a corporate culture that builds success for customers while enabling employees to share in the Company’s success through personal, professional, and financial growth.
What We Do -
Kimball Electronics is a preeminent Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider serving customers around the world. Our contract electronics manufacturing services teams provide manufacturing, engineering and supply chain services, design and testing services, as well as regulatory support processes which utilize common production and support capabilities for a variety of industries globally.
