Lead Finance Specialist 1 - Product Cost

Job Description SummaryWhether you want to work at one of our facilities as the site leader's right hand helping to make business decisions or at headquarters on a larger finance team, we have an opportunity for you. You’ll get to work with budgets of various sizes and complexities, while collaborating with others. Our finance and accounting teams span the globe, providing unmatched learning, development, and career growth opportunities.
This position is based in Vandalia, OH reporting to the Power Supply Chain Finance Staff Manager and supporting the Vandalia Supply Chain Leaders along with P&L Finance Manager. This role is a key part of the Electrical Power Supply Chain Finance and will be responsible for all financial support to the Vandalia supply chain team, driving performance, managing often complex issues, and contributing to the overall supply chain business strategy.Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Analyze product cost with emphasis on manufacture cost – labor, material & overhead expenses.
• Identify cost out opportunities – support increase profitability strategies.
• Monitor cost out – productivity, including but not limited to labor, material, overhead, and cost of quality.
• Supporting internal and external requests for product cost actuals incurred along with analysis where appropriate.
• Develop and analyze Supply Chain Pool rates including GAAP & USG Forward Pricing Rates.
• Enforcing system, physical inventory and property & equipment controls while ensuring compliance with company policies and financial statement assertions.
• Ensure accuracy, timely physical audits and reconciliations of customer bonded stock inventory and inventory held at suppliers (may require travel).
• Manage Engineering Sustaining costs including developing annual Operating Plans consistent with Supply Chain product volume assumptions / profitability.
• Drive controls and checks across systems to increase data quality and identify process or systems issues quickly and get them corrected
• Ensure compliance with applicable Cost Disclosure statements and Cost Accounting Standards.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related field from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in finance or accounting role.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Must be a U.S citizen due to government contract requirements.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Government Contracting experience / rate pool management. 
• Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Supply Chain finance experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.

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