Cost Accounting Analyst (Controller)

The job position is primarily responsible for review cost center actual expenses by department and review to forecast/AOP, prepare any necessary reserve inventory accruals after approval, analysis of inventory by category (raw material, semi-finished, work in process, finished goods).

What we offer:

Month-End Actual

• Review cost center actual expenses by department and review to forecast/AOP
• Prepare any necessary reserve inventory accruals after approval
• Analysis of inventory by category (raw material, semi-finished, work in process, finished goods).Prepares comments on variances on inventory from forecast and AOP on U+5 report
• Completion of U+4 report with comments on MTD vs Forecast and YTD vs AOP

Monthly Forecast

• Drive and complete factory forecast for cost centers taking input from factory and reviewing with plant manager
• Executed monthly POC reporting also for IC orders
• Receives input on forecasted inventory from factory and analyzes it to prior months and challenges as necessary
• Quarterly calculates inventory reserves and places the impact into the forecast
• Completes and review factory backlog report for units to be shipped

Ongoing duties

• Project Controlling for Factory Intercompany projects (Order Entry, Budgets, Forecast, Invoicing, Warranty projects)
• Cooperation the accounting activities with CoE
• Cooperation in external and internal audits
• Supports monthly SQDCI process, assuming responsibility for completeness of financial metrics
• Calculates and analyzes quarterly factory reserves according to company policy making changes as needed after receiving approval from Global Mgmt
• Reviews and challenges IC and external factory offers and order management
• Track applied capacity for products, oversees standard hour development with regard to budget assumptions
• Completes year-end costing exercise, runs the process in SAP for year-end costing, verifies changes, reviews and gains approval of the factory to release the standard cost

Tasks and Qualifications:

Must:

Graduate degree in Finance or a related field with a financial major

3-5 years professional experience in a project/technical related industrial environment

Professional command in English, oral and written

Excellent communication skills, on all levels from shop-floor foremen to executive mgmt.

Can:

Comfortable working in an international matrix environment

Project management and/or other team leadership experience

Experience working with SAP or a similar ERP system a plus

Knowledge of Czech Gaap and IFRS accounting standards