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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Responsible for leading all aspects of Orders, Backlog, Sales reporting/forecasting and Cost accounting activities for valves manufacturing and distribution operation.
- Ensure accurate commercial/top line reporting/analytics, product costing, inventory valuation and margin analysis for Germany based legal entity.
- Drive commercial and cost excellence through process optimization, standardization, and enabling data driven decision making and improved profitability.
- Partner closely with Sales, Operations, Solutions, Finance and Supply Chain, Shared Services to support day-to-day business processes, compliance, internal controls, analytics and forecasts.
- Guide direct reports to ensure all business/commercial reporting and cost accounting processes produce timely and reliable business insights.
- Analyze manufacturing variances (material, labor, overhead) and operational costs, identify trends, risks and opportunities for cost optimization.
- Oversee month-end close activities related to top line reporting (Orders, Sales, Backlog), Trade and Interco price, NMI, factory cost accounting, including inventory and WIP reconciliations, journal entries and management reporting.
- Support budgeting, forecasting and multi-year planning processes with detailed commercial and cost/margin analysis.
- Prepare and present orders, sales and profitability analysis by product line and key customers.
- Lead, mentor and develop 2 or 3 team members.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Chartered Accountant or Cost Accounting Professional with minimum 15 years of work experience in manufacturing setup
- Strong hands-on experience with SAP (Financial Accounting and Controlling module - FICO)
- Proven experience working across multiple legal entities and intercompany structures
- Strong knowledge of pricing, NMI, standard costing, variance analysis, inventory accounting and cost controls
- Advanced Excel skills, experience in managing large dataset/reports and BI tools
- Ability to travel to factory in Germany
- Qualified Chartered Accountant, CMA
- Experience in global or multi-national organizations
- Experience with SAP implementations, upgrades or system integrations
- Prior Leadership / people management experience
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Ability to translate manufacturing and distribution data into financial insights
- High attention to detail with a continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity
- Strong business partnership and communication skills
- Highly driven and motivated
Benefits
Comp & perks- comprehensive medical and insurance coverage
- competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans
- Employee Assistance Program
- employee resource groups
- flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation, and holiday leave.
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Hard Skills & Tools
cost accountingfinancial reportingvariance analysisinventory accountingpricingstandard costingdata analysisbudgetingforecastingcommercial analysis
Soft Skills
leadershippeople managementcross-functional collaborationcommunicationattention to detailcontinuous improvementproblem-solvingdata-driven decision makingmentoringbusiness partnership
Certifications
Chartered AccountantCost Accounting ProfessionalCMA