Site Controller – FP&A Equipment & Materials
Oerlikon
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Warsaw • 🇵🇱 Poland
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SeniorLead
About the role
- Business partnering support for assigned area of responsibility
- Analyze business performance, ensure highest level of transparency of cost drivers and propose corrective actions in COGS and SG&A
- Prepare and analyze monthly cost center deviation, manufacturing variances, absorption (over/under) variance and other variances
- Ensure proper product calculation based on standard costing, cost transparency and cost control.
- Implements, maintains and supervises the implementation, analysis and continuous improvement of product-costing and controlling of the manufacturing site.
- This includes calculation of product costs as well, best alternative for costing etc.
- Secures and controls all financial resources, optimizes efficiency of financial processes and financial control
- Works closely with Equipment/Materials teams to identify cost savings opportunities and drive efficiencies
- Execute finance tasks such as annual budgets, rolling forecasts, business modelling, monthly closing processes and analysis of variances
- Analysis deviations and implements/supervises measures to improve, continuous improvements of the processes, this includes the IT-processes (esp. SAP FI/CO/PS)
- Drive efficient capital allocation through preparing and/or analyzing investment proposals with reference to budgeting, in-budget/in-time execution and post-mortem analyses
- Implement adequate monitoring mechanisms and initiate corrective actions to ensure NWC target achievements
- Ensures internal controls are followed
- Liaise with Finance & Accounting team and Shared Service Center
Requirements
- Degree in Finance, Accounting or Controlling
- 8+ years of experience in FP&A, Controlling or Accounting in an international manufacturing environment
- Deep functional expertise in SAP ECC within a manufacturing context, particularly in standard costing and plant-level financial operations
- Strong expertise in SAP FI/CO and SAP Project Systems (PS) is required with experience in product costing and analyzing cost variances.
- Expertise in SAP ECC period-end closing activities is a must
- Experienced in project cost controlling (manufacturing environment)
- Proven experience with business planning, forecasting, KPI/target setting, manufacturing/production cost controlling & analysis, driving continuous cost improvement, CAPEX management (i.e. budgeting & execution on financial aspects) and active working capital management
- Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with BI tools (Power BI, SAP Analysis for Office)
- Experienced in Group Reporting Tools (CCH Tagetik as advantage but not a must)
- Project controlling skills: product calculation, claim management, cost transparency
- Good IFRS accounting know how and perfect understanding of financial contexts
- Good communicator (written, presentations, interpersonal exchange)
- Self-driven, open and positive mind-set ideally with experience in international and cross-cultural business environment
- Pay attention to detail and deliver results in time and in budget
- Excellent English is a must, German skills are a plus
- Willingness to travel.
Benefits
- Opportunity for professional growth and development
- Friendly and supportive work environment
- Hybrid work model (office/home office)
- Competitive salary and benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
financial planning and analysiscost controllingstandard costingproduct costingvariance analysisbudgetingforecastingKPI settingcapital expenditure managementactive working capital management
Soft skills
communicationinterpersonal skillsself-drivenattention to detailresults-orientedpositive mindsetcross-cultural experiencepresentation skills
Certifications
degree in Financedegree in Accountingdegree in Controlling