Associate Supply Chain Finance Manager

BASIC PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:
We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven individual to join our team. This role will involve collaboration across various functions, including direct/indirect labor, productivity, costing benchmarking, long-range planning (LRP), budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. You will work closely with teams across business units and groups, playing a key role in supporting decision-making processes and driving financial performance.
• Be a key business partner to drive manufacturing efficiency and procurement effectiveness
• Coordinate and manage the costing process, Costing Benchmarking analysis for both market
• Lead and manage cost improvement initiatives, process improvement and productivity cost bridge
• Prepare/explain of production PnL in term of actual cost, rolling forecast and budget
• Long-Range Plan (LRP) Operational Alignment & Preparation
• Project Support for Business Unit (BU)/Group
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
1. Financial Partnership & Analysis:
• Partnering with the P&M, P&D, procurement on productivity, labor cost and RPM pricing.
• Support decision-making by analyzing variances (efficiency) and offering insights into supply chain and manufacturing operations.
• Manage the logistic cost for export market
• Ensure timely reporting and monitor expenses, offering proposals to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
2. Costing coordination and management:
• Lead RPM consumption and price during budget cycle.
• Lead standard cost price development during the budgeting cycle.
• Provide commentary on variances at the SKU level and manufacturing type level, ensuring alignment with financial goals.
• Ensure using the correct BOM, Routing and reflecting the cost improvement into SCP
• Lead the costing benchmarking exercise, comparing internal and external performance, identifying cost optimization opportunities.
3. Annual Budget + LRP Process:
• Provide active support for the annual budget process, including managing standard cost price, depreciation, Direct labor rate.
• Coordinate the alignment and preparation of long-range planning operations, ensuring consistency with overall business strategy and financial goals.
• Work closely with FP&A team to align on budgeting and forecasting timelines, ensuring accuracy and timely submission.
4. Month end closing process:
• Analyze variances and communicate findings to the finance team and management.
• Oversee month-end closing activities and generate accurate, timely financial reports related to the Production P&L.
• Ensure that reports are aligned with the business financial goals and objectives
5. Productivity Co-Pilot
• Collaborate closely with P&M to enhance productivity through accurate tracking, forecasting, and budgeting
• Collaborate with the manufacturing team to deliver the productivity agenda, particularly focusing on the PPE program and operational efficiencies.
6. Non-Financial KPI & Operational Support:
• Work closely with operational teams to support the tracking of non-financial KPIs and performance metrics.
• Ensure adherence to operational processes and guidelines while providing recommendations to enhance performance.
7. Project management and innovation
• Lead the digitalization and automation transformation of all SC Finance reports to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Improve supply chain finance processes, looking for opportunities to streamline workflows, reduce waste, and improve efficiency...
• Take full ownership of daily financial management and perform other accounting-related tasks as assigned.