Key Responsibilities
Plant Costing & Overhead Allocation / Indirect Cost Recovery
- Support monthly plant costing and variance routines by compiling inputs, validating data, and preparing summary reporting.
- Assist with overhead allocation and indirect cost recovery analysis by gathering data, highlighting exceptions, and documenting drivers.
- Learn key manufacturing cost drivers (material, labor, overhead) and support follow-ups with plant stakeholders.
Inventory Performance & Control
- Support inventory performance reporting (accuracy, adjustments, aging, excess/obsolete, shortages) and maintain recurring dashboards.
- Assist with investigation of inventory exceptions and help document root causes and corrective actions with Inventory Control and plant teams.
- Support physical inventory preparation and reconciliation activities, including tracking and reporting of issues.
Plant Performance & Advisory Support
- Maintain and update plant KPI reporting (throughput, efficiency, utilization, quality, service), ensuring consistent definitions and timely delivery.
- Support plant issue investigations by collecting data and helping quantify financial impacts.
Procurement & Inventory Planning Support
- Support procurement and planning analytics (supplier trends, lead times, inventory parameters) through reporting and basic insights.
- Assist in standardizing templates, data sources, and reporting routines to improve consistency and adoption.
Margin Performance (Customer, Product Install & Freight)
- Support recurring margin reviews by maintaining dashboards, compiling inputs, and assisting with variance follow-up.
- Partner with stakeholders to document drivers of margin movement and track actions tied to improvement opportunities.
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
- Support improvement of reporting processes through automation, template enhancements, and documentation of routines.
- Ensure data accuracy through validation, reconciliation, and clear audit trails for recurring deliverables.
Required Competencies
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail; comfortable working with large datasets.
- Solid foundation in financial concepts (variance analysis, costing basics, inventory fundamentals).
- Intermediate-to-advanced Excel skills; exposure to BI tools (e.g., Power BI) is an asset.
- Clear communicator with the ability to summarize findings and ask the right questions.
- Organized and able to manage recurring deadlines with guidance and coaching.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related discipline (CPA preferred).
- 2–5 years of experience in finance/analytics, manufacturing finance, supply chain analytics, or related roles (co-op/internship experience considered).
- ERP exposure and strong reporting capability (Excel; BI tools an asset).
- Manufacturing/operations environment exposure considered an asset.
