POSITION SCOPE:

The Cost Financial Analyst provides financial support focusing on cost related functions throughout the organization. This role is responsible for precisely costing and articulating the financial impact of full-cycles of products and programs. This position requires a comprehensive understanding of cost accounting, monthly material closing cycle, as well as the end-to-end workflow from ideation to delivery in order to effectively evaluate cost competitiveness aligned to strategic growth and incremental volumes.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Provides assistance in weekly physical inventory count and damage adjustment for all plants warehouses
• Perform month end material ledger closing, GL accruals and Inventory reconciliation by working with cross functional Finance teams
• Provides support in the year end external auditing focus on Inventory and cost reporting
• Prepares monthly departmental management reports and review variance to plan to ensure effective management of financial impacts of departmental decisions
• Analyze and review of monthly material moving average reports and review variance against actual rate
• Recommend and advise on existing process flows and documentation across the organization for improved design, development, distribution and costing
• Audit the costing of all Standard Cost SKUs and releasing cost to MM module
• Conduct variance analysis on material, labour and overhead vs. standard costs
• Assist as needed in the costing plan or budget preparation for the organization
• Act as a key user for SAP CO and MM module
• Assist booking in month end closing entries to close financial book
• Additional projects and duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Post-secondary education in Accounting or Finance required ; CPA designation highly preferred Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, data analysis) are a must .
• SAP knowledge is a MUST.
• Exceptional organizational, planning, and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently.
• Extremely high attention to detail and accuracy in validating data.
• Minimum of 3 years' of experience, preferably in a direct cost accounting function from within a warehouse distribution environment
• Ability to prioritize and cope with competing and changing objectives
• Demonstrated success in taking or finding complex data, conducting analysis and translating it into meaningful information to be used by various levels in the organization
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills

This position also includes:

• Demonstrated experience and ability working with extremely complex information as related to analysis, problem solving, and develop effective solutions
• Demonstrated ability to receive nominal direction regarding work responsibilities, discretion and judgement must be exercised in translating broad organizational goals into specific objectives
• Demonstrated ability to provide direction regarding very complex work that has general objectives and provides guidance and consultation to senior management
• Demonstrated understanding that actions, decisions and approvals have a wide-ranging influence on the organizations operations
• Demonstrated ability to apply a moderately high degree of creativity or innovation in carrying out duties
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other departments, while maintaining confidentiality and scope
• Capability to deliver a consistently high level of customer service to external customers is required
• Understanding that work efforts has a moderate impact on the employer brand and public reputation and as such ensure that behaviour and communications shall be professional and accurate at all times with outside vendors

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• All work is performed in a standard office environment with limited exposure to adverse conditions or health and safety risks
• Position requires low level of sustained visual attention, moderate manual dexterity on a regular basis with sitting at length

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. Anatolia is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the employment relationship. Anatolia will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known to the Company.