Cost Analyst Intern

at  PALL Corporation

Find what drives you on a team with a more than 70-year history of discovery, determination, and innovation. As a global leader in high-tech filtration, separation, and purification, Pall Corporation thrives on helping our customers protect people. Our products serve a wide range of markets, so if your interests lie along the spectrum of Life Sciences to Industrial, you’ll find a rewarding role here. For the exponentially curious, Pall is a place you can thrive and amplify your impact on the world.
Pall is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we’re pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.
We have a unique opportunity for a graduate to join a large and dynamic global organisation!

We are seeking a Finance Intern to join our Finance team in Portsmouth, for a 12 month placement as part of their university degree. You will report into a Business Unit Finance manager and be responsible for performing standardised SAP CO transactions as per work instructions. Role and duties will include:

• To get a good understanding of an ERP
• Get involved in daily, weekly and monthly activities plus gain an appreciation more complex issue list Excess and Obsolete and Transfer Price plus:
• Standard cost planning as part of the annual AOP and new part number creation. Interaction with plant representatives in understanding BOM and routing changes
• Production order (PDO) and Sales order (SDI) process including settlement of completed sales orders and review of audit logs and financial output.
• Completion of standard HFM forms including Unwound Inventory, Headcount and Balance sheets.
• Monitoring AUC (Asset Under Construction).
• Cost centre spend review vs AOP and reporting key variances to plant cost centre owners.
• Completion of daily/weekly plant flash reports to show actual vs forecast performance vs key important metrics and financial performance.
• Build monthly spread templates and send to plant partners for forecast data.
• Get involved with projects to implement standard work, process improvements or data mine to identify root cause.

Basic Qualifications/ Experience:

• Intermediate use of Excel, including pivot tables and Lookups.
• Good analytical skills and high level of attention to detail.
• Good communication skills applicable across cultural and regional boundaries!
• Second year university students looking for a 12 month placement as part of their degree.
• Eligible to work in the UK

Competitive Salary and Bonus scheme

• To get a good understanding of an ERP
• Get involved in daily, weekly and monthly activities plus gain an appreciation more complex issue list Excess and Obsolete and Transfer Price plus:
• Standard cost planning as part of the annual AOP and new part number creation. Interaction with plant representatives in understanding BOM and routing changes
• Production order (PDO) and Sales order (SDI) process including settlement of completed sales orders and review of audit logs and financial output.
• Completion of standard HFM forms including Unwound Inventory, Headcount and Balance sheets.
• Monitoring AUC (Asset Under Construction).
• Cost centre spend review vs AOP and reporting key variances to plant cost centre owners.
• Completion of daily/weekly plant flash reports to show actual vs forecast performance vs key important metrics and financial performance.
• Build monthly spread templates and send to plant partners for forecast data.
• Get involved with projects to implement standard work, process improvements or data mine to identify root cause