Senior Costing and Inventory Analyst

at  Elanco

POSITION DESCRIPTION

This role will play a crucial part within the Elanco Shared Service Centre’s Record to Report (RtR) team, focusing on cost accounting and inventory accounting activities with a global scope. This position will also provide cross-support to the wider RtR team based on ongoing business requirements. The ideal candidate will contribute to the accuracy and completeness of month-end closing processes and related inventory/cost accounting activities across multiple entities. This requires strict adherence to company policies while working closely with the local affiliates.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• Education: University Degree in Business, Accounting, Supply Chain Management or IT (or equivalent work experience)
• Experience: 3+ years of experience in a role with operational SAP Usage in Finance or SCM modules (preferably in a production site)
• Top 3 skills: Ownership mentality, diligence / attention to detail, ability to communicate effectively across functional teams
• Fluent in English language

Additional Skills (giving you a competitive edge):

• Prior understanding of cost accounting principles
• CPA, CIMA, ACCA, Chartered Accountant or equivalent (but equally a Supply Chain or IT background can convert well in to this role)
• Analytical skills, and ability to perform Excel analysis
• High standards – you take pride in your work
• Strong organizational skills
• Continuous improvement mindset

ACTUAL COSTING RESPONSIBILITIES

• Execute and document actual costing processes for multiple entities
• Self driven analysis of actual costing results and variances to ensure accuracy and compliance with internal policies, including SOx control submissions

STANDARD COSTING RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsibility for the preparation and analysis of standard costing for all affiliates globally
• Alignment with multiple stakeholders from finance, supply chain and master data
• Annual execution
• In year ad hoc costing
• Monitoring of automated in year group costing and resolution of any errors

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct general costing data quality sweeps to ensure accuracy across all downstream accounting processes
• Scope for further costing and inventory accounting related activities as the team is stabilized
• Be seen as a “go to” information resource for costing accounting and inventory related queries
• Support global/regional projects as required
• Ad hoc cross support for the ESC RTR team, as required
• Ensure adherence to the standard month end/quarter/year end timelines
• Build and maintain a strong knowledge of your affiliates’ business
• Demonstrate a strong continuous improvement oriented approach & help to build a strong continuous improvement culture
• Report end-to-end process metrics and KPIs to measure service levels, operational effectiveness, process health, and process compliance
• Assists auditors (internal & external) by preparing requested data and providing explanation of supporting materials and procedures