About the job
Description
Provide advanced financial analysis, planning, and performance monitoring with a strong focus on manufacturing operations, cost efficiency, and production performance. Support management in optimizing plant utilization, cost structures, and profitability, and Ensure disciplined budget control and accurate financial utilization across the organization.
Job Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-term planning.
- Develop production-linked financial forecasts (volume, yield, scrap, utilization).
- Align financial plans with production schedules, capacity, and sales pipeline.
Costing & Manufacturing Analysis
- Develop and maintain product costing models (standard and actual costing).
- Analyze cost drivers: raw materials, labor, overhead, energy, and maintenance.
- Perform detailed variance analysis (material usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption).
- Evaluate cost per ton / unit and identify improvement opportunities.
Cost Control & Budget Governance
- Review and validate Purchase Requisitions (PRs) and Purchase Orders (POs) against approved budgets.
- Ensure proper allocation of expenses to correct cost centers, GL accounts, and accounting periods.
- Monitor budget utilization and prevent over-commitment or misallocation.
- Verify correct system booking of POs and invoices in line with budget and financial policies.
- Track committed vs. actual spending and highlight risks of budget overruns.
- Support enforcement of financial discipline across departments in coordination with Procurement and Finance.
- Provide guidance to stakeholders on correct budget usage, coding, and financial treatment.
Operational Performance Support
- Track and analyze KPIs: capacity utilization, yield, scrap rates, downtime, throughput.
- Partner with plant, engineering, and procurement teams to validate assumptions.
- Support cost optimization and efficiency improvement initiatives.
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