Plant Senior Financial Analyst - Costing & Operations

As a Plant Senior Financial Analyst – Costing & Operations, you will play a critical role in the plant by taking responsibility for transactional accounting activities and by creating/reporting insightful financial reporting and business partnership to influence plant operations.

As a Plant Senior Financial Analyst – Costing & Operations, some of your essential duties and responsibilities may include: 

• BOM & Standard Cost Governance: Maintain and manage Bill of Materials (BOMs) and own the standard cost setting process. Partner with global teams and other sites for accurate standard costs. Support process improvements that simplify and automate cost updates.
• Month-end Closing: Perform weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual close (Journal Entries and Analysis) as assigned related to inventory, assets, overheads and Cost of Goods Sold (POV, PPV, revenue, scrap, cycle count, inventory, absorption).
• Collaboration with Shared Services: Serve as the plant’s key point of contact for GSS teams on journal entries and closing activities, ensuring timely and accurate plant reporting.
• Oher periodic tasks: Assist capitalization, physical asset count, settlements, property tax submissions & payments, abatement or incentives requirements and exemptions for annual physical inventory.
• Forecasting & Budgeting: Assist monthly forecasting and budgeting submission which  includes overhead, direct cost, depreciation and project spends or splits between business areas 
• Cost Analysis & Insights: Prepare material, labor and overhead cost standard costs, investigate key variances between actual and standard costs (inventory variances including purchase price, usage/yield spend absorption and scrap) with manufacturing leaders and translate findings into clear recommendations for operations and leadership. Perform cost analyses for new project initiatives by analyzing internal costs and market factors and identify areas for cost improvement 
• KPI Reporting & Business Partnering: Generate and be ready to present periodic key financials, KPIs and scorecards that drive cost awareness and accountability. Partner with operations, engineering and procurement to drive cost savings and efficiency projects. 
• Compliance & Controls: Ensure site adherence to GAAP, Duracell’s Standard Practice Instructions and internal controls related to cost accounting, inventory and fixed assets. Perform duties associated with annual audit.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• 3–5+ years of technical cost accounting experience including Generally Accepted  Accounting Principles in manufacturing.
• Highly organized, detailed and proficient in Microsoft Excel and experience with SAP, Blackline, PBCS or similar systems and open to streamlining reporting for more effective results
• Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into actionable business insights
• Excellent communication and business partnering skills to collaborate with cross-functional and global teams and to explain complex cost structures to non-finance stakeholders
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to evolving processes.

Duracell is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of high-performance alkaline batteries, complemented by a portfolio of high quality, market leading specialty, rechargeable and professional batteries. Duracell’s products power numerous critical professional devices across the globe such as heart rate monitors, defibrillators, telemetry devices, smoke detectors, fire alarms, automated valves and security systems. As the leader in the professional power category, Duracell has a rich history of innovation, continuously introducing batteries that are smaller, thinner, with more energy and longer lasting than competitive brands. Since March 2016, Duracell has found its permanent home within Berkshire Hathaway (ranked #4 World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine and #3 in the Fortune 500), and will continue to focus on sustainable growth, industry-leading innovation while creating long-term value for our customers and consumers. At Duracell, integrity, end-to-end accountability across all levels, fast decision-making and a “can do” attitude is highly valued.