Operations Finance Lead

Responsibilities:
• Acting as a business partner to the Business Unit Production Manager. 
• Proactively and constructively providing guidance to improve operation performance and thus achieving cost competitiveness.
• Manage and control manufacturing variances incl. efficiency/waste/labor/material usage variances. Ensure inventories accuracy through cycle count.
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly plant’s operational and financial performance reporting.
• Ensure accurate standard costing being maintained. 
• Capable in simulating product costing to support new innovation project via good BOM and production process understanding.
• Benchmark standard costing among manufacturing network to optimize COGS position.
• Oversee inventory valuation and ensure accurate reflection of inventory costs.
• Work closely with production, procurement, and supply chain finance teams to ensure alignment on cost management strategies. 
• Prepare and analyze plant’s operational and financial performance on a monthly basis.
• Assist in preparing plant variance outlooks, lead annual standards cost review process, and assist in various facets of the plant budgeting process.
• Analysis and forecast of manufacturing variances & common cost on monthly basis.
• Ensure provision and accrual are recorded based on Accounting procedures and Policies.
• Carry out monthly SOX Controls procedures
• Track, validate and monitoring of Continuous Improvement / Cost savings projects.
• Miscellaneous Analysis: any ad hoc task as assigned by management.

Requirements:
• Minimum Degree in Accountancy/Finance. ACCA, CIMA or CPA preferred.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in manufacturing accounting (good understanding of standard costing and variance analysis). 
• Preferably in multi-national manufacturing environment 
• SAP or equivalent ERP system exposure is a must.
• Ability to work independently under fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Application willing to work at Senai Plants.