Smiths Detection, part of Smiths Group, is a global leader in threat detection and screening technologies for aviation, ports & borders, defense, and urban security. Our expertise spans 5 R&D centers, 21 Global Offices and 7 Manufacturing Sites with 3000 professionals worldwide, delivering solutions to protect society from threats and illicit material. The role of Financial Analyst – Global Operations supports financial insight to the Global Operations Finance Director and VP Global Operations. The role focuses on developing and managing global finance reporting and processes, centralising tasks, and ensuring appropriate finance operating procedures across manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, quality and related activities. The role involves regular communication of management information to Finance and operations functions, and supporting the Finance Director with strategic input, risk identification and mitigation actions.
Responsibilities
* Financial Reporting and Planning: Proactively ensure the completeness, consistency, and timely reporting of monthly Operations metrics and financials.
* Ownership of consolidation and divisional reporting of monthly financials and adherence to the appropriate framework.
* Develop and maintain a reporting tool to represent factors causing under/over absorption within operations.
* Create templates and analysis tools for global use, and provide training and support in tool usage.
* Drive the financial planning process for quarterly, annual and strategic plans.
* Manage Global Ops Finance projects to enhance consistency and automation of Operations/Finance processes.
* Cost Control: Implement robust cost control including SAP standard costing across Smiths Detection entities; track target benefits and analyze monthly variances leading to under/over absorption.
* Use analytical reviews to identify and query anomalous costs and budget variances.
* Support, maintain and develop financial reports in partnership with Operations functions – Quality, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, ME.
* Ensure balance sheet and P&L recognition of inventory and related variances align with Finance policies.
* Inventory / Cost Roll: Own inventory reporting and risk management, coordinating with Supply Chain, Procurement and Operations Excellence and other functions.
* Ensure SAP compliance and adherence to inventory policy.
* Deliver and support all activities related to the administration of the annual cost roll process, including detailed checks and reporting.
* Internal Controls, Policies & Procedures, Continuous Improvement, Ad-hoc projects, Stakeholder Management.
Qualifications
* A qualified accountant (ACCA/ACMA), educated to degree level, with experience in an operations-focused management accounting role.
* At least 5 years’ experience in a global corporate environment.
* Experience with SAP (ECC) is essential. ONYX, EveryAngle, GLWand and BW are a significant advantage.
* Inventory and operations accounting, including absorption, configuration variance, PPV, subcontractor variance, inventory provision, COPQ, cost roll.
* Conscientious approach to reporting with curiosity for analysis and problem solving.
* Experience in variance analysis and handling large datasets (4m+ rows).
* Ability to schedule and plan global processes using project management tools.
* Strong Excel skills; Power Query experience essential (not Pivot Tables); openness to adopting emerging technology to automate processes.
* Experience dealing with large organisations and consolidations is an advantage.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Finance
Industries
* Manufacturing, Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, and Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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