Operations Financial Analyst

About the position

As Operations Financial Analyst at Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today. We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands. Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World. It’s Better with Bakelite.

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly closing activities, including inventory reserves, statistical key figure updates, and necessary adjustments to ensure accurate cost and asset reflection.
• Prepare financial reports and analyses for site management, S&OP meetings, global manufacturing and SG&A reporting, auditors, and other business reviews.
• Support budgeting and forecasting by gathering inputs from cost center owners and incorporating key assumptions from senior finance leadership.
• Ensure financial oversight by validating productivity projects, managing CAPEX planning and control, and analyzing costs and assets.
• Review financial statements to ensure accuracy in P&L and balance sheet reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelors’ Degree in Business and Administration (or similar).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel modeling capabilities including working with downloaded data from SAP, M3, or other ERP tools and BW/BI data through filters, pivot tables & reference tools.
• Detail-oriented with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• KPI and cost benchmarking/productivity tracking.
• Ability to analyze and summarize complex data.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Robust benefits
• Support for associates' career development