Senior Finance Analyst (Capital Costing)

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Senior Finance Analyst (Capital Costing)

Location:

Mississauga, ON

Description:

Sun Gro Horticulture is one of the most prominent North American horticultural companies, employing over 800 staff and serving customers worldwide. Since its humble beginnings in 1929, it has become the leading supplier of soilless growing mixes to North America’s top 100 greenhouse and nursery growers, shipping over 70,000 truckloads of product annually. Sun Gro products are made to exacting standards and conform to high product quality and performance criteria. WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? Competitive salary. Competitive health and benefit plan. Competitive matched retirement savings program. The opportunity to join a continuously growing organization with a focus on Diversity and Inclusion. The opportunity to work with an industry leader in manufacturing. GENERAL SUMMARY : This position will report to the Director of Operations Finance and is responsible for a wide range of financial analysis tasks relating to operations, standard costing, and fixed assets. This role will support accounting activities at specific operating locations across North America; including but not limited to overhead, inventory and capital spend analysis, controls, budgeting, and standard costing. ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS : Responsible for monthly reporting and analysis on plant operations, including the ability to analyze variances. Responsible for the set-up of new standard bills of material (BOM) and ensuring existing BOMs standards are accurate. Work closely with Operations Directors to prepare annual capital budget and cash flow. R esponsible for building annual overhead budgets, working closely with site leads. Maintain and provide reports on all capital expenditure projects. Prepare cash flow forecast in relation to capital spend. Lead Capital approval process. Work with Internal Audit, as required, when fixed asset audits are being conducted. Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with company policies and procedures. Prepare financial management reports as requested. Prepare supporting schedules for the financial audits. Comply with relevant laws and regulations and ensure the integrity of financial data. Meet all financial reporting deadlines. Ensure all company policies relating to fixed assets are well documented, current and in place. Responsible for month-end accruals and analysis Continuous improvement: Monitor operations and make recommendations on opportunities for improvement. Share knowledge between sites, working with them to implement best practices / recommendations consistently across all sites and monitor implementation to ensure proper execution/implementation. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES : Be a positive, contributing team member. Strong attention to detail and ability to work with a high degree of accuracy. Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines. Have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Have excellent communication skills. Proficient with technology. Computer skills a must, specific proficiency in Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables, filters), Word, PowerPoint, Internet, and email. Highly motivated with strong analytical, planning, problem-solving and time management skills. Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily supervision. Ability to work cooperatively with all levels of employees, management, and external parties. Strong Fact-Based Decision-Making skills – supports decisions with data and uses data to solve problems. Ability to Establish Plans – set clear, measurable goals, anticipating roadblocks and adjusts for problems, can accurately assess the length and difficulty of tasks. Change Champion – able to communicate changes, remove obstacles and understand who needs to be involved in driving changes. Strong execution skills – can provide support without removing responsibility, monitors progress to ensure achievement of goals, coordinates with other work groups. Possesses the ability to strategize and solve problems, working directly with operations. Display a willingness to take on a broad range of duties and projects and be comfortable with a flexible, hands-on approach. Strong customer focus - includes the ability to balance the needs of the customer with the needs of the business as well as fostering a strong customer focus mindset. Excels in an environment that fosters process improvement and challenges the status quo to eliminate non-value-added work. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE : Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required. Accounting/finance experience required. Strong understanding of accounting theory & transactions. Manufacturing accounting experience. Accounting designation or working towards one is preferred. WORK ENVIRONMENT: Office: limited travel to sites across North America required. Powered by JazzHR

Company:

Sun GRO Horticulture

Posted:

February 16 on The Resumator

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