Analyst, Financial

**LOCATION**: Acuna / Coahuila (MX-COA), Mexico | BRAND: Bendix | REQUISITION ID: 4049 | JOB GRADE: 16

**JOB DESCRIPTION**:
**Position Summary**:
Responsible for, reporting financial status by preparing and analyzing financial plans, forecasts and reports expense.

**Essential Functions**:
Prepare, coordinate and review various aspects of the annual and monthly financial forecasts including sales/margin, departmental and capital budgets.

Prepare, coordinate and review financial forecasts

Control of and forecasting of capital expenditures and assets

Analyzing, documenting, and improving financial processes

Analyze, identify and communicate risks and opportunities in a timely manner

Provide structured and ad hoc reporting and support to various groups including, FP&A, business units, the Acuña Leadership team

Prepare various monthly presentation packages for management reviews

Assist in identifying, evaluating and implementing process improvements as needed

Cost accounting analysis

Financial analysis of general ledger

Commitment control - Expenses Commitment controls of purchases reconciled with forecasts and actuals

Attend staff meetings - Represent the Finance Department. Especially in US Finance activities

Perform ROI analysis for project requests

Open to any activities critical to the success of Acuña Finance

Tracks financial status by monitoring variances from plan.

Improves financial status by analyzing results and variances; identifying trends; recommending actions.

Reconciles transactions by comparing and correcting data.

Provides information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations of findings, analyses, and recommendations.

Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

Accomplishes finance and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

The employee has the authority to stop the production line, when he/she notices that the product has a quality problem or defect.
Support PSA activities and procedures with team members

Performs all those activities that by the nature of the position are required.

Preform some of the following activities when apply

A/P - A/R Activities

A/R corporate, customer claims credit/debit reconciliation

A/P corporate, supplier differences (MRO, Indirect purchases and Direct Material)

CONCUR - Credit cards

US Taxes reconciliation, for USA Emp working in Mexico

Scrap Sales

Knows and Communicates the need for product safety.

**Financial Operations & Consolidation Activities**:
Review and analysis of monthly headcount requirements.

Evaluate cost deployment (savings) projects, participate and track monthly performance; create projects in Strong Focus and update in a monthly basis.

Determine allowance based on projected standard labor versus MOP/budget.

Prepare and consolidate key financial metrics and monthly financial presentation for leadership (scorecard, OMC, sales per head).

Provide month end established reports to FP&A in HQ (Elyria) for Acuna plants.

Prepare, review and reconcile accruals for month end; submit accrual to Assistant Controller according to accrual procedure, track accrual invoices payment during the month.

For goods receipt and accrual purposes, confirm with PO owners if goods/services are already received so they can provide goods receipt or accrue if necessary.

Accounting, Financial & Planning functions

Prepare Sales Tax Report

Fixed Asset management

Participate on Annual External Audits (fixed assets)

Review and analyze DL and IDL monthly headcount requirements.

Evaluate cost deployment (savings) projects, participate and track monthly performance; create projects in Strong Focus and update in a monthly basis.

For goods receipt and accrual purposes, confirm with PO owners if goods/services are already received so they can provide goods receipt or accrue if necessary.

Determine efficiency and productivity ratio on a monthly basis.

**Management & Supervisory Responsibilities**:
Job is NOT directly responsible for managing other employees.

**Knowledge**:
Extensive knowledge of product costing and pricing principles and methods.

Working knowledge of cost accounting systems and techniques.

Extensive knowledge in department budgeting and forecasting.

Working knowledge of financial statement preparation and interpretation

Working knowledge of calculation and interpretation of key financial metrics

Knowledge of discounted cash flow valuation of investment projects, capital projects, sourcing and make / buy decisions preferred

**Working knowledge of financial and accounting systems**: GL, A/P, budgeting and forecasting systems

Working knowledge of variance analysis and presentation

Reporting Skills, Informing Others, Financial Skills, Forecasting, Corporate Finance, Financial Diagnosis, Financial Software, Analyz