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, Foreca