Ashland · 1 day ago
Senior FP&A Cost Analyst
Texas City, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expAshland Inc. is a global specialty chemicals company seeking a Senior FP&A Cost Analyst to join their finance team. The role involves providing key decision support to operations leadership, optimizing financial reporting processes, and collaborating with plant management to enhance manufacturing efficiency and profitability.
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Responsibilities
Provide key decision support and business insight to Operations (manufacturing and supply chain) leadership team and overall Ashland executive leadership team
Optimize the financial reporting process and effectively generate monthly, quarterly and year-end financial statements together with periodic reforecasts and detailed bridges and variance analytics to explain past and projected results. Oversee plant financial operations, lead business planning, assist site manager with expense budgeting, calculate burden rates, and review/adjust allocations and assessments across multiple manufacturing sites
Proactively take on challenges, drive investigative analysis, and implement actions to drive plant efficiencies and optimization
Identify trends and areas for management attention, indicators of business activity, and other analysis and reporting to support executives and senior management
Collaborate with plant management to improve manufacturing processes, identify cost savings opportunities, and increase profitability
Lead economic evaluations of capital projects and other financial models as needed
Participate in special projects. Ad hoc reporting and analysis supporting internal customers as required
Travel less than 20%
Qualification
Required
BA/BS Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Management
7-10 years of progressive finance experience, preferably in Cost Accounting, FP&A or Business Analysis with an emphasis in Manufacturing Operations in a complex multi-plant, integrated global business
Strong knowledge of general accounting and financial reporting
Strong knowledge of manufacturing and cost accounting
Strong analytical skills, financial planning and analysis background
High proficiency in MS Excel is required along with a basic knowledge of SAP, Microsoft PowerBI or similar ERP, analytical query applications
Must demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to work under tight deadlines
Strive for continuous improvement and be highly self-directed
Preferred
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally at all levels of the organization
Experience with SAP or S4HANA and/or Qliktech
CPA/ CMA/ MBA a plus
Benefits
Industry competitive salary and benefits
Pay-for-performance incentive plans
Company
Ashland
Ashland provides specialty chemical solutions to customers ranging from consumer to industrial market.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2022-03-04Post Ipo Secondary
2018-11-15Acquired
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
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