Senior Controlling Analyst

MAHLE is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment based non-immigrant and immigrant visas. However, as a global company, MAHLE offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website www.jobs.mahle.com

Your Contribution 

As a Senior Controlling Analyst reporting to the Head of Controlling, you will be responsible to Support the controlling activities of the organization including analysis, cost accounting, economic projects and price calculations. Ensures that financial processes are accurate, efficient and in accordance with the current generally accepted accounting principles and MAHLE internal controlling guidelines and standards. Interacts extensively with all functions in the Plant, the Regional Controlling Services team, and the BU2 Regional Controlling team in to ensure proper, timely and accurate information flow and adherence to quality, standards, and timelines.

This role is responsible to:

• Assists in the development and implementation of the Controlling Department's targets, projects, policies, procedures, methods and controls.

• Analyzes financial information and works with the Regional Controlling Services (RCS) team in Monterrey, MX to prepare balance sheets and profit and loss statements and other reports to summarize current and projected financial position.

• Handles inter-company reconciliations and validates data in the SAP systems using results of reconciliations and internal reviews.

• Recommends major economic objectives and policies to management.

• Coordinates preparation of the business plan and gathers inputs from all functions ensuring financial projections align with the action plans.

• Prepares, with the support of RCS, the analysis and reports which summarize and forecast company business activity and financial position in areas of income, expenses, balance sheet, cash flow and other non-financial key performance indicators as assigned by management.

• Develops, maintains, and continuously improve internal controls to protect resources and to detect and eliminate errors misuse of assets.

• Prepares and submits reports for local, group and corporate management.

• Partners with the Logistics Team to analyze And audit the results of the physical inventory count.

• Calculates standard costs Plans and determines cost of business activity such as raw material purchases, inventory, and labor.

• Plays a major role in cost improvement activities, including idea generation as well as reporting on the financial impacts from continuous improvement activities.

• Supports customer pricing analysis and customer program financial analysis at QG4 and throughout the life cycle of the program.

• Analyzes actual manufacturing costs and partners with RCS to provide meaningful variance analysis and reporting comparing standard costs to actual production costs.

• Reviews Bills of Material (BOM) and routings in the system and provides feedback to Engineering.

• Supports business case development for new investments. Supports ad hoc analysis for decision support.

• Actively participates in weekly cost improvement/operational excellence meetings and supports the discussions on key financial topics.

• Provides decision support to managers and supervisors in the plant, advising on the financial impact of projects or decisions.

Your Experience & Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field from a four-year college or university.
• 5 to 10 years of related experience in a plant environment, preferably in Automotive industry.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• CPA, CMA a plus.
• Considerable knowledge of the principles and practices of accounting, financial management, auditing and US GAAP or IFRS and internal control systems. Familiarity with German GAAP strongly preferred.
• Strong SAP systems experience.
• Strong analytical and financial analysis abilities.

Our Offering 

We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with ongoing personal & career development opportunities. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles! 

After receiving your online application, the interview process will typically be, a screening call followed by Personal Interview(s)  

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