Costing Analyst (6-Month Contract)
job description
About Filtrona
Filtrona is the only global, independent market leader in the design, testing and manufacturing of specialist filter solutions, tear tapes and related scientific services. With a head office in Singapore, Filtrona has 11 manufacturing facilities across Europe, America, and Asia, together with 3 innovation centres, an accredited laboratory and a centre of excellence focused on sustainability. The company has over 2000 employees serving customers across 120 countries.
Our purpose is to support partners to transform and benefit from business growth;
we succeed when they succeed. Our mission is to be a responsible, customer-focused innovation leader creating excellence in sustainable solutions for today and tomorrow.
For more information, please visit www.Filtrona.Com
Role and Responsibilities
We seek a skilled and motivated individual to join our Finance team in Singapore on a 6-month contract. This person will report to the Group Accounting &
Reporting Director and will support the Financial Controllers of Thailand and Hungary as well.
Costing
- Main focus of this role is to provide accurate and timely product costing for quotations and commercial decisions
Financial Control
- Analyze purchasing and manufacturing variances for the Hungary and Thailand plants, eg purchase price variance, material usage variance, etc.
- Assist Financial Controllers to prepare monthly financial reports
- Review standard costs for accuracy
- Conduct periodic cost rolls
- Develop annual labour and overhead rates
Budgetary/Forecast
- Assist Financial Controllers to prepare budget and forecast
- Review cost and capex spending and recommend corrective measures
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Degree in Accounting
- At least 2 years of experience in a manufacturing company independently managing product costing.
- Experience in standard costing, analysis of variance and taking corrective measures.
- Experience in preparing financial budget, forecast etc.
- Experience of working in well-established global multinationals with matrix reporting structures.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel
- Good communication skills
- Good command of spoken and written English