Financial Analyst Job Details | Bayer AG

Financial Analyst

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Financial Analyst , are to:

Responsible for 90-day cycle finance KPI tracking, analysis, bridge main drivers, provide recommendations to cost centers owners;

Responsible for annual estimation process, full year cost effects measure, contribution on risk and opportunities mapping and sensitivity analysis;

Contribute to manage monthly closing activities, accruals and adjustments as needed and analyze variances;

Provides updates of financial performance, spends trends and proposes corrective actions – collaborates with stakeholders providing transparency on performance;

Supports saving taking initiatives, allocations and prioritization according to business financial impact;

Drives compliance efforts according to corporate controlling guidance, training to the organization on policies, assistance with internal audits;

Assist organization with competitiveness cost initiatives, capital investments and expenses process;

Perform ad-hoc analysis and reporting as needed to support Luling Site decisions;

Works to streamline, simplify and standardize processes and procedures for Luling Site and benchmark with other sites to spread and share best practices,

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance;

Expert in Cost Accounting processes – especially product costing and inventory valuation as well as production value flow – and related system settings and internal controls;

Proficient with enterprise-wide business systems (SAP) and proficiency with MS Office applications and BI;

Ability to work independently developing alternative solutions to complex problems, and at a high degree of accuracy, initiative and reliability;

Experienced in multidisciplinary project and corresponding change management. Competence to grasp an overview of complex subject matters and to deduce operational activities;

Open-minded personality with strong communication skills and ability to act as adviser to the AIM organization to combine business related questions with accounting impacts;

Exceptional analytical, communication, and presentation skills are required as is the ability to build long-term partnerships with staff and others at multiple levels within the organization to support company, site and department objectives and management decisions;

Sound business perspective and analytical skills;

Drives for results and has a sense of urgency;

Promote new ideas for team and site performance;

Ability to work in international environment and and to build trustful relationships across all levels of organization (no-silo mentality)

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree in Accounting/Finance with minimum 7 years experience

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)/MBA with minimum 5 years experience;

Knowledge of Life Science/Ag business and manufacturing processes;

Knowledge of Bayer Group accounting and reporting requirements;

Cross-organizational assignment

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YOUR APPLICATION

Do you want to work in a place where you can be just YOU?

Your unique personality, background and talents help build a strong, diverse and inclusive Bayer.

So join us! Be You, Be Bayer.

Location:

United States : Louisiana : Luling

Division:

Crop Science

Reference Code:

829281

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