Regional Plant Analyst - Accountant - GAAP

Berkshire  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Regional Plant Analyst/Maidenhead/9 months Contract/24 to 29 GBP (Per Hour)

This newly created role will be responsible for being part of the team that successfully transitions the accounting for the EAME manufacturing plants into the Centre of Excellence in 2015.

The Plant Analyst is responsible for the accuracy of the financials and will work closely with the business support teams across the 10 EAME manufacturing plants.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with Regional Supply Chain organization and local Plant team
  • To provide financial expertise and support to Supply Chain business support
  • Proactively and continuously improve, streamline, and align Inventory related financial processes across Plants. Participate in projects and drive changes. Promote best practices
  • Cooperate with other CoE Teams (especially Compliance) and functions
  • To liaise on behalf of CoE Organization with Projects Teams (eg STF) to ensure all inventory accounting flows are integrated into standard CoE accounting and processes
  • Ensure the accounting accuracy for Inventory sections of TB:
  • Gross Inventory
  • Inventory Reserves
  • Direct GRIR
  • OCNIS (Other Costs Not In Standard)
  • This requires process expertise, in depth knowledge and understanding of WWP
  • Preparation of monthly variance analysis
  • Execution of month-end financial close process
  • Plant Stock Takes procedures alignment and process participation
  • Review and comment financial performance vs. targets
  • Cooperate with Internal and External Audit as required

Travel

  • Travel in EAME required for projects

Compliance Statement:

  • Ensure strong internal controls are adhered to, in order to achieve adequate internal and external audit ratings.
  • Accurate and timely month-end reporting. Meet all corporate and regional deadlines.

Scope of Role:

  • This role is part of the COE Operations team so applicants must be collaborative in style, open to change and always seeking to improve the way things are achieved. The scope will touch on many areas of the financial statements across 10 plants so this is a great development opportunity for the right candidate.

Qualifications:

  • Part or fully qualified accountant or an international qualified accountant equivalent, with a minimum of 3 years financial experience
  • English essential
  • Other European languages desirable

Experience Required:

  • Manufacturing/Plant accounting
  • Ideally familiar with Johnson & Johnson worldwide procedures and practises

Skills & Competencies:

  • Strong Financial Accounting skills (US GAAP desirable)
  • Knowledge of SAP (StF), BPCS, Movex, Excel
  • Strong interpersonal and customer service skills required
  • Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and be able to thrive in a fast-paced work environment
  • Ability to standardise and improve processes
  • Ability to thrive in a multi-cultural environment

The Company

Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886.

If you match these requirements, please apply in the normal way. Elevate will send you an email, please open, click and action that email and your application will be visible to the hiring organisation directly.

Start date
ASAP
Duration
9 months
From
Elevate Direct
Published at
02.09.2017
Project ID:
1410099
Contract type
Freelance
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