Reporting to the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, this position functions as a key liaison between Finance and Project Management.  This professional will lead the use of costing data to identify areas of potential margin improvement.

• Lead the project review process, with a goal of identifying areas of cost savings, process improvements, and change-order opportunities
• Develop and continuously improve processes, tools and metrics to track and analyze operational performance
• Communicate key trends and insights to estimating, manufacturing/PMs, and the management team
• Develop recommendations for process improvements and real-time interventions based on data analytics
• Track project-level performance and produce reports to aid in decision making
  • Identify bid and production issues as they arise, and communicate the issues to the relevant department heads or project managers
  • Compare actual project results to bid-basis and estimated results; facilitate feedback mechanisms among pricing, estimating and production
• Track broad trends across projects (e.g., materials cost changes, production challenges/bottlenecks, etc.) and communicate as needed to relevant teams
• Function as key link among Engineering, Pricing, Accounting, and FP&A
  • Be a go-to person across the organization for people trying to understand costs and how operating activities translate into results
• Collaborate with the Engineering Manager and Project Managers to
  • Identify project management process improvements and track implementation
  • Provide analysis on BOM variances and guidance on inventory or purchasing improvements as a result thereof
• Collaborate closely with the CFO and the FP&A Director to:
  • Report and present project performance, including for MBR/QBR business review presentations
  • Effectively communicate, across the organization, results and insights relating to operational performance
  • Develop innovative financial models to guide decision making on pricing and operational initiatives

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Results-oriented, with a strong desire to continuously improve and drive results
• Outstanding analytic and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication, presentation, collaboration and interpersonal skills
• Proven organizational and project management skills
• Lean Process mindset

 EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics or a related field
• 2 to 4 years of cost accounting or finance-related experience
• Strong business analysis skills
• Advanced skills in Excel and Power Point and proficiency with BI tools