ISC FP&A Analyst

Job Purpose

The FP&A ISC analyst reports to the Head of Regional FP&A and works closely with the ISC Navigator, creating an impact by providing high value adding analysis to the ISC organization

Supports the ISC Navigator in generating insights, particular in the area of manufacturing productivity, product costing, CAPEX monitoring, cost of quality, warehousing and distribution cost, inventories and slow moving inventory

Supports the global FP&A ISC processes, like planning and budgeting that support the strategic objectives of AkzoNobel

Key Accountabilities

Generating insights and analyzing trends

• Analyzes current and past trends in key performance indicators; monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance
• Analyses Manufacturing cost across sites and highlight reasons for variances and actions needed to control cost

Planning and Budgeting

• Drives the continued development of the QRF and other planning and forecasting processes, in particular the COGS forecasting process
• Consolidates inputs from the ISC teams and navigators for submission of QRF and Budget into the required platforms

Continuous improvement:

• Proactively seeks opportunities to improve and standardize data reports to gain efficiency

Experience

• 8-10 years’ experience as analyst or as controller in a business environment and/or functional area
• You are ambitious and see this function as part of your development to become an all-round Finance professional in AkzoNobel.
• You are curious, eager to learn and always searching for improvement opportunities (process wise)
• You have affinity for numbers and systems, and have strong analytical skills combined with a critical, but constructive, attitude
• Experience in building automated reports and models is a must; excellent financial and analytical skills
• strong HFM, ERP and BI systems experience