Financial Analyst, Margin Accounting

Key Responsibilities Include: 

• Help ensure the accuracy of worldwide consolidated inventory costs and inventory-related expenses.
• Perform costing analyses and identify key drivers of variances.
• Monitor robotic process automation (RPA) used for SAP margin-posting programs and verify the accuracy of margin billed and margin relief journal entries.
• Perform monthly analyses and reconciliations across margin reports to validate automated margin calculations.
• Based on reconciliation results, coordinate required changes to the deferred margin program with Business Technology Solutions (BTS), including testing reports and interfaces.
• Partner with cross-functional teams on processes and financial reporting to support complete, accurate, and timely results; understand monthly results and communicate issues to supported businesses.
• Work closely with affiliates and colleagues to resolve product- and SKU-level margin issues and help ensure that all product components are properly set up.
• Prepare month-end margin journal entries, including sweeping purchase price variance (PPV) and standard revaluation (SRV) amounts to the Intercompany Margin "Delta Profit" pool.
• Resolve margin and costing inquiries from affiliates in a timely and accurate manner.
• Collaborate with the team to investigate and resolve variances identified in the monthly book-to-perpetual analysis by product for Intercompany Margin "Delta Profit."
• Support the annual planning process.
• Perform ad hoc analyses and support projects and process improvements as needed.