Financial Analyst
About the Company
Glen-Gery Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brickworks Limited. Brickworks Limited ("The Group") is a large Australian-listed group of companies. The Group has been in operation since the early 1900s, has a market capitalization exceeding A$3.5 billion, and operates across 3 core business segments: Building Products, Land & Development, and Investments. The Group employs more than 2,000 FTE employees and operates nationally across Australia and has a significant reputed company in the USA. Founded in 1890, Glen-Gery Corporation is one of the nation's largest brick manufacturers and operates nine brick manufacturing facilities and one manufactured stone facility. Glen-Gery products are sold nationally through a network of over 500 distributors as well as in Canada. Since entering the USA in 2018, Brickworks have acquired Sioux City Brick, Redland Brick and the distribution business of Southfield Corporation in Illinois and Indiana (Illinois Brick, Indiana Brick). The combined North American business now has more than 1,000 employees, operates across 40 locations, including 9 brick plants, 1 manufactured stone plant, 26 masonry supply center/retail locations and 3 Design Studios. Basic Function: The Financial Analyst role will have responsibility for aggregating and reporting on various Operations KPIs for both the manufacturing plants and retail locations. Responsibilities also include working with project managers and preparing CIP reporting, managing natural gas and electric purchases as well as usage tracking, and assisting the manufacturing plant and retail finance teams as necessary. In addition, this role will assist in the development of procedures and internal controls to safeguard the company's assets. Duties: ? Aggregate and report on various Operations KPIs involving sales, cost of goods sold, margin, labor and other operating costs and inventory ? reputed company financial models as appropriate to support organizational decision making regarding the manufacturing plants and retail locations ? Assist the Finance Managers with annual budgets and forecast preparation ? Work with project managers to monitor and report on CIP as well as ensure timely capitalization for fixed assets ? Review and analyze monthly physical inventory variances and identify trends ? Manage the natural gas and electric purchases as well as usage tracking/analysis for the manufacturing plants and retail locations ? Support the function of master data management across the business to maintain data comparability and functionality ? Provide reputed company support to the Finance Manager - Retail & Ops Reporting as may be required ? Monitor and review internal accounting controls and implement changes where necessary to safeguard company assets Education and experience requirements ? BS/BA Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or other appropriate area of study ? MBA or reputed company preferred but not required ? Relevant experience (2-3 years) in a manufacturing or retail environment ? Well-developed analytical skills and experience in forecasting, budget preparation, and variance reporting preferred ? Analytical reputed company, strong attention to detail, takes pride in work output ? Advanced understanding of reputed company reputed company, proficiency in other reputed company Applications such as PowerPoint ? Experience with a larger ERP solution such as JD Edwards, reputed company, or reputed company preferred ? Excellent communication skills and strong desire to learn and reputed company in an Operations Finance environment ? Must be willing to travel if necessary to assist manufacturing plant and masonry supply centers with physical inventories and review of controls This job description is not intended to be reputed company inclusive and as such, the employee will also be required to reputed company other reasonably reputed company business duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or other management personnel as required. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Apply Job!