Dba: Zeiss Group Minneapolis , MN 55415
Posted 1 week ago
About Us:
How many companies can say they've been in business for over 177 years?!
Here at ZEISS, we certainly can! As the pioneers of science, ZEISS handles the everchanging environments in a fast-paced world, meeting it with cutting edge of technologies and continuous advancements. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global change. We have a diverse range of portfolios throughout the ZEISS family in segments like, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. We are a global company with over 42,000 employees and have over 4,000 in the US and Canada alone! Make a difference, come join the team!
What's the role?
Reporting to the Head of Finance & Controlling IQR US Product Centers, the Business Partner
Sound Interesting?
Here's what you'll do:
The Finance Business Partner
Leadership Support
Collaborate with assigned Leaders in the areas of IQR
Provide meaningful, actionable insights, advice, and recommendations on historic and the future financial performance to the Business' leadership.
Monitoring and reporting KPIs
Responsible for deriving utilization and production output
Responsible for deriving accurate material overhead and monitoring to ensure expense and output optimization
Responsible for monitoring and reporting KPIs to ensure efficient production and output
Create monthly reporting results package including key performance indicators
Ensuring optimized BOM costing
Responsible for managing BOM costing
Responsible for monitoring and ensuring optimized costing for third party materials and third-party vendor purchases
Should be comfortable challenging vendors
Monitoring production center working capital
Periodically review and monitor the working capital for the production center
Optimize working capital levels to ensure smooth production with minimal costs
Monthly reporting of working capital KPIs
Closing & Audit Responsibility
Support timely and accurate reporting to Zeiss corporate headquarters including establish and monitor corporate policies for budget and actuals
Support the financial auditors and ensure timely response on requests
Being a backup for the Senior Finance Business Partner
Key Metrics of the Position:
Monitoring and optimizing production related KPIs (utilization, output, overheads, efficiency, etc.)
Ensuring optimized BOM costing
Monitoring production center working capital
Drive and increase visibility on warranty and CAPA related investigations
Do you qualify?
Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting or Finance. 5+ years of accounting related experience.
Strong ability to understand and optimize end to end processes while recommending improvements where applicable
High level of organizational skills for both information and process
Should be capable of challenging the business on difficult decisions
Strong project management skills - ability to track and drive initiatives forward
Strong attention to detail
Ability to see larger picture and think outside the box
Strong analytical capacity
Strong problem-solving skills
Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with people in various situations at all levels of the Corporation.
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex information to a broad audience through various formats
Skilled in use of Computer systems including Microsoft Excel and Word. Business Warehouse and SAP experience a plus.
We have amazing benefits to support you as an employee at ZEISS!
Medical
Vision
Dental
401k Matching
Employee Assistance Programs
Vacation and sick pay
The list goes on!
ZEISS is an EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled Veteran Employer
Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
Holly Greenwood-Mosher
Zeiss provides Equal Employment Opportunity without unlawful regard to an Applicants race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizen status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (includes childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic predisposition, carrier status, gender expression or identity, including transgender identity, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law of the employee (or the people with whom the employee associates, including relatives and friends).
Dba: Zeiss Group