Cost Analyst

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Arecibo location in the CRM division. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

This is an exempt role.

As the Cost Analyst, you will support the Production Managers and his staff on various financial matters such as budgeting, forecasting, product costing, manufacturing variances analysis & reporting, spending analysis and other related financial requests. Assists the Cost Accounting / Financial Analysis Manager and Controller, in planning and execution of the month-end closing activities for the respective business unit and accounts reconciliations.

What You’ll Do

• Operational business support – Provide day to day financial support to Production Managers, Supervisors and other operations personnel; Review and analyze work order manufacturing variances, support operational managers in the monetary spending overhead analysis and budget control; audit cycle count program to assure its effectiveness and timely report its results to management; Monitor results of continuous improvement projects.
• Closing - Manage the monthly general ledger close process for its respective business unit, including recording of journal entries and ensuring the accuracy of trial balance; Complete the monthly reconciliation of various subsidiary records against the general ledger control accounts, including but not limited to the perpetual and work in process inventories and variances deferrals and amortization.
• Reporting - Analyze financial results, verify its reasonableness and provide management with manufacturing performance reports on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, including manufacturing variance analyses and appropriate explanations of yields, scrap, rework and other factors; Report on the plant unit production by area and / or product family; Analysis of inventory balances, including exposure for slow moving damaged and obsolete; Coordinate and / or prepare special ad hoc information requests for local, division or corporate management.
• Budgets / Forecasting - Active participation in the preparation of the annual manufacturing budget plan (material, labor & overhead); Coordinate and summarize the necessary data for the timely preparation of quarterly forecasts, annual strategic plan and other similar analysis.
• Product costing - Support the development of standard product costing, after proper verification of routings, bills of materials and components costs, including its review for reasonableness; Prepare cost estimates as required.
• Compliance - Ensure compliance with all Abbott procedures and all applicable regulatory agency requirements.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications