Cost Manager

Required academic qualifications, skills and attitudes:

· Bachelor degree in accounting or finance.

· Minimum 5 years of working experience in Budget, Forecast, Expenses Analysis and Costing allocations methods, Financial and Accounting.

· Knowledge of financial systems, ERP, MS office, databases, data extraction methods.

· Advance in excel skills

· Strong customer service orientation.

· Proficiency in English (Minimum C1 level)

Specific duties:

· Manage cost centers and annual Budget Process (revenues, research expenses, administration and operational expenses, CAPEX, etc.).

· Coordinate information related to the development of the annual budget, including project budgets and cost centers priorities.

· Implement and manage mechanisms to allocate cost and expenses (overheads, general and administration expenses, support services, employee services, research support, etc.).

· Maintain and improve Budget templates including historical information and forecast for the rest of the year.

· Monthly monitoring of expenses (Budget vs Actuals) and control the bigger variations to avoid expenditure at the end of the year, provide the corresponding explanations. Quarterly meeting revision with Budget Holders reviewing main variation and forecast for the rest of the year.

· Prepare midyear revision and analysis (Budget vs Actuals, Chargeback Rates revision, Forecast, etc.) and proposed necessary changes.

· To be focused on cost accounting, indirect cost and cost allocations and perform monthly Indirect Cost and Chargeback analysis.

· Prepare the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial management information for decision by higher management.

· Prepare accurate financial reports in compliance with international and other standards

· Contribute to further development of reporting formats, development of KPI’s and automated processes.

· Implement simple guidelines and processes for standard financial reports and provide financial inf. for various reports and ad hoc requests.

· Review and develop the new Integrate Management Reporting Package, providing monthly explanation of the main variances.

· Work closely with different areas through the organization to obtain the necessary information for budget analysis.

· Respond to ad hoc request for financial information.

· Perform other duties as directed by supervisor.

Monday-Friday

Estado de México