Product Cost Senior Financial
Resume:
RESUME OF: JOSE HERNANDEZ
Financial Controlling / Product Cost Analyst
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EXPERIENCE
**/**** – 11/2024
MAHLE - Behr
Dayton, Ohio
Senior Financial Controlling Analyst
Supervise transactions in the SAP system to assure accuracy and alignment to Company’s guidelines and policies.
Run periodically and at month-end an MPR (P&L) report for the Profit Centers assigned to Dayton.
Analyze MPR’s to identify and research GL accounts with suspicious activity.
Inform the Plant Controller about findings on SAP transactions and propose solutions.
Project MPR reports to month-end for monthly forecast purposes.
Prepare relevant JEs for month-end close and send a request for posting.
Coordinate internal orders and WBS elements’ settlement to properly allocate related expenses.
Run COPA Cycles at month-end to allocate costs by function.
Clear any errors and discrepancies between HBM1 (MPR) and COPA.
Prepare report to input data into MARS (Company’s consolidation financial system worldwide).
Prepare Functional Income Statements to explain North America’s Corporate the financial results for the month and for the fiscal year.
Verify financial consistency between HBM1, COPA, MARS and the Financial Income Statement.
Every year calculate Sales Volume and Material Cost Consumption by Customer/Part Number for Budget purposes.
Participate on the PLAN COPA with Cost Centers planning, activity hours calculation, cost collectors’ simulation, surcharges calculation and COPA Cycles for next year.
Prepare product cost analysis for different purposes (cost savings, price negotiations with customers, product cost comparisons).
Participate in projects assigned by local Plant Controller.
04/2010 – 07/2017
AY Manufacturing Ltd
Columbus, Ohio
Controlling – Accounting Manager
Lead the Plant Accounting and Financial processes and procedures, assure alignment with Accounting standards, USGAAP and IFRS.
Supervise activities for Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
Supervise activities related to Payroll, General Accounting and Financial accuracy.
Lead Product Cost Accounting activities.
Analize variations and identify measures to get back to Budget targets.
Submit financial information for Consolidation purposes to local Management, North American Corporate, Corporate in Japan and Honda Motors Co.
Perform explanation of financial results to local Management, North American Corporate and Corporate in Japan.
Provide options and suggestions to Management about financial decisions to make in order to improve the financial situation of the business.
Participate in Financial Audits from external and internal entities and provide explanations.
Prepare Financial Budget and Forecasts.
Prepare Capital Investment Budgets.
Assure that Internal Controls meet Sarbanes-Oxley standards.
Supervise and delegate duties to the Accounting team.
Keep effective communication with other entities of the Corporation in order to standardize and coordinate efforts on related intercompany transactions.
1989 -2009
Siemens Energy and Automation
Bellefontaine, Ohio
Project Controller
Serve as a key member of the Management team and oversee all financial systems and procedures including inventory control, purchasing, accounts payable and accounts receivable as mandated by Corporate policies.
Prepare project Financial Plan and quarterly forecast.
Financial Control of the Plan execution for all the components related to the project.
Control of cost elements and cost objects in SAP monitoring expenditure related to the projects.
Coordinate product cost analysis of the factories associated to the Division.
Provide transparency of the project financial status and results to SE&A and Division Headquarters.
Provide and explain project related financial information to the Plant Management and other areas, including external Auditors.
Assure that internal controls for project activities are executed in compliance to Sarbanes-Oxley policies.
Keep in communication with the Controllers team in order to standardize criteria and reporting.
Asure that business decisions for the project are executed according to the Corporate Delegation of Authority manual.
2000 – 2006
Siemens Power Conversion Division
Little Rock, Arkansas
Plant Controller
Development and execution of the Annual Financial Plan, Long Range Business Plan and quarterly forecast for the business unit.
Accounting Control in order to assure that Account Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory, Purchasing and Fixed Assets transactions are performed in line with Corporate policies and procedures/
Coordinate Product Cost activities and variance analysis.
Optimize profit margins by identifying true product costs.
Financial statements analysis to suggest and promote improvements in the financial position of the business (EBIT, EVA, Productivity, Inventory turns).
Prepare reporting and explain financial situation of the business unit to Corporate and Division headquarters.
Provide financial information to Plant Management and other business areas.
Assure that internal controls are established and executed according to Corporate Sarbanes-Oxley methodology and policies.
Coordinate Annual Physical Inventory.
Manage the local business unit Finance staff,
Assure that the official Delegation of Authority rules are properly applied for decisions making.
1989 – 2000
Siemens Power Conversion Division
Guadalajara, Mexico
Product Costing Manager
Coordination of the activities related to product costing for the different product lines manufactured in the Plant.
Prepare margin analysis by product / product line and propose measures to improve margins.
Provide cost information to Plant Management and Sales department.
Participate in Plant Capacity Analysis and calculate cost absorption rates by cost center / product line.
Provide cost information for the Annual Financial Plan and quarterly forecasts.
Coordination of efforts required to manage financial aspects of special projects.
Coordination of efforts associated to invoicing for export purposes.
Coordinate Annual Physical Inventory.
Provide information and explain cost-related issues to External Auditors.
SKILLS
Fluent in English and Spanish
ISO9001 / 900
Quality Internal Auditor
Expert of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point)
SAP system
Knowledge of FI, COPA, S&D, MM and PP modules.
Microsoft Dynamics
Other Business Administration software (Hyperion, Business Objects, MARS).
EDUCATION
University of Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Mexico
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering.
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