Senior Cost Analyst at Xylem Inc.

Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Standard Cost calculations and system updates for Manufacturing Businesses in South Africa and Algeria.
• Performs Costing and Inventory Controlling tasks as well as supports Stock Count Processes for all South Africa and Algeria entities.
• Performs Excess and Obsolete and slow moving inventory provisions calculations for South Africa and Algeria entities and provides insights to Supply Chain teams to manage them proactively.
• Performs Operations Scorecard metrics calculations like Direct and Indirect Inflation, Productivity, Savings and Economic ppv for South Africa and Algeria entities.
• Supports Operations KPIs calculations like Productivity, Efficiency and Utilization for the manufacturing businesses in South Africa and Algeria.
• Supports month end closure tasks and processes by ensuring the compliance to US GAAP and documentation availability as per Sarbanes-Oxley guidelines.
• Performs Actual Standard Cost and Margin Analysis by customer and by product to provide insight to stakeholders
• Supports ISCF Manager to prepare monthly Operations Business Review reporting packs for South Africa with various financial reporting and analysis, forecasts, budgets, and variance analysis for P&L and Working Capital
• Validates monthly XGP and CI saving actuals, provides excellent business partnering to Procurement and Supply Chain teams to achieve the saving targets.
• Assist with ad hoc tasks and requests from business as needed.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Comply with Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct
• Establish a positive & collaborative atmosphere in the company.

Key Competencies:

• Cost Accounting and Product Costing (Standard Cost)
• Data Analysis
• Problem Solving Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Inspiring accountability
• Cross-boundary collaboration
• Communication Skills

Key Relationships:

• External:  NA
• Internal:  Xylem Finance and Operations Organizations
• Qualifications: Education, Experience, Skills, Abilities, License/Certification:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field or equivalent
• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• SAP Knowledge is must
• One Stream Knowledge preferable
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Fluent in English
• Experience in US GAAP and SOX
• Strong Technical Accounting Skills
• Ability to adapt to change quickly
• Ability to communicate well with others