Business Analyst

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Job description

Company Overview

Founded in 1906, over the last 110+ years' CEMEX has grown into a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Here at CEMEX we offer our employees competitive wages, career growth, excellent benefits including health, dental & vision plans, vacation or paid time off, employee assistance program and retirement plan options, along with over a century of stability to build your next career on! To learn more about our company culture and why you should join us, visit us at . For direct access to CEMEX Career Opportunities, visit us at .

Job Summary

Manage, control, design and adapt operative data collection mechanisms and resources to generate and report information; ensuring its quality and accuracy. To produce and manage financial statements containing relevant information, analysis and recommendations that allow managers to improve the business performance related to operative and financial KPIs. Constantly monitor and analyze information sources to identify potential costs savings, operative-inventory controls and process efficiencies assuring its implementation in a proactive manner.

Job Responsibilities

• Collect data to generate and manage operational information that meets the needs of management, plant management and staff areas of the Operations VP.
• Ensure the quality of the data, understanding its accuracy, reliability, consistency and timeliness.
• To update the operative data collection systems for its analysis, extraction, and generation of information timely, daily and for any period that is necessary.
• Ensure compliance with institutional criteria and standards for operative data recording, calculation of KPIs and presentation of results to plant management.
• Management and monitoring of the databases where the operative information is uploaded.
• Ensure backups of the information generated and keep it updated on secure storage devices.
• Ensure the training of the personnel reporting to this position (direct and indirect)), facilitating access to information and training.
• Ensure the processes and mechanisms for the collection of information.
• Understand and comply with the Comprehensive Management System Policy as well as comply with CEMEX's objectives (Quality, Environmental, H & S).
• Manage and monitoring issues within official financial statements. To elaborate, analyze and release actual operative figures (Cement business) (CAPEX, SG&A, Headcount, Working Capital and Operative Cash Flow).
• Guarantee fulfillment, functionality and compliance of Sarbanes-Oxley, PACS regulations and Internal control. Including compliance of tasks performed by IBM.
• Supporting to internal clients (Operations) in internal and external audits.
• Follow up to main operative KPIs, thru analysis and develop of tools and reports related and focused to operations to find improvements, savings and identified potential risks in processes.
• Responsible of all accounting processes at plant level. Be the first and main contact point with the operations and staff areas.
• Encourage financial information analysis to generate proposals of cost reductions plans to capitalize value added opportunities.
• Responsible for the financial and management reporting, analysis, forecasting, and budgeting processes related to the Cement Plant
• Ensure compliance with all established controls and policies of the company. Act as GES representative within the plant, assuring independence in advice, recommendations, and assuring control/policy within the location. Assuring the integrity of the financial information of the plant
• Supports Plant Manager, his direct reports, and Controller in maintaining financial controls including analyzing the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flows.
• Responsible of the self-assessment process and periodic inventory observations.
• Control & management of inventories, assure that physical and theorical inventory figures in the plant are accurate and propose adjustments in case of any variance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Engineering, Administration, Accountants (associate degrees).
• Accounting, Financial, Cost, and Operative overview sector
• 3+ year of experiences in Accounting and Financial activities.
• 1+ years of experience in cement plant operation. Construction Industry experience helpful.
• Knowledge of cement production process, facilities and the inputs and products that are involved. (Cement manufacturing process).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to relate to all levels within the organization of a cement plant and related areas.
• Drive towards understanding the root cause of things
• Knowledge of SAP Modules.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).
• Excellent written, verbal, and communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to drive initiatives.
• Strong sense of urgency, detail oriented and ability to drive results.

Working Conditions

• Capable of working in an open concept office environment

Physical Requirements

• Requires walking, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, and climbing to a significant degree
• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently.
• Job involves sitting most of the time with walking or standing for brief periods of time.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, to communicate to employees/visitors

Legal Notices

CEMEX is an EEO/AA (equal opportunity/affirmative action) institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by under federal, state or local law in the programs or activities which it operates.

CEMEX will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all local, state and federal laws.

CEMEX is an E-Verify participating employer.

Arizona Smoke-Free Act. CEMEX complies with the State of Arizona's Smoke-Free Act (Arizona Revised Statutes § 36-601.01). Smoking and/or the use of tobacco or related products is prohibited in and on CEMEX property as well as any building and/or vehicle owned or leased by CEMEX.

EEO Statement - En Espaol

CEMEX es una institucin EEO/AA (igualdad de oportunidad/accin afirmativa) y no discrimina en base al sexo, edad, raza, color, religin, discapacidad fsica o mental, credo, origen nacional, estatus veterano, orientacin sexual, infomacin gentica, identidad de gnero, o expresin de gnero en los programas o actividades los cuales opera.

Nearest Major Market: Miami