Team Overview and Job responsibilities 

Prysmian is looking for a Costs Specialist to support our finance team based in Heredia, Costa Rica. In this position you will be responsible for collect, compile, verify, and analyze financial information and economic indicators; perform analysis of financial, and other data to provide accurate and timely information for strategic and operational decisions.

Job responsibilities:

• Comprehensive management of cost accounting

• Preparation and periodic review of budgets

• Monthly inventory valuation analysis and reporting (inventory closing process)

• Analysis of variable and fixed costs

• Practices and processes related to physical inventories

• Efficiency assessment of production processes

• Auditing of internal control procedures

• Development of manuals for internal standards, procedures, and job functions

• Coordination and liaison with external auditors

• Ensuring compliance with requirements, standards, policies, and procedures for TL 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 17025, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 50001 (integrated management system), as well as 6S, Lean, and Sigma SOS; monitoring and promoting their application and observance throughout the Company to align all activities with the organizational culture

Who are we looking for? 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience including experience in accounting.
• Experience with large data sets and advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables.
• Analytical skills and able to follow up on important data details.
• Able to communicate and make presentations to senior levels.
• Positive leadership style.
• Results oriented and self‐starter person.
• Highly dynamic and oriented to operational work,
• Microsoft Office proficient.
• Costing/inventory methods (average / FIFO / standard), commodity hedging, industrial controls (expenses / productive hours), physical inventory controls, SAP.

Preferred qualifications 

• Manufacturing Industry experience.
• SAP or Business Warehouse experience
• Basic to advance English level

Prysmian , as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We strongly believe that diversity brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increasing the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximizing value for our customers and stakeholders. With Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) as part of our Social Ambition 2030 and a strategic pillar of our Company culture, Prysmian is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, where people feel respected, included, and free to fully express their potential just as they are.

All Managers and HRs in Prysmian are responsible for ensuring DE&I policies are respected during the recruiting process, as well as recognizing and mitigating unconscious biases that must not influence our selection processes. All persons will be considered for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, origin, citizenship status, socio-economic status, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, parental leave, medical conditions, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Prysmian will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation for any disclosed physical or neurological condition or disability of a qualified applicant unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

Visit our DE&I Page to learn more about Prysmian's commitments.

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