Job Description

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences' mission is to empower those seeking answers to life's most important scientific and healthcare questions. With a legacy spanning 80+ years, we have long been a trusted partner to our customers, who are working to transform science and healthcare with the next groundbreaking discovery. As part of our team of more than 2,900 associates across 130 countries, you'll help drive our vision accelerating answers--and our commitment to excellence.
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we're pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.
We are looking for a Site Controller to serve as the primary business partner to the Bangalore Site Leadership team and will be accountable for the financial results of the manufacturing operations of this business. This role entails working closely with cross-functional teams to optimize production costs, enable investments in manufacturing, and quite importantly, support timely business decision-making.
The role is based in Bangalore and reporting to Senior Finance Manager- Global Operations.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop financial plans and monthly forecasts in partnership with operations; ensure the assumptions and execution plans are jointly owned and that the entire team feels accountability for the results.
• Attend Gemba daily as Finance Leader, ensuring Operational activities discussed are appropriately accounted for financially.
• Support operations in delivering annual cost reduction objectives (PPV, MUV, VAVE).
• Manage the annual standard cost build and any required interim cost updates.
• Support local business leaders in capital request analysis and expense management.
• Lead, motivate and develop local finance professional. Collaborate remotely with BEC LS finance leadership to drive engagement and accomplishment of OpCo financial objectives.
• Oversee delivery of timely and accurate month end close including balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assist with special projects as requested.

Qualifications :

• CA/MBA/ICWA or similar field required
• 8+ years of experience in finance and accounting with increasing levels of responsibility and emphasis on budgeting, forecasting, planning, financial analysis and modeling.
• In depth cost accounting knowledge and familiarity with Oracle manufacturing systems is desired.
• 2+ years of experience as a people leader, demonstrating the ability to get work done through others.
• Excellent communication (both oral and written), presentation and interpersonal skills needed for cross-functional scope of role.
• Strong to advanced MS Excel skills (financial modeling, pivot tables etc.) as well as proficiency with other Microsoft Office applications (Power BI, Word, PowerPoint) required.

Preferred:

• MBA, CMA or CPA a plus.
• Previous experience with enterprise performance management report writing (e.g. BPC, Hyperion) Oracle ERP and Oracle Business Intelligence a plus.

Travel:
Occasional domestic travel required (up to 10%).
When you join us, you'll also be joining Danaher's global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you'll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.
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