Manager, Site Controlling Zhanjiang

Job description

We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers and for a sustainable future. Our success as a company relies on the engagement of our employees. We encourage our employees to develop their strengths, and we recognize their achievements. For you, this means a wide variety of job roles, and exciting opportunities for learning and career development.

Description

BASF has been a committed partner to Greater China since 1885. With large production sites in Shanghai, Nanjing and Chongqing, BASF is a major foreign investor in the country’s chemical industry, and operates the Innovation Campus Shanghai, a global and regional research and development hub. BASF posted sales of over €7.3 billion in 2019 to customers in Greater China and employed 9,230 people as of the end of that year. For further information, please visit www.basf.com/cn/en 
  Objectives:
·  Facilitate the site management in steering the business and evaluating the costs in the company.
·  Guide, challenge and consult the organization towards economical decision-making and value generation;
·  Enforce compliance with financial policies and procedures. Main Task:
·  Lead operational planning process of site infrastructure and services, and conduct gap analysis (actual/plan) for relevant costs;
·  Coordinate operational planning process, cost budget and production planning;
·  Define, set target and monitor KPIs in site organization;
·  Manage annual Small Investment Planning;
·  Monitor and report operation result of Plants, Maintenance, Utilities, Indirect service charge, etc.;
·  Monitor material price, e.g. price, standard price, and perform investigation on significant price fluctuation;
·  Monitor product costing including cost difference and idle cost;
·  Check SAP cost estimation before month end costing run;
·  Support month end closing as bridge between site end user and platform;
·  Gate keep of all site cost center including cost center set up and allocation key update;
·  Prepare monthly site management report punctually and accurately, e.g. express report, fixed manufacturing cost report, etc.;
·  Prepare presentation for site management review, e.g. cost allocation, fixed / variable manufacture cost development overview, etc.;
·  Benchmarking costs structure and allocation methods among BASF sites;
·  Support BASF Financial Statement Review Meeting;
·  Coordinate finance and controlling community activities;
·  Take care of other company level controlling activities required by local government, e.g. statistics report, support business license update, support tax assessment, etc.;
·  Support calculation and documentation under Chinese law;
·  Support cross BU/plant cost allocation alignment for shared costs, e.g. idle cost, cost difference, etc.;
·  Support training and education on controlling topics.
·  Business Analysis
·  Analyze performance of site infrastructure and services;
·  Perform economic evaluation for site infrastructure and service projects to support site investment;
·  Gatekeeping for commission projects in infrastructure;
·  Monitor budget and strategic risks of site;
·  Analyze Small Investment cost development, number of CAPEX and make sure budget under control;
·  Setup and on-going support to project application and closing, e.g. project capital injection, project tax refund coordination, etc.;
·  Support global/regional finance projects roll-out in site;
·  Governance and Compliance
·  Enforce financial policies and internal control procedures;
·  Keep up-to-date awareness of government / corporate / company regulation development to ensure the financial conformity with and adherence of all regulations, policies, work procedures and instructions;
·  Follow up actions on internal audit;
·  Support fixed assets / inventory stocktaking on site;
·  Implement internal control effectiveness in site, e.g. support GC control policy implementation, etc. Requirements:
·  Bachelor’s Degree, major in Economics or Chemistry.
·  Minimum 8 years’ experience in international manufacturing company with minimum 2 years manager experience. Big 4 working experience is a plus.
·  Technical & Professional Knowledge:
·  Open minded and can actively communicate with operation / site controlling colleagues;
·  Deep understanding of cost accounting;
·  Familiar with CAPEX projects;
·  Good at customer relationship and stakeholder management.