Title: Finance Specialist (Laguna)
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, review, and interpret monthly manufacturing financial performance reports.
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators, including NOI, Gross Margin, Conversion Cost, and cost per unit/kg.
- Track and analyze price, usage, yield, and efficiency variances, with a strong focus on food loss and waste.
- Conduct variance analysis versus budget, forecast, and prior periods, identifying key risks and opportunities.
- Lead month-end closing activities, including accrual preparation and detailed variance explanations.
- Support the development of annual budgets, long-range plans, and periodic outlooks.
- Partner closely with Operations to align cost assumptions and validate cost-saving initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accountancy, Finance or any business-related course.
- Preferrably a Certified Public Accountants or Certified Internal Auditor.
- Open to fresh graduates, but candidates with at least 6 months to 1 year of experience in Product Cost Management, Cost Accounting, or Cost Management have an advantage.
- Knowledgeable in cost accounting principles (standard costing, activity-based costing, cost allocation) and inventory management.
- Experience using accounting software and ERP systems is an advantage.
- Must be willing to work in Canlubang, Laguna (Hybrid set-up).
Zenith Foods Corporation, the hiring entity, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jollibee Foods Corporation.
