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Daimler Truck North America · 1 day ago

Project & IT OPEX Controlling Analyst

Charlotte, NC US

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Daimler Truck North America is seeking a Project and IT OPEX Controlling Analyst to join their Performance Steering group. The role involves planning, forecasting, and reporting on fixed operating costs for the IT Department and capital projects budget, while ensuring compliance with internal controls.

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Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Responsible for fixed operating costs planning, forecasting & reporting activities on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis for IT Department as well as for Capital Projects (CapEx) budget for North America region:

Support planning and budgeting activities for IT Department: lead the maintenance, tracking and reporting of IT baseline budget; ensure accurate tracking of labor and non-labor activity

Utilize Prophix forecasting tool for all budgeting and reporting activities for IT and Capital Projects; provide monthly forecasts/assessments and ensure accurate interaction between Prophix and SAP

Provide monthly reporting of actual spend and investigate variances against the budget (for spend, FTEs and capital); gain an in-depth understanding across all categories and drivers of OPEX and capital projects spend

Provide oversight of all regional capital project spending: review details for all transactions posted to the project pool cost centers on regular basis; engage with project managers regarding project progress and related spend; monitor outstanding invoices to ensure they are processed in a timely manner; attend project update meetings with the intent of identifying actions required to support financial oversight objectives

Develop strong and productive relationships with business partners, colleagues and management; work with the business partners and department heads to understand ongoing and upcoming budget needs as well as to investigate deviations from plan

Prepare and provide reporting to upper management regarding IT and project expenditures; provide ad-hoc analysis and reporting as needed

Consolidate forecast, planning and actual IT OPEX and Capital projects spend for NA region; understand key regional cost drivers; prepare and present regional cost development to DTFS exec management

Drive automation of OPEX and Project spend forecasting and reporting tasks with the goal of enabling real-time results reporting; this would provide timely transparency to current spend to both, DTFS business partners and DTFS management, allowing for fact-based decision-making

Qualification

BudgetingForecastingSAPProphixData analysisAnalytical skillsMicrosoft SuiteAttention to detailProblem solvingTeamwork

Required

BS/BA in Business, Finance or Accounting and prefer 5-7 years of relevant experience

Analytical skills: Ability to collect data and establish facts, identify trends and variances; ability to integrate information from a variety of sources with varied levels of complexity

PC/Software skills: SAP, Microsoft Suite of products; proficiency in working with data analysis, reporting and visualization tools

Prior experience with budgeting and forecasting as well as cost analysis and reporting

Preferred

Attention to detail, customer focus, planning and organizing, problem solving and analysis, teamwork and collaboration

Hands-on experience with Prophix and/or Hyperion

Benefits

Annual bonus program

401k company contribution with company match up to 8% as well as non-elective company contribution of 3 - 7% depending on age

Starting at 4 weeks paid vacation

13+ calendar holidays

8 weeks paid parental leave

Employee assistance program

Comprehensive healthcare plans and wellness programs

Onsite fitness (at some locations)

Tuition assistance

Volunteer paid time off

Short-term and long-term disability plans

Company

Daimler Truck North America

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Daimler Truck North America, a Daimler Truck AG company, is the largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America and a leading producer of medium-duty trucks and specialized commercial vehicles.

Founded in 1940

Portland, Oregon, USA

10001+ employees