Your Opportunity as a Lead Coordinator, Capital Management Location: New Orleans, LA Reports To: Plant Engineer Work Arrangements: 100% on-site. Home base – Gentilly facility. Travel – to and from Gentilly, Chef, Silo, and Lacombe facilities. Willingness to work off shift hours (nights, weekends, holidays, etc.) and flow to the work as needed. In this role you will: Capital Management for NOLA Campus. Lead the capital team on Fiscal Year forecasting, which includes creating a timeline and templa... more details
Your Opportunity as a Lead Coordinator, Capital Management
Location: New Orleans, LA
Reports To: Plant Engineer
Work Arrangements: 100% on-site
Home base – Gentilly facility
Travel – to and from Gentilly, Chef, Silo, and Lacombe facilities
Willingness to work off shift hours (nights, weekends, holidays, etc.) and flow to the work as needed
In this role you will:
Capital Management for NOLA Campus
Lead the capital team on Fiscal Year forecasting, which includes creating a timeline and templates. (e.g., List of projects, descriptions, predicated spending, business benefit and prioritize) and advise the Campus Plant Engineers to update/make decisions to meet budget.
Support corporate finance led monthly capital team meeting; duties include supporting agenda items, sharing spending updates, meeting notes and supplemental training to plant team members as required.
Facilitate issues with Project Manager, vendors and Purchasing department on final payments
Develop and train others on Project Charters, defining project scope, schedules, and funding packages.
Lead contact for the Corporate Fixed Assets audits, ensuring capital guidelines are adhered to
Maintain up to date monthly results on Capital Budget performance with gaps identified
Support plant project managers on the difference between Capital vs. Expense and work with Corporate Finance for any clarification and decisions if there are questions
Coordinate the efforts between Project Managers, Plant Finance and Corporate Fixed Assets on placing assets in service on time
Facilitate effective Capital project close outs in line with company guidelines and policies - useful life and asset categories
Create and maintain asset folders for tax purposes and Internal Audits.
Resource and Coach for plant on Asset Disposals.
Facilitate and develop Standard Operating Procedures for Coffee Capital Systems as required
Capital Budget Ownership
Directly manage the NOLA Campus Capital Budget to support execution of projects
Complete monthly forecasts to meet fiscal year budget targets
Prepare and submit new Capital funding requests
Site leader for NOLA campus equipment number assignments:
Create and maintain spreadsheet for campus
Coordinate the efforts with Project Managers and Contractors for request to ensure data is accurate
Build capabilities of Project Managers by coaching and training on work processes
Problem solving and improvement work will involve the following activities:
Collecting and analyzing data from project leaders, purchasing and suppliers on status of over budget / over commitment projects and implement solutions to meet budget and Finance guidelines.
Monitor and analyze root cause for elimination of reclasses and journals.
Budget Owner for Gentilly Plant Engineering Cost centers
Manage Plant Engineering Cost Centers 1679, 1339 and 0900 (Resource for 1705 and 1666)
Gather and analyze monthly cost center results and implement solutions to budget questions and issues
Create and maintain templates for monthly budget management
Prepare monthly reconciliation on natural accounts <$5K
Forecast fiscal year budget
Support Corporate Finance with plant specific clarification needs regarding monthly accruals and reclasses for key vendors
Build capabilities of department cost owners by training, coaching, and developing reference guides
Work collaboratively with Finance on work process improvements
Budget Owner for NOLA Campus Capital Expense Budgets (Front End Engineering, Pre-Production, Fixed Asset Depreciation, and Site Clearance)
Complete monthly forecast updates to meet fiscal year budget targets
Support Corporate Finance with plant specific clarification needs regarding fiscal year budget requests
Lead for Gentilly Plant Engineering evacuation head counts
Lead for Gentilly Plant Engineering file retention compliance
The Right Place for You
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
What we are looking for:
Minimum Requirements:
Associate’s degree in Accounting or Finance and 5 years of accounting / finance experience
In lieu of an Associate’s degree in Accounting or Finance, a high school diploma and 8 years of accounting / finance experience is required
Project / capital management experience
Demonstrated problem solving ability – to work a problem from problem statement development through root cause identification and systemic corrective action implementation
Demonstrated analytical skills – ability to analyze data, financial information, capital vs budget, forecast vs actuals, identify where critical information is missing to make sound decisions
Microsoft Office suite experience (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Outlook, Project, etc.)
Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:
Accounting / finance experience in an engineering setting
Experience using Oracle-based systems
Food / beverage experience
Manufacturing operational experience
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