Cost Analyst Intern

2 days ago
Internship
In-person · Canada... more

IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.


We currently have an exciting opportunity as a Cost Analyst Intern. This role is based in our Verdun, Quebec office and reports to the Senior Manager of Costing.


Do not miss the opportunity to join a diverse group of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!

Job Summary

Reporting to the Senior manager costing, the intern collaborates with the plant manager, as well as the North American business leaders to monitor operation performance, develop strategic plans, budgets, forecasts, and financial analyses to facilitate decision-making and to meet the businesses’ strategic targets. Cost analyst ensure our cost are accurate to ensure the best financial decisions that maximize the North American strategic goals.

Principal Responsibilities

  • In collaboration with the cost analyst help with review of accounts including variance explanations of actuals vs budget vs forecast and perform investigations of these variances.

  • Assist analyst in specific project related to manufacturing location.

  • Help develop the capabilities, tools, and reports to enable Finance to influence and drive better decision-making in the organization.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Education & Certificates

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field

  • CPA and/or MBA an asset

  • Bilingualism (French and English)

  • Dynamic, innovative thinker with excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

  • Excellent communication skills.

Technical Skills & Experience

  • Intermediate/Advanced MS Excel skills

  • Working with large data sets

  • SQL (nice to have) – to connect to Datawarehouse

Competencies:

  • Provide insightful reporting to enable effective decision making.

  • Improve & Innovate - Seeking to continuously improve the way we work and looking for new and unique approaches and ideas to achieve better outcomes..

Key Relationships:  

  • Frequent communication with internal customers (Plant, supply chain, customer service, BP)

  • Collaborates with peers on a regular basis

IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at HR@ipexna.com

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