Operations Financial & Trade Analyst (f/m/d) 80-100%

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This position reports to:
Site Controller
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Your role and responsibilities
As an Operations Financial & Trade Analyst, you will work at the interface between Operations, Finance and Trade Compliance. You will be responsible for maintaining and monitoring financially and foreign trade relevant material master data in SAP, including country of origin and inventory values.
You will perform preferential origin and product cost calculations, monitor material prices and inventory values, and perform SOX controls related to price variances and inventory accuracy. These activities are key to ensuring reliable financial data, compliant origin determination and efficient business operations.
After a structured onboarding, you will also advise and train colleagues on master data, costing and origin topics and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
The work model for the role is: hybrid
This role is contributing to the CHIND motion and automation organization in Untersiggenthal, Kanton Aargau.
You will be mainly accountable for:
Perform preferential origin and product cost calculations to ensure accurate costing and trade compliance.
Maintain and monitor financial and foreign trade-related material master data in SAP, ensuring data quality and integrity.
Analyze material prices and investigate purchasing and production cost variances while supporting SOX controls and inventory accuracy.
Provide guidance and training on master data, costing, and origin topics, while supporting Trade Compliance, Controlling, and continuous process improvement initiatives.
Qualifications for the role
Completed commercial education with further training in Business Administration or a related field (e.g., HF, FH, Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent qualification).
Experience with, or keen interest in, product costing, material master data and international trade topics, combined with a good understanding of manufacturing processes and their impact on material costs and inventory valuation
Experience with SAP, particularly material master data and costing-related processes, combined with good Microsoft Excel skills
High level of accuracy and attention to detail, especially when working with financially or compliance-relevant data
Highly proficient in both written and spoken German and English
Self-motivated, service-oriented mindset and willingness to collaborate across Finance, Operations, Procurement and Trade Compliance
Ability and willingness to share knowledge and train colleagues
Benefits
We also offer our employees the following benefits:
Employee share acquisition plan (ESAP)
REKA credit
Eco bonus
Employee discounts (MyDiscounts / Swibeco)
Fitness allowance
Parental leave
Paid company shutdown between Christmas and New Year
More about us
ABB High Power is the market leader in high-power, high-performance drives, drive systems
and packages for industrial process and large infrastructure applications, and a major supplier of
power conversion equipment for renewable energy and other applications. The Division offers global support to help customers, partners and equipment manufacturers with asset reliability, performance improvement and energy efficiency in mission critical applications.
The recruitment process is led by Ece Özen, Talent Partner, ABB Switzerland Ltd.
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