Your Role: Join the East & West Factories as a Business Analyst for Costing & Margin Optimization in Dammam. Your expertise will enhance our Operations and Business Analysis team by driving visibility, accuracy, and control over work-order financial performance.
Key Responsibilities: - Develop and document mechanisms to track work-order costs, margins, consumption, and spending.
- Build dashboards, KPIs, and standardized reporting tools.
- Analyze variances between quoted and actual costs to identify risks, trends, and opportunities.
- Conduct root-cause analysis on margin erosion and consumption deviations.
- Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Sales, and Project teams to improve accuracy and efficiency.
- Enhance ERP/project costing modules and support BI tool implementations.
Experience Requirements: - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar.
- 3–5 years experience as a Business Analyst, Cost Analyst, or Financial Analyst (manufacturing or project-based environment preferred).
- Strong data analysis skills and advanced Excel proficiency.
- Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, etc.).
- Solid understanding of costing, variance analysis, and margin management.
Preferred: - Experience in electrical system manufacturing or custom production.
- Certifications such as CBAP, PMI-PBA, or process improvement (Lean/Six Sigma).
- SQL or BI experience.
Key Strengths: Candidates should be analytical, process-oriented, detail-driven, proactive, collaborative, and capable of communicating complex financial insights clearly.