Finance Business Partner - Manufacturing Costing

Finance Business Partner - Manufacturing Costing

• Full-time

Element Six (E6), is a global leader in the design, development and production of synthetic diamond and tungsten carbide supermaterials. Part of the De Beers Group, our primary manufacturing sites are located in UK, Ireland, Germany, South Africa and the US.

We put our customers first. Using our technological expertise and industrial leadership we deliver innovative solutions to achieve competitive advantage.

With access to the most sophisticated R&D technology and the best minds in the business, the future is full of possibilities…

We are committed to fostering a vibrant workplace culture that is inclusive and embraces our diversity, where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential, and thrive.

Successful candidates will be required to complete a background screening check which may include a criminal check and validation of qualifications.

The Finance Business Partner – CVD Costing will report directly to the Senior Finance Business Partner – CVD and provide financial costing across the CVD business. The role supports CVD cost accounting, budgeting, forecasting, costing scenarios, R&D Tax Credit submissions, manufacturing variance analysis and CVD-wide performance reporting. It will also use digital tools, including AI-enabled solutions and Power BI, to improve the quality, efficiency and insight of financial analysis and reporting.

This is a key business partnering role supporting US CVD operations in Oregon and California, while also providing insight across the wider CVD global footprint, including Ireland and the UK. The successful candidate will partner closely with operations, engineering, supply chain, finance and business leadership to translate operational performance into clear financial insight, challenge assumptions constructively, and support effective decision making.

• Own and maintain Oregon and California standard costing processes, including manufactured product standards, purchased material costs, bills of material, routing times, work center rates and relevant costing assumptions.
• Understand and maintain standard costing and weighted average costing methodologies, ensuring the appropriate treatment of discrete and process manufactured items.
• Support the setup and analysis of outside processing costs, including comparison of external processing costs to internal manufacturing or processing alternatives.
• Calculate and update work centerrecovery rates based on budgeted costs, activity levels, manufacturing assumptions and approved planning inputs.
• Maintain and review AAIs (automatic accounting instructions) to ensure inventory, recoveries, work order variances, price variances and currency variances are posted accurately to the general ledger.
• Perform periodic simulation and freezing of updated standard product costs and prepare clear bridges explaining movements from previous to new standards.
• Review branch inventory item data periodically to ensure GL class codes, costing methods, item master information and financial reporting attributes remain accurate.
• Reconcile finished goods, raw materials and work in progress balances from inventory reports to the general ledger, and coordinate corrective action where discrepancies are identified.
• Review inventory for excess, obsolete or slow-moving balances and support write-down assessments in accordance with Group policy.
• Prepare monthly journal entries required to accurately reflect variances, recoveries, inventory balances, revaluations, accruals and deferrals.
• Prepare and present costing scenarios to support business decisions, including the financial impact of changes in activity levels, product mix, yield, cycle time, utilization, outside processing, material cost, labor cost and manufacturing footprint assumptions.

• Lead the compilation of the annual budget for CVD Operations and prepare and present annual forecasts, including…