Financial Cost Analyst Cover Letter

I would like to submit my application for the financial cost analyst opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for recommendations to keep Mr Coopers analytics practices in line with company needs and up to industry standards.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Work closely with Industrial Engineering and Human resources groups in order to control and anticipate manpower movement and their impact on unit cost
• Support capital strategic planning and reporting
• Recommend and put in place efficient financial controls in order to prevent, evaluate and detect financial risks
• Ensure a strict adherence to accounting policies, internal controls and procedures
• Participate, test and validate the conversion in SAP of the new entity (CSALP)
• Promote and continue the Achieving Excellence System (AES)
• Strong business sense and excellent interpersonal skills
• Post-secondary education in business or accounting

In response to your job posting for financial cost analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for ongoing thought leadership to ensure the RMA team’s quantitative and data management approach, processes, and tools are appropriate given the Bank’s ACL philosophy / strategy, regulatory guidance, and industry standards / best practices.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Be disciplined and structure in the way of thinking
• Good time management skills to meet the tight schedule and deadline
• Teamwork attitude, flexible to changing priorities, and work under pressure
• Advanced in Microsoft Excel and proficient in PowerPoint and Word
• Strong communication, business writing and presentation skills
• Experience developing project forecasting and budgeting models
• Direct labor hours and rates
• Overhead rates and burdens

In response to your job posting for financial cost analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for ongoing support and enhancement of ITSM and Performance Metrics by driving alignment with Industry standards and best practices.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Accounting designation is preferred (CA, CMA, and/or CGA)
• Willingness to work outside normal business hours
• Excellent communications (Written and Oral) and analytical skills
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills with a curious nature
• Comfortable with new, difficult, and challenging work
• Gather information for and generate on-going financial reports
• Assist with budget, cost and variance analysis
• Ensure proper allocation of overhead charges

Please consider me for the financial cost analyst opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for ongoing thought leadership to ensure the RMA team’s quantitative and data management approach and tools are appropriate given the Bank’s ACL philosophy / strategy, regulatory guidance, and industry standards and best practices.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Assist with the preparation of operating budgets
• Intermediate with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• SharePoint and PeopleSoft experience is preferred, but not mandatory
• Produce weekly
• Familiarity with accounting and enterprise reporting systems (SAP) and proficient in Excel and Power point
• Have experience of manipulating and summarising large datasets using Excel
• Have experience of building reports, producing trend analysis/forecasts, using the numbers to tell the story
• Be able to build strong and effective working relationships

In response to your job posting for financial cost analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for training and best practices or the Costpoint financial system to current and new project staff, as needed.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Parts list for purchased materials
• SAP experience (Project Systems, FICO, Cost Center Accounting, Material Master, Sales Orders)
• Strong data mining skills (Access, Visual Basic, SQL)
• Working knowledge of business law and contracts
• ABC/M methodology expertise and proficiency
• Experience in the use of cost estimating tools
• DAWIA, CCE/A, BCF-CE or similar certification (preferred)
• Assist the analysts for inventories, unit cost and BOM for monthly results analysis and forecast