Line Shop Analyst - Akron, Ohio - (on-site)

Job Description:
Client in Akron, Ohio is seeking a Line Shop Analyst contractor who will travel around NE Ohio to various line shops and service centers to meet with Managers and Directors to review financials.

Candidates can be located in the Toledo, Akron, Cleveland areas.
Must be comfortable asking questions around where hours are being charged to, etc.
Focus of this role is to help Line shops achieve capitalization targets.
Possibility of contract to hire
 
Short-Term Actions
Targeted field visits to shops and service centers with lower capitalization rates.
This would likely require additional support resources, including Accounting Policy participation, to accompany Business Services and Operations teams during shop reviews.
The objective would be to better understand local practices, identify inconsistencies, and provide real-time guidance on capitalization decisions.

Key focus areas to include:

Standardized review tools and reporting
Supervisors rely on a variety of work management tools - some are QV reports, Business Services reports, and Operations reports, which can make reviews cumbersome and potentially create analysis paralysis.

Evaluate whether reporting and dashboards can be streamlined to provide a smaller set of leading indicators that help supervisors more effectively review and manage time charging and capitalization performance.

Accounting Policy guidance and training
Develop or refresh Accounting Policy playbooks and guidance documents. Translate accounting speak to easy to understand operations

tasks
Provide targeted training for line supervisors, shop personnel, and Business Services teams to reinforce expectations and improve consistency across operating areas.

Design standards review
Conduct a joint Accounting Policy and Engineering review of standard design requirements.
Ensure projects are being designed and executed using approved standard designs, while also considering capitalization implications early in the process.

Time charging process review
Evaluate existing tools and processes related to time charging, particularly around PowerOn follow-up activities, which may present opportunities for improvement.