Senior Financial Analyst
Senior Financial Analyst - FPA
Experis Finance (formerly Jefferson Wells) is currently recruiting for an exciting opportunity to join an industry leader as a Senior Financial Analyst.
Position leads the forecasting and business planning processes and provides financial analysis oversight to Plant Operations. The position also provides strategic and business analysis support, working closely with leadership. The role compiles and analyzes financial and KPI's and ensures relevant information is communicated effectively and timely to management. Responsible to drive Corporate FPA's function to a more proactive approach, with an emphasis on development, monitoring and interpretation of predictive metrics and insightful financial analysis to help dive increased business intelligence and improved decision making. The position will ensure that relevant financial information is communicated effectively and timely to senior management, including making recommendations regarding developing financial trends. The position will also be responsible for developing and providing certain information to meet the company's monthly and quarterly management reporting requirement. Must drive improved systems to support the consolidation, reporting, and process changes to ensure impactful, timely reporting and analysis is available to optimize business performance.
Responsibilities:
Lead the monthly variance analysis of actual financial results (PL, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow). Collaborate with senior leaders to clearly articulate the linkage between operations and financial performance.
Create and maintain forecasting processes based on key operational assumptions to accurately predict future performance. Lead the rolling forecast process and consolidate projections at the departmental, plant and enterprise levels.
Analyze customer profitability, with emphasis on product costing and margins analysis. Works closely with leadership to identify opportunities to improve overall profitability.
Analyze proposed business opportunities, projects and other pending decisions, both strategic and tactical to determine impact on company's financial results and to identify ways to improve the economics for the company.
Prepare financial schedules, reports, and presentations for various groups, including Corporate Head Office, Controllers Group and CEO other senior leaders.
Develop annual budget supported by tactical actions to deliver results aligned with strategic objectives. Implement ongoing improvements to the budget process.
Ensure that internal controls included in FPA processes are properly performed for all activities in conjunction and adherence to J-SOX (similar to Sarbanes-Oxley) guidelines.
Qualifications:
BS in Finance or Accounting required - CPA and/or MBA a plus
Minimum of 5 years of related experience in financial analysis and complex modeling
At least 3 years of accounting or financial related experience in a Manufacturing industry (preferable in a plant setting) with product cost knowledge and customer profitability.
Experience with analysis of full PL (sales, COGNOS, margins, SGA)
Expert level skills in Excel, Access and PowerPoint
Strong financial systems skills with experience in COGNOS (or similar).
Strong knowledge of management reporting practices and solid familiarity related to US GAAP.
Ability to travel 15%-30%
