Business Unit Financial Analyst

Primary Responsibilities:

Long Range & Strategic Planning

• Report, track and assist in developing strategic objectives including growth, profitability, product and service mix, and geographic presence. Participates and assists Corporate FP&A on approach and best practices
• Ability to participate in Corporate Development projects to support various M&A activity

Management Reporting & Insights

• Ability to identify the top KPIs that drive results, ability to isolate, measure, track and influence results, including variance analysis to prior year, budget, and reforecast
• Play an active role in presenting monthly results and providing explanations of drivers

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Supports the development of annual capital spend through strategic prioritization and ROI goals
• Execute annual budgets for the Business Unit based on inputs from Operations and Corporate FP&A
• Manage recurring forecasts on a timely basis to support decision analysis that drive internal action and inform external expectations
• Play active role in preparing budgets and reforecasts, for divisions, regions, countries, plants or cost centers
• Support capital forecasting to improve cashflow forecasting and investment decisions

Net Working Capital, Capital Project, and Lease Analysis

• Develop insights, raise concerns, and report appropriate actions to respective owners to optimize net working capital improvement
• Identifies and challenges key assumptions and risk-related capital projects and conducts post-capital reviews
• Challenge and ensure completeness, reasonable assumptions, and financial viability of capital project analysis as part of capital approval routings

Performance Management & Decision Support

• Partner with Business Unit and operational leaders to provide insight, analysis, and financial acumen to support business decisions, challenge base assumptions, and identify potential opportunities and strategies
• Enhance the capabilities, tools, techniques, and models to enable Finance to influence and drive better decision making in the organization

Knowledge & Skills Required:

Business

• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and business case development skills
• Ability to connect business decisions with impacts on financial results
• Ability to understand operational processes to be able to challenge base assumptions and look at potential opportunities

Communication

• Ability to clearly and concisely explain drivers of results, competently answer questions regarding performance and results, influencing and encouraging actions
• Ability to present business leadership relative to the role, i.e. budgets and monthly results, MBR/QBR, capital analysis, and PCAs

Technical

• Deep technical knowledge and understanding of FP&A activities, specifically management reporting, financial analysis, and pricing/competitive analysis activities
• Proficiency and understanding of financial statements and financial ratios
• Ability to create financial models and perform complex calculations
• Strong understanding of financial analysis, industry and competitive landscape, cash generation management, and risk management
• Ability to complete FP&A activities with a strong attention to detail
• Strong knowledge in general principles of manufacturing or costs accounting and analysis
• Ability to transform large data sets to provide actionable insights
• Strong knowledge of ERP and consolidation systems
• Proficient with Microsoft Office packages such as Word, Excel and Power Point

Relational

• Strong collaboration and relationship management skills
• Ability to actively engage and communicate in in-person, virtual, and remote environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Coachable and a willingness to learn
• Ability to provide linkage between Controllership Accounting team and BU FP&A team
• Ability to manage deliverables independently as well as perform under pressure
• Ability to work in cross-functional team environment across multiple levels of management
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage well through ambiguity and complexity

Education Required:

Bachelor\’s/First Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics Business or related disciplines

Education Preferred:

Master\’s Degree and/or professional certification (CPA, CMA, CFA, etc)

Experience:

Relevant experience working in FP&A required, other Finance experience/role beneficial

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.