Senior Financial Analyst
Gateway Recruiting
- Plymouth, MN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead inventory consolidation and forecast effort for all planning and reporting cycles.
- Perform variance analysis and identify key drivers in support of business decisions. Conduct regular financial reviews with business partners to communicate financial performance and business issues.
- Provide valuable insight to influence business achieve financial goals.
- Provide scenario analytics for strategic projects, gross margin initiatives, and long-range planning.
- Develop, automate, and monitor key financial metrics.
- Consolidate financials from various global manufacturing sites and provide succinct effective communication to leadership on business performance to identify opportunities and drive improvement.
- Scope of financials include Month-End Close, Quarterly Forecasts, Annual Plan, and Standard Costs.
- Provide ad-hoc analyses to support complex decision making within global manufacturing operations and present recommendations to management.
- Serve as financial lead in cross-functional team environments.
- Identify areas that can be improved and constructively propose new solutions that drive efficiency.
- Develop and utilize sound financial processes to drive improved business performance.
- Support ad hoc internal and external audit requests.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related discipline
- 4+ years of progressive accounting and/or financial planning and analysis experience
- Advanced level of proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to articulate financial results based on audience.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- MBA / CPA is a plus.
- Experience with SAP ERP and Hyperion Planning/Essbase systems.
- Ability to manage tight time commitments in high-pressure situations.
- Ability to work effectively under uncertainties and with flexibility to change priorities in a proactive manner.
- Strong results orientation and bias for action, including a high degree of initiative and self-motivation in understanding business needs and leading others to meet those needs.