Senior Financial Analyst

SENIOR FA – Well know, international manufacturing company in the Chicagoland area

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Global, multibillion-dollar manufacturing company is looking to add a Senior FA to their growing finance team. This newly created role will be a part of the corporate FP&A activities and will support business units. Great opportunity for someone looking to make an impact with a growing, dynamic company.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

• Our client is a well-respected and established manufacturing company
• Flexibility to work from home
• Impressive work life balance
• Countless examples of room for growth
• Excellent benefits
• 401k match
• Competitive salary
• Amazing close knit team atmosphere
• Process improvement-oriented role- make things better
• Opportunity for career growth- move into a business unit or climb the ladder in corporate. Role is open due to growth

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SENIOR FA

• Recommends budget adjustments, and other cost improvement measures.
• Assist with the analysis of financial information to determine present and future financial performance, including coordinating monthly reporting, quarterly forecasting, and annual planning processes.
• Help with various business units and leadership to provide guidance around reports, analytics, strategic plans, business plans, and targets.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual P&L analysis, Risk and Opportunity analysis, and bridge comments to shed insights into the business.
• Ensure consistency between the operating strategy of the business unit and its financial forecasts.
• Identify opportunities to streamline work and improve processes to drive effective data analytics and provide recommendations that will enable quality performance management discussions and better decision-making.
• Support the monthly close consolidation process by preparing variance analysis and reporting of results for multiple business units
• Lead cross function team to collaborate on certain projects, such as inventory risk analysis, production line analysis, etc
• Demonstrate continuous efforts to improve operations, decrease lead times, and streamline work processes by working cooperatively and jointly with internal stakeholders
• Provide ad hoc reports and analyses as requested
• Reviews costs and performs cost benefit analysis related to projects and/or programs.
• Uses various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS OF SENIOR FA

• 5+ years progressive finance/FPA experience
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• 5+ years experience financial planning and analysis, demonstrated progression of increasing responsibility
• Manufacturing experience
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment