Financial Analyst

Job Type: Location Type: On-site

 

Summary

This position is responsible for collecting, organizing, analyzing, reporting data, and developing improvement solutions as well as performing cost analysis of products and finance situation for the ADVICS North American group. This position reports to Senior Manager.

Essential Job Responsibilities and Duties

1. Perform cost tracking to support budget control, including investment and expense forecasting activities

2. Prepare actual versus budgeted analysis of accounts, analyzing and summarizing key contributors for changes between budget, forecast and actual costs.

3. Set-up projects and track capital investments in Oracle for headquarters

4. Contribute to long-term strategic planning by developing complex financial documents and scenarios for review by management and executives

5. Provide support to accounting department for monthly closings

6. Prepare, review, and revise annual expense and CAPEX budgets and forecasts as required.

7. Support headquarters with non-budget financial matters.

8. Support Corporate with annual audit requests.

9. Support headquarters budget meetings including preparing documents, presentation materials, correspondence, and schedules.

10. Create CAPEX report

11. Support cost planning activities by collaborating with other departments

12. Maintain Price List in Oracle

13. Other special projects, tasks or duties as assigned by supervisor and/or management.

14. Provide actionable insights and modeling to improve strategy and profit performance

15. Collaborate with group companies to further ADVICS Vision, objectives, and goals

Other Responsibilities and Duties

1. Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships

2. Other special projects, tasks or duties as assigned by supervisor and/or management

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

– The work is performed in a typical office setting. The work is mostly sedentary.

– This position requires extensive communication with others internally and with external customers and suppliers both verbal and written.

– Required to work additional hours to meet deadlines, as necessary.

Equipment and Supporting Services

– Basic equipment needed: computer, cell phone, business cards and security badge.

– Additional equipment is not needed.

– Special equipment is not needed.

– Cell Phone optional: BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) allows the use of personal smartphone or iPad tablet to be connected to company apps

Qualifications Requirements

Education and Experience:

– Desired qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in finance/accounting/business related field with 1-3 years experience. Prefer manufacturing experience.

– Minimum qualifications: High School diploma, 1 or 2 years related experience.

Skills:

– Ability to perform complex and confidential data analytics activities for executives, managers in multiple departments

– Ability to collect, clean, maintain and analyze large data sets

– Experience with data visualization software suites is a plus (Power BI, Etc.)

– Ability to manage multiple competing deadlines effectively and professionally

– Ability to create reports and presentations for use at managerial and executive meetings

– Skill in effectively participating in teams made up of peers, managers, and executives

– Skill in communicating with others in different departments and to people outside the organization; verbally and in writing

– Skill in MS Office products including proficient use of MS Excel and MS Outlook

– Understand basic accounting principals

– Spanish and/or Japanese language ability is a plus but not required

– Use of logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions.

– Strong mathematical skills

– Comfortable utilizing business case development and strategic thinking to solve problems

– Skill in communicating with others in different departments and to people outside the organization; verbally and in writing.

Certificates, Licensees, Registrations:

– None Required