Principal Financial Analyst

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Job Summary

Under the direction of the Finance Manager Commercial Strategy generates and analyzes financial information by performing the following duties.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze, report and present production variances including price variance, material variance, scrap discrepeancies and labor/burden spend and volume variances.
• Partner with Operations, customer teams and HR to develop PowerBI reports to help build business understands, monthly reporting, forecasting and adhoc requests as required.
• Provide analysis and explanation of financial results.
• Monitor and report financial performance, explain variances to budgets, forecasts and prior year. Prepare and present consolidated reports to management as appropriate.
• Assist in automation of reports, analysis and other synergies in PowerBI and excel.
• Track sales performance, providing detailed analysis of variances
• Prepares and analyzes quarterly revenue recognition calculation.
• Assists others in the organization to gather information in IFS, SAP, or JDE.
• Support with analysis and development of FY standard costs.
• Assists PLM and commercial teams with pricing of new products, NBO opportunities, or pricing changes due to tariff or cost changes.
• Assists Dir of Finance and management with projects
• All other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or finance, 8+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers or others in the organization.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Advanced PowerBI report writing skills
• Demonstrated analytical skills including excel and ability to interpret and present data.
• Effective organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills with all levels within the organization.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines; lead others through change and continuous improvement activities

Salary range for this position is: $107,000 to $145,000 annually.

The base pay range for this job level is a general guideline and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity, business considerations, and local market conditions, as well as candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, and skills

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