Senior Financial Analyst

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THE ROLE

As our Senior Financial Analyst you will assist in and lead various activities related to forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and strategic business analysis for Windows businesses. You will be a key component in the development and completion of our monthly reporting package for North America Leadership. This role will also require you to own and lead specific parts of the Windows forecasting and budgeting process. In addition, you will be a key cross functional business partner and complete ad-hoc analysis and requests to support the business to make informed strategic decisions.

This position is located in Charlotte, NC with a hybrid office schedule and reports to Sr. Director of Finance.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• In collaboration with North America FP&A and key stakeholders, streamline and standardize, where appropriate, financial reporting, planning and analysis. Leverage financial systems and create meaningful KPIs to track the Windows business performance.
• Develop tools and systems to provide critical financial, business, and operational visibility to make actionable recommendations on both strategy and operations.
• Consolidate and analyze financial data (budgets, actuals, forecasts) with regards to business performance.
• Develop standard reports and dashboards to review business performance and leverage for monthly reporting. Standardize those reports and dashboards to accommodate all business units within the Windows group.
• Analyze results vs various scenarios by leading the Windows bridging process.  Maintain, enhance, and streamline bridge templates, manage inputs from various stakeholders, understand and communicate results to Windows leadership.
• Work cross-functionally to support, gain alignment, from the Windows leadership team in the management, consolidation, communication, and validation of budgets, forecasts, and analytical results.
• Serve as a business partner to cross-functional teams providing data, financial analysis, and recommendations to support improved decision making.
• Manage the weekly pulse file and process for the Windows business. Maintain and update the tool with proper views to analyze the business. Communicate with local manufacturing facility teams to understand, align, and document key assumptions. Provide predictive analytics to help verify accuracy of pulse outlook and raise findings on potential future headwinds/tailwinds.
• Review and analyze costing and inventory data and reports; highlight risks, opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvements in Windows FP&A processes, reporting and analytics.
• Ad hoc analysis as required depending upon the needs of the business.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or other relevant discipline required, or equivalent combination of education/experience.
• MBA or CPA/CMA preferred.
• Excellent presentation, reporting and communication skills.
• Strong excel skills and Microsoft suite of tools required; Power BI experience is an asset.
• Experience with ERP and Financial reporting systems, SAP and OneStream.
• Ability to work with cross functional teams.
• Proven knowledge of financial forecasting and variance analysis.
• Self-starter that can drive projects and tasks to completion with some guidance.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and evolving environment, quickly adapting to changing priorities and deliverables.

Education and Experience

• BS Degree in finance, accounting, or related field
• 5-7 years of working experience as a financial analyst or accountant
• FP&A experience preferred

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