Financial Analyst

About the role

As a Financial Analyst, you will provide financial support to the America Professional Solutions Division, focusing on financial planning, analysis, and control for the business units. You will be a key business partner with the Sales and Marketing teams to drive strategy, process improvements, change management initiatives, and margin performance. You will also play a key role in supporting the growth of the business and ensuring strong profitability, requiring an understanding of the business, summarizing, and communicating the financials to allow management to make informed business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic finance partner to Sales and Marketing, supporting the development and monitoring of business plans, and consolidating monthly P&L and Balance Sheet results for a business unit with annual revenues exceeding $300M.
• Conduct monthly variance analyses comparing budgeted, forecasted, and actual financial performance, with a focus on identifying, interpreting, and documenting key variance drivers to support strategic decision-making.
• Conduct ad-hoc financial analyses across key business areas, including sales performance, pricing strategy adjustments, inventory management, contribution margin trends, and selling and marketing expenditures, to support data-driven decision-making.
• Provide strategic business and financial analysis to support management decision-making across key areas including pricing strategies, program evaluation, distribution planning, and sourcing initiatives.
• Enhance financial planning, reporting, and analytical processes related to revenue and expense management, driving greater efficiency, accuracy, and strategic insight.
• Lead finance training/support initiatives for Sales and Marketing teams, including quarterly Business Intelligence (BI) sessions, to enhance financial acumen and data-driven decision-making across commercial functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Finance or Accounting.
• Minimum of 1 year of related finance and accounting experience in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of financial statements, financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
• Strong communication skills and creative thinking, with an ability to use both data, input, and intuition to inform decisions.
• Able to develop strong communication and relationships with stakeholders at all levels, from senior leadership to frontline team members.
• Extensive experience in Microsoft Office software required, including high proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to handle a variety of projects simultaneously.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity.
• Ability to function in a team environment.
• Ability to function in a time-sensitive, deadline-driven environment.

Eligibility

• Willing to travel for up to 5%, domestically as needed.
• Willing and able to work in an office-based location in Northridge, CA.
• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment.

Benefits

• Competitive wellness benefits and 401K Retirement Savings plan.
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities.
• Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work-life integration and collaboration in a global environment.
• Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies and extensive course catalog.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Access to employee discounts on world-class HARMAN products (JBL, Harman/Kardon, etc.).
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.
• Paid vacation and holidays, paid sick leave, volunteer leave, and paid bonding and care giver leave.
• Eligibility to participate in comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, fertility support and adoption assistance, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan with employer match, short and long term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.

Pay

$84,750 - $124,300. Dependent on the position offered, other forms of compensation are also available, such as bonuses or commission. Pay is based on a wide range of factors, including, without limitation, skill set, experience, training, location, and business need.