Financial Analyst

Job Description

The Commercial Financial Analyst will lead and/or conduct financial and sales reporting and analysis related to Wilsonart’s US Consolidated Operations. Beyond completing the analysis, this role partners directly with the business to turn data into understanding and actionable insight—identifying the problem, working with team members on what needs to be fixed, helping them get it fixed, and closing the loop on its success.

This role will have direct responsibility for understanding what drives the result financial/sales/operational reporting, modeling for forecasts, and value added analysis that ties decisions to financial outcomes and aids management with decision making.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide detailed analysis and financial support of assigned areas, leveraging External / Internal sources research and develop best in class practices – Comparison of (plan, forecast & actual) and initiatives including ROI, TCO modeling, KPI’s, OKR’s, Balance Scorecard and variance explanations.
• Partner with business stakeholders to turn analysis into action—help them understand the data, frame the actionable insight, and drive the full loop from identifying the problem, to aligning on what needs to be fixed, to helping get it fixed, to closing the loop on its success.
• Operate at the crossroads of Finance, Operations, Sales, and execution—elevating process and a shared understanding of how decisions in one function flow through to the others.
• Heavily support business partners so they can focus on their core role—owning the analysis, reconciling disparate databases and data sources, and building sustainable, systematic, repeatable processes.
• Tie decisions to financial outcomes—analyze results against financial impact including cost per unit and price / volume / mix, and perform vitality analysis to explain what is actually driving the results, identify and reduce waste and leakage, and grow a business-partnership mindset.
• Help team members understand the data by translating complex analysis into clear, concise formats and presentations tailored to the audience.
• Prepare / develop / translate reporting, oversee forecasting rhythms/trends, and complete any ad hoc analysis.
• Aid in budget and planning processes. Partner with department leads to develop realistic financial plans aligned to operational goals.
• Establish operating routines with fellow team members including standard reporting, metrics, and trending/projections.
• Aid in the development of process improvement projects and utilization to gain efficiencies in complex financial reporting, forecasting and cost optimization objectives: SG&A and operational models, what-if scenarios, reducing risk, process optimization.
• Take pride and ownership in the work—heavy on doing the job and executing the vision, driving initiatives from project planning all the way through to execution and closure.
• Improve efficiencies of producing timely, accurate and highly useful reporting / analysis leveraging available tools.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Advanced degree and/or financial leadership program graduate is a plus.
• Highly proficient across AI, the Microsoft Suite (including Excel and PowerPoint), and advanced analytics tools.
• Knowledge or ability to learn and leverage key tools and systems: AI, Oracle, Microsoft Suite, Salesforce.com, Tableau, along with ERP.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree Required in Finance, Accounting Economics or a similar discipline. Equivalent combination of education and experience; 1yr experience may substitute for 1yr of degree.
• Experience: 5+ years of related experience in finance/accounting/operations and analytics and reporting experience with U.S. commercial finance, sales reporting, and financial planning processes required.