Financial Business Analyst

About the role

Your Job Smiths Interconnect, a Molex company, is seeking a Financial Business Analyst in our Irving, Texas location. Reporting to the Finance Director and supporting the Semi Test BU team across financial reporting & pricing, this role contributes to revenue and margin growth and drives improved forecast accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business partners & analyst peers to ensure consistency & best practice in partnering with stakeholders
• Review and supply advice on opportunities to ensure continuous enhancement of our business partnering, to drive growth
• Work with other areas including Operations and Finance teams, to ensure we are aligned and working collaboratively
• Ensure strong governance & control around the pricing & business partnering processes & reporting
• Work with the business systems team to identify & evaluate system needs to enhance the pricing process and management reporting to both monitor & drive improvements in business & individual performance
• Partner with Sales, Product Line Managers, and Operations to identify risks and opportunities, and help translate financial results into clear actions
• Support pricing and margin discussions by analyzing product, customer, and market profitability
• Provide insight into new products, new customers, and new markets, helping leaders understand performance trends and implications
• Forecast bookings and sales forecasting in collaboration with Commercial teams as part of the S&OP process
• Monitor and analyze the CRM pipeline, sales funnel, and distributor POS data to support demand planning and outlook accuracy
• Evaluate forecast changes and variances, clearly communicating drivers and assumptions
• Support Sales Incentive Plan calculations & communication
• Own monthly orders, sales, and margin reporting, including clear explanations of performance versus prior year, budget, and forecast
• Partner with the Finance Director to ensure timely, accurate, and well-explained month-end close outputs
• Develop and deliver management reporting that is decision-oriented, not just backward-looking
• Support the development of the annual operating plan and budget process for Semi-Test
• Work with Finance, Operations, and Business Systems teams to improve reporting, forecasting tools, and processes
• Provide monthly orders, sales, and margin reporting – working with the business team to explain movements to prior year, budget, and latest forecast
• Manage bookings & sales forecasts, as part of the S&OP process
• Understand risks & opportunities to forecast (with relevant action plans)
• Review product line margin performance, creating insights to both price & cost structure
• Analyze the point of sale (POS) data from the distributor network
• Work with functional teams and aid in development of annual operating budget plan

Qualifications

• Preferred 2-4 years’ experience in a similar role with a history of success
• Occasional business travel needed (5%, as needed)
• Knowledge of Salesforce, Glovia ERP, Power BI, Epicor ERP preferable but not essential
• Confident communication, ability to challenge business teams effectively
• Comfortable to work in rapidly changing environment
• Excel, Glovia / Epicor ERP, Salesforce, Power BI

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement
• Paid vacation/time off, educational assistance
• May also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance

Pay

Details on pay will be provided during the interview process.

Schedule

Details on schedule will be provided during the interview process.