Financial Reporting & Corporate Accounting Analyst
Job Summary
The Financial Reporting Analyst is a cross-functional role between reporting and accounting responsible for delivering accurate and timely Monthly Business Review (MBR) reporting, while supporting other financial reporting requirements as needed, such as budgeting, and forecasting. This position partners closely with Accounting, Finance, IT leadership, and business stakeholders to ensure financial accuracy, transparency, and support data-driven decision-making across the organization.
Responsibilities
Prepare and deliver comprehensive Monthly Business Review (MBR) reporting for all applicable entities, in compliance with Bosch reporting standards, directives, and timelines.
Prepare and deliver comprehensive budgeting and forecasting reports in compliance with Bosch reporting standards, directives, and timelines. This includes analysis of net working capital, fixed assets, provisions, revenue, costs, and other construction reporting metrics.
Partner with General Ledger team to align and harmonize monthly and quarterly close and reporting schedules, ensuring consistency across multiple ERP systems and reporting entities.
Serve as subject matter expert for MBR and related reporting requirements including budgeting/forecasting, with responsibility for understanding upstream data inputs, identifying gaps or inconsistencies, and driving process improvement that enhance alignment, accuracy, and timeliness of reporting outputs.
Support month-end close and reporting activities.
Collaborate with Accounting and cross-functional finance teams to align reporting methodologies and assumptions.
Aid in audit requests and documentation as needed.
Support Business Unit Controlling in delivering agreed-upon overarching reporting requirements.
Act as a key liaison between Accounting, Finance, and Operational teams, ensuring alignment on financial processes and reporting expectations. This includes presenting detailed financial calculations and reporting to various stakeholders in a clear and meaningful manner tailored to their level of financial understanding.
Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, automation, and data quality across systems. Support enhancements to financial systems, reporting tools, and dashboards used for MBR reporting. Act as a key point of contact for continuous improvement initiatives and reporting projects, including Data Lake and Microsoft Power BI reporting.
Contribute to the development of policies, procedures, and internal controls related to financial reporting.
Lead ad hoc projects and reporting initiatives related to budgeting and forecasting.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
3+ years of progressive experience in accounting, finance, or controlling, with exposure to financial reporting and cost analysis.
Strong understanding of month-end processes, financial reporting, and cost analysis.
Ability to analyze and report key metrics to management and project leadership.
Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Prowess in Excel for complex analysis, reporting, automation, and data management, this includes:
- Building and maintaining complex financial models and forecasting tools.
- Experience and success with Power Query and/or VBA.
- Performing large data set analysis, reconciliations, and trend analysis.
- Managing linked workbooks and integrating data from multiple sources.
Preferred Qualifications
1+ years of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) experience.
Experience with cost allocations.
Experience in the construction industry.