Senior Financial Analyst

About the role

Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company providing essential products, services and technology solutions that support care delivery in leading hospitals, health systems and research centers around the world. For over 140 years, Owens & Minor has delivered comfort and confidence behind the scenes, so healthcare stays at the forefront, helping to make each day better for the hospitals, healthcare partners, and communities we serve. Powered by more than 14,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care™. Global Reach with a Local Touch: 140+ years serving healthcare, over 14,000 teammates worldwide, serving healthcare partners in 80 countries, manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Honduras, Mexico, Thailand and Ireland, 40+ distribution centers, portfolio of 300 propriety and branded product offerings, 1,000 branded medical product suppliers, 4,000 healthcare partners served.

The Sr. Finance Analyst supports the Finance Manager with the financial analysis for Supply Chain expenses within Products & Healthcare Services (P&HS), the company’s largest business unit (BU), and works with cross-functional leadership (including Finance, Operations, Sales / Commercial, Accounting, and BU leaders), providing guidance and support to assist with managing the operations performance of the BU. The Sr. Finance Analyst is responsible for assisting the Finance Manager with strategic planning, annual budgeting, financial forecasts, and financial analyses, including: scenario planning, financial modeling, variance analyses, program / initiative performance tracking vs. targets, return on investment analyses for capital expenditures and other projects, trend analyses, tracking of key performance indicators, quantification and tracking of risks & opportunities, and other ad hoc analyses.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Finance Manager with the Supply Chain expenses financial forecasting cycle, in close collaboration with Executive Leadership, Commercial Finance, Marketing, Operations, Corporate FP&A, & Accounting, including: Weekly / Monthly / Quarterly forecast cycles; Annual budget process; Strategic Long-Range Plan process; CapEx and strategic investment prioritization, planning, & tracking
• Prepares financial presentations in collaboration with functional leaders, including monthly / quarterly business reviews, performance scorecards, initiatives trackers, and profitability models
• Prepares financial analyses and presentations for the Senior Management Team
• Routinely assesses and communicates financial and operational performance trends (historical and forecasted), using appropriate metrics to identify areas of risk / opportunity, propose key actions / strategic initiatives, and quantify & forecast results / strategic implications
• Proactively evaluates results, monitors current & past trends, and recommends actions to ensure the team achieves their commitments in key performance indicators, including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, profitability, working capital and capital expenditures.
• Identifies and quantifies opportunities to improve financial performance and develops strategic financial analyses for presentation to the Manufacturing, Sourcing, Distribution, Commercial, Marketing, and Finance leadership.
• Prepares financial and business-related analysis and research in such areas as pricing models, scenario planning, financial and expense performance, rate of return, performance optimization, etc.
• Works closely with the Accounting team to ensure all aspects of the financial close process are orderly, and contributes toward the accuracy of the financial results as reported in the company financial statements.
• Change agent: encourages new ideas, processes and approaches. Champions and enables a culture of multidisciplinary problem solving, teamwork, flexibility, execution, quality and effective communication.
• Responsible for standardization of reporting across product categories, including gathering requirements from the Executive Leadership Team (ELT)
• Performs additional duties as directed.

Qualifications

• Four-year undergraduate degree required.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of related experience, including a position of similar scope and impact.
• Preferably has been part of a world class FP&A organization and has shown sustained career progress.
• FP&A experience, including business partnership, highly preferred.
• Healthcare distribution and/or manufacturing experience is desirable.
• Ability to travel, up to 25% of the time if remote.

Skills

• Highly analytical & personable with strong written & verbal communication skills
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