Senior Financial Analyst - Data Science

About the role

This analytical and data-driven individual supports Platform FP&A processes and business partner teams within the Americas Finance Team. They leverage advanced analytics, automation, and process improvements to enhance financial planning, reporting, and decision-making capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Leverage data science, robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies to improve process efficiency and deliver advanced analytics solutions to Finance and business partner teams.
• Enhance the utilization of technologies and systems across the Americas Finance Team by redesigning finance processes and database structures.
• Increase Finance and Accounting productivity by streamlining data gathering practices and improving connectivity across Finance functions.
• Develop enhanced reporting, presentation, and visualization methods to provide advanced insights to senior leadership.
• Influence senior leadership through executive presentations, storytelling, and data-driven recommendations.
• Pioneer new analytical methodologies across the Americas region and lead the rollout of process and system improvements with key stakeholders.
• Analyze large and complex datasets using analytical and statistical approaches to solve business challenges.
• Support annual planning processes, budgets, forecasts, and deliverables for corporate and regional finance teams.
• Maintain financial models, planning templates, and forecasting tools to ensure accuracy, consistency, and high-quality analyses.
• Provide reporting and analysis of actual, budgeted, forecasted, and strategic planning results to support business decision-making.
• Support monthly financial close activities, including pre-close activities, task monitoring, and communication regarding system availability.
• Assume responsibility for other projects and duties as assigned by the Senior Director of Finance or Company management.
• Demonstrate a commitment to Watts' values of integrity, accountability, continuous improvement and innovation, and transparency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business Management, Quantitative Analytics, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum of five years of experience in financial analysis, business intelligence, financial planning and analysis, or a related analytical role.
• Experience utilizing programming languages and database technologies such as Python, SQL, C++, or R.
• Experience with data science applications, artificial intelligence tools, large language models, or robotic process automation solutions.
• Experience with financial planning and reporting applications such as Hyperion/HFM, Power BI, and Anaplan.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, interpret, and communicate complex financial information to multiple levels of management.
• Understanding of and adherence to applicable laws, policies, regulations, and safety practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, MS, or other advanced degree in Finance, Analytics, Data Science, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting FP&A processes within a manufacturing organization.
• Experience with SAP.
• Experience leading finance transformation initiatives and implementing process automation solutions.