Business Decision Support Analyst – AMERICAS

Air Products•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities. Reimagine What’s Possible We are seeking a Business Decision Support Analyst for our Americas Business Decision Support team located at our Houston, TX office. This position requires less than 10% domestic travel. The role will support a single subregion within the Americas segment depending on business needs and is a critical position in Air Products’ Financial Planning and Analysis organization providing support to the management team. Operations include hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen pipeline supply networks, onsite production facilities, and merchant distribution activities selling to thousands of customers.

Requirements

Finance, accounting, or Business bachelor's degree
3+ years of experience in finance, technical, and/or quantitative roles
Ability to explain advanced, complex, or non-standard accounting concepts to a multi-functional audience

Nice To Haves

MBA
Knowledge of SAP or similar ERP systems, with SAP R3, Analysis for Excel and BPC
Advanced Excel skills; experience with modeling and visualization tools is a plus

Responsibilities

Complete month-end close operational analysis of the subregion business including understanding and presenting results, identifying major factors/variances, and translating the data into concise and actionable information
Support the development of monthly and quarterly financial forecasts, annual operating plans, and capital expenditure forecast and reporting
Liaise with teams across Air Products and provide decision support for the analysis of new and existing business opportunities
Lead, analyze and provide detailed actionable insights into the Sub-Region’s operating cash flow and balance sheet performance
Provide capital investment decision support. Must be comfortable with discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis yielding Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and Return on Investment (ROI) valuation analysis metrics
Leads process changes cross and/or multi-functionally using the DMAIC methodology and related improvement tools
Build partnerships with business and operations teams to support and coordinate business strategy development, profitability improvement efforts, customer profitability measures, forecasting and best practice sharing