Financial Analyst III

Panasonic • Irvine, CA

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Analyst III will support the financial planning and analysis activities of a designated business unit, including budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and performance analysis. Serving as a trusted financial advisor to business leaders, this role will provide decision support, actionable insights, and financial guidance to drive informed business decisions. The position is also responsible for reviewing operating and capital expenditure requests to ensure alignment with business objectives and financial targets.

Requirements

• B.A. or B.S. degree in accounting or finance required.
• 6+ years of advanced financial analysis/planning/accounting.
• Ability to adjust and adapt to market and economic conditions.
• Excellent communications (written and verbal) skills with finance staff, local group staff and customers.
• Having a wide-ranging experience, uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may provide guidance to other technical positions.
• Ability to think innovatively and proactively.
• Knowledge of US GAAP and SOX compliance.
• Advanced MS Office knowledge in Excel and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• Financial Certification preferred.
• Knowledge of Oracle, Cognos planning and reporting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the financial planning and analysis activities of a designated business unit, including budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and performance analysis.
• Serve as a trusted financial advisor to business leaders, providing decision support, actionable insights, and financial guidance.
• Review operating and capital expenditure requests to ensure alignment with business objectives and financial targets.
• Prepare and present monthly expenditures incurred against plan and forecasts and provide recommendations on how to control or reduce spending and accelerate revenues.
• Coordinate between Fixed Asset Accountant and business unit managers to properly account and classify capital expenditures.
• Prepare financial and business related analysis and research in such areas as financial and expense performance, rate of return, depreciation, working capital, and investments.
• Prepare consolidated forecasts and budgets and analyze trends and/or variances in revenue, expense, capital expenditures and other related areas.
• Pro-active financial management.
• Ability to adjust and adapt to market and economic conditions.
• Lead process improvement initiatives and business metrics development.
• Act in a lead role for other analysts.
• Independently manage department finance while interacting with HQ and other department managers.
• Develop concepts and models for general management improvement e.g. project reporting guidelines, cost cutting evaluation etc.
• Utilize a decision support tool for management.
• Provide first point of contact for Finance issues for the business unit.
• Ad hoc analysis as required.
• Promote continuous improvement and innovative thinking.
• Support Senior Management in business analysis and strategic initiatives.
• Attendance and contribution to business unit meetings & finance conference calls.

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off for exempt salaried employees.
• 14 vacation days per year + 7 sick days + 3 personal days for non-exempt hourly employees, with accrual rate increasing with tenure.
• 11 company paid holidays per year.
• Office closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Additional compensation for operational positions working on holidays.
• Medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser (CA &HI) with options for Employee Only, Employee + Spouse/Domestic Partner, Employee + Children, or Family.
• Dental PPO and DMO options.
• Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
• 401K with 50% match on up to 8% contribution, full vested from day 1.
• Washington’s Family and Medical Leave program (for Washington residents).
• Washington’s Paid Sick Leave program (for Washington residents).
• Wellness Program.
• Counseling services.
• FSA & HSA.
• Life Insurance for employee, spouse and child.
• AD&D Insurance.
• Long-term and Short-term disability.
• Critical Illness Insurance.
• Accident Insurance.
• Legal Assistance.
• Pet Insurance.
• Identity Theft Protection.
• Dependent Care FLSA.
• Education Assistance.
• Commuter Program.
• Employee Purchase Program.
• Service Award Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level