Financial Analyst

Dynamic Map Platform North America, Inc. • Livonia, MI

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About The Position

The Financial Analyst interfaces with sales, operations, and program teams and supports the accounting monthly close cycle and monthly forecast updates. The role combines department and project cost tracking with financial planning and analysis, accounting close activities, and performance reporting. The analyst works with business partners to monitor results, explain variances, and help teams improve performance against targets.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or a related field; an MBA is preferred.
• High proficiency in Excel; proficiency in PowerPoint and other software is also required.
• Ability to learn new systems and continuously improve.
• Detail- and results-oriented approach.
• Ability to lead and influence non-finance business partners.
• Experience creating journal entries and performing other accounting functions, such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, and purchase order creation and management.
• Ability to create budgets and perform routine actual-versus-budget analysis, explaining variances to business unit leaders.
• Ability to perform financial analysis with minimal direct supervision.
• Working knowledge of balance sheets, income statements, and direct and cash flow reporting.
• Ability to work with incomplete or ambiguous information in some situations.
• Demonstrated problem-solving capabilities and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with NetSuite or Oracle systems.
• Seven or more years of professional work experience.
• Experience working on a finance team in a small-to-medium-sized organization and/or providing ongoing financial support to a business unit.
• Previous experience with revenue recognition and/or consolidations.
• Prior experience and exposure to budgeting and forecasting in a corporate environment.
• Japanese fluency.

Responsibilities

• Manage, track, and report performance against department budgets.
• Support internal and external audits as required.
• Create and share analyses to help teams improve performance against targets.
• Create journal entries as needed to complete the monthly accounting close.
• Maintain the fixed assets ledger.
• Complete general month-end accounting close assignments.
• Track costs in detail across multiple projects, business units, and departments.
• Perform financial planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning, performance metric reporting, and process improvement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time