Financial Analyst

Hitachi • Chicago, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Analyst – Business Unit will provide collaborative support across the business, including but not limited to Sales, Channel, and New Product Development, by transforming data sets into insightful periodic and ad-hoc reports and analyses.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, or equivalent.
• 1-4 years of experience including previous business unit and/or commercial financial planning and analysis support.
• Understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Income Statements, Balance Sheets, and Cash Flow preparation and analysis.
• Must have the ability to understand and clearly communicate the business and operational implications of accounting results and processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact with the business leadership team on a routine basis.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills, with the ability to think independently and make effective decisions.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
• Able to prioritize and drive issues, tasks and deliverables.
• The ability to manipulate data and build financial models in Microsoft Excel at a proficient level.

Nice To Haves

• OneStream experience a plus.
• International manufacturing exposure a plus.
• SAP experience a plus.
• Power BI experience a plus.
• Successful candidate must be able to effectively manage up, down and across all levels of the organization.
• Successful candidate must be able to respond to a fast-paced, results-oriented, rapidly changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Support business unit and commercial financial analysis, planning and forecasting.
• Provide decision support to Business Unit leaders, including sales, profitability, cost and program development analysis and support.
• Analyze price, volume, mix and cost drivers.
• Perform new product development analysis and support, including overall costs, profitability and ROIs.
• Assist in the development and analysis of monthly results, forecasts and annual business plans.
• Work with sales leadership to process monthly and quarterly Sales Incentive Plan commissions payouts.
• Perform ad hoc analysis and decision support on business unit profitability, departmental costs and other performance metrics.
• Prepare other time-sensitive reports as required by Executive Management.

What This Job Offers

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