Senior Consolidation & Reporting Analyst

Panasonic Automotive•Farmington Hills, MI

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation and reporting for Panasonic Automotive's North American locations, partnering with international finance teams to deliver accurate, timely, and well-controlled IFRS financial results. The role combines hands-on consolidation accounting, financial analysis, systems and data integrity, internal controls, management reporting, and continuous improvement, with significant exposure to functional leadership across the organization. The analyst supports consolidated financial reporting and planning, resolves close and submission issues with operating locations, maintains reporting system data and workflows, supports audits and controls, and helps improve reporting processes. The position also contributes to acquisition integration, entity setup, ERP and reporting system changes, and other projects affecting consolidated financial reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field; an Accounting degree is preferred.
5+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, preferably including financial consolidation, corporate accounting, or financial reporting in a multinational manufacturing environment.
Working knowledge of IFRS, month-end close, financial statement analysis, intercompany accounting, internal controls, and audit support.
Experience working across multiple legal entities, facilities, currencies, or countries and managing time-sensitive close and reporting deadlines.
Strong ERP and financial systems proficiency.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong PowerPoint/reporting capabilities.

Nice To Haves

SAP experience.
Familiarity with OneStream, Hyperion/HFM, Workiva, or a similar consolidation/reporting platform.
CPA or CMA certification, or active progress toward certification.
MBA, Master's degree in Accounting/Finance, or public accounting experience.
Automotive or global manufacturing experience supporting multiple facilities or business units.
Hands-on experience with OneStream or another enterprise consolidation platform, including journal entries, mappings, reconciliations, workflows, or reporting.
Budgeting/forecasting, management reporting, balance sheet reviews, cash flow analysis, or external reporting support experience.
Experience with Power BI, data visualization, or finance automation tools.

Responsibilities

Execute monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation and reporting activities for North American entities, ensuring accurate and timely IFRS financial information.
Prepare and support consolidating and top-side journal entries, intercompany eliminations and reconciliations, foreign currency translation, and other consolidation adjustments.
Validate and reconcile data from SAP and local trial balances to the consolidation/reporting system; maintain and review account and entity mappings, reporting hierarchies, and data submissions.
Prepare and analyze consolidated balance sheet, income statement, cash flow, working capital, and other financial reporting schedules; investigate significant variances and unusual trends.
Partner with operating locations and international finance teams to resolve close issues, improve submission quality, and provide transactional accounting and reporting guidance.
Support actual, forecast, budget, and long-range planning consolidation; prepare management reporting and variance explanations, and develop and present analyses for finance and business leaders.
Maintain working knowledge of IFRS, Company accounting policies, and internal controls; research accounting questions and prepare supporting documentation or technical accounting analyses under manager guidance.
Support internal and external audit requests, account reconciliation reviews, control documentation, remediation activities, and SOX/public-company readiness activities where applicable.
Serve as a power user for financial reporting and consolidation tools; support templates, workflows, system testing, process documentation, and training for finance users and operating locations.
Assist with acquisition integration, new entity setup, chart-of-accounts mapping, ERP/reporting system changes, and special projects impacting consolidated financial reporting.