Senior Financial Analyst—Business Unit

Hitachi • Chicago, IL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Summary of 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. This position is located at Hitachi Global Air Power in Chicago, Illinois and reports to the Director of Commercial Finance & Data Analytics.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, or equivalent.
• 2-5 years of experience including previous business unit and/or commercial financial planning and analysis support.
• 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, task and deliverables.
• The ability to manipulate data and build financial models in Microsoft Excel at a proficient level.
• 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.
• The successful candidate is responsible for complying with Hitachi Global Air Power US Code of Ethics and related policies.
• In performing the job, the incumbent shall take all steps necessary to comply with our safety rules and requirements and must actively support the organization's efforts to meet and exceed its goals of creating and maintaining a safe workplace.

Nice To Haves

• Hyperion and Hyperion Financial Management systems experience a plus.
• OneStream systems experience a plus.
• International manufacturing exposure a plus.
• SAP experience a plus.

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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees