Senior Financial Analyst

Legrand North America•West Hartford, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Pass and Seymour Team in West Hartford, CT. This role will lead EWS Operations Finance reporting for Value Added, COGS, Inventory, Capital, and other key operational metrics. The analyst will develop and implement standardized financial processes across the Electrical Wiring Systems division, support and improve annual budget and forecast processes, and conduct monthly close analysis. The position involves partnering with manufacturing and operations leaders to analyze efficiencies, evaluate business models, and support decision-making, as well as supporting key strategic operations projects. The role also includes designing and maintaining operating review templates and dashboards for executive reporting, performing ad-hoc financial and project analysis, and assisting management in understanding financial results. The analyst will collect and analyze data for monthly financial forecast, coordinate inputs, and prepare forecasts for review. Additionally, they will work with the finance team to complete month-end close, review and analyze business functions to develop process improvement plans, and support the preparation of monthly and quarterly Operations reviews.

Requirements

BA in Finance or Accounting
3+ years of experience in accounting and/or finance
Strong organizational and time management skills
Close attention to detail
Ability to effectively handle multiple priorities
Ability to audit work to identify issues and implement processes to prevent errors.
Strong analytical skills and the ability to identify trends and establish proactive corrective actions.
Team player, working with multiple sites remotely.
Exceptional computer skills, extensive knowledge of Excel and Powerpoint.
Must be able to communicate effectively both in written format and oral presentation and to give and receive detailed/complex and sensitive information, and process that information appropriately.
Demonstrated ability to create effective reports, presentations, and business correspondence.
Solid business acumen and understanding of a variety of functional areas within the business.

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred
Company specific accounting and finance software and systems a plus (BPC, Planful)

Responsibilities

Lead EWS Operations Finance reporting for Value Added, COGS, Inventory, Capital, and other key operational metrics.
Develop and implement standardized financial processes across the Electrical Wiring Systems division to ensure consistency and accuracy.
Support and improve the annual budget and forecast processes for operations.
Conduct monthly close analysis to ensure accuracy in all EWS Financial Statements.
Partner with manufacturing and operations leaders to analyze efficiencies, evaluate business models, and support decision-making.
Support key strategic operations projects such as footprint analysis, inventory optimization, and make-buy analysis.
Design and maintain operating review templates and dashboards for executive reporting.
Support with forecast, actual analysis and budgeting.
Perform ad-hoc financial and project analysis to support strategic initiatives and business cases.
Assist all levels of management in understanding and interpreting financial results, budgets and related financial information and processes.
Collect and analyze data for monthly financial forecast, coordinating inputs and preparing forecast for review.
Work with other members of the finance team to complete month-end close in a timely fashion.
Review and analyze various business functions and help develop process improvement plans to increase efficiency and improve financial results.
Support the preparation of monthly and quarterly Operations review